Childhood Maltreatment in College Women: Effect on Severe Physical Partner Violence

Childhood maltreatment history has known relationships with various mental and physical diseases; however, little is known about its association with premenstrual syndrome (PMS). In this study, we investigated the association between childhood maltreatment history and PMS among young women in Japan. In a Japanese city, we approached 3815 women aged 10–60 years who visited a gynecology clinic and one general practice clinic. A questionnaire on childhood maltreatment history and PMS was administered to them. We observed that women with histories of childhood maltreatment demonstrated a significantly increased risk of PMS compared with those without such histories (odds ratio: 1.47, 95% confidence interval: 1.20–1.81). Particularly, women with childhood physical or emotional abuse demonstrated a stronger association with PMS, whereas other forms of childhood maltreatment (emotional neglect, witnessing of intimate-partner violence, or sexual abuse) were not associated with PMS. Our results illustrate that childhood maltreatment may be a risk factor for PMS.

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Substantiated Childhood Maltreatment and Intimate Partner Violence Victimization in Young Adulthood: A Birth Cohort Study

Journal of Youth and Adolescence ◽

10.1007/s10964-016-0558-3 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 46 (1) ◽

pp. 165-179 ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

Amanuel Alemu Abajobir ◽

Steve Kisely ◽

Gail Marilyn Williams ◽

Alexandra Marie Clavarino ◽

Jackob Moses Najman

Keyword(s):

Intimate Partner Violence ◽

Cohort Study ◽

Birth Cohort ◽

Young Adulthood ◽

Childhood Maltreatment ◽

Partner Violence ◽

Intimate Partner ◽

Birth Cohort Study ◽

Violence Victimization ◽

Intimate Partner Violence Victimization

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Intimate Partner Violence Perpetrated by College Women within the Context of a History of Victimization

Psychology of Women Quarterly ◽

10.1111/j.1471-6402.2005.00222.x ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 29 (3) ◽

pp. 278-289 ◽

Cited By ~ 39

Author(s):

Kelly N. Graves ◽

Stacy M. Sechrist ◽

Jacquelyn W. White ◽

Matthew J. Paradise

Keyword(s):

Intimate Partner Violence ◽

College Women ◽

Partner Violence ◽

Sexual Victimization ◽

Intimate Partner ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration ◽

Concurrent Use ◽

Violence Perpetration ◽

History Of

Using a longitudinal design, the current study explored intimate partner violence perpetration among 1,300 college women within the context of one's history of physical and sexual victimization across 4 years of college. Structural equation modeling indicated that sexual victimization does not predict concurrent use of women's intimate partner violence but does predict subsequent use of women's intimate partner violence during the later years of college. In contrast, physical victimization is associated positively with concurrent use of women's intimate partner violence but is negatively associated with subsequent use of women's intimate partner violence for women. Furthermore, the negative relationship of victimization to subsequent perpetration primarily is due to those with high levels of victimization histories. The present study provides the first model of intimate partner violence within the context of victimization history using longitudinal data. The findings indicate that women's intimate partner violence perpetration is not context-free, but rather is influenced by their own physical and sexual victimization histories.

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Alcohol Use, Mental Health Disability, and Violence Victimization in College Women: Exploring Connections

Violence Against Women ◽

10.1177/1077801218787924 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 24 (11) ◽

pp. 1314-1326 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Amy Bonomi ◽

Emily Nichols ◽

Rebecca Kammes ◽

Carla D. Chugani ◽

Natacha M. De Genna ◽

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Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Alcohol Use ◽

College Women ◽

Partner Violence ◽

Family Of Origin ◽

Heavy Drinking ◽

Mental Health Symptoms ◽

Health Symptoms ◽

Violence Victimization ◽

Depth Interviews

The present study is an analysis of in-depth interviews with college women reporting a mental health disability and at least one experience of intimate partner violence (IPV) or sexual violence (SV) to elucidate how alcohol use is associated with both violence victimization and mental health symptoms. Our findings underscore salient alcohol-related themes in college women with histories of IPV/SV and mental health disability: alcohol use in their family of origin and/or with intimate partners, partying and heavy drinking as a normal college social context, abusive partners and SV perpetrators using alcohol as a mechanism for control and targeted rape, and worsening mental health symptoms after violence exposure, which prompted alcohol use to cope and was associated with vulnerability to more violence.

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Relationships Among Childhood Maltreatment, Limbic System Dysfunction, and Eating Disorders in College Women

Journal of Interpersonal Violence ◽

10.1177/0886260520912590 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 088626052091259

Author(s):

Andrea E. Mercurio ◽

Fang Hong ◽

Carolyn Amir ◽

Amanda R. Tarullo ◽

Anna Samkavitz ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Eating Disorders ◽

Eating Disorder ◽

College Women ◽

Limbic System ◽

Indirect Effect ◽

Childhood Maltreatment ◽

Eating Pathology ◽

Convenience Sample ◽

Eating Disorder Symptoms

The mechanisms linking childhood maltreatment and eating pathology are not fully understood. We examined the mediating role of limbic system dysfunction in the relationships between three forms of childhood maltreatment (parental psychological maltreatment, parental physical maltreatment, and parental emotional neglect) and eating disorder symptoms. A convenience sample of college women ( N = 246, M age = 19.62, SD = 2.41) completed measures of maltreatment (Parent-Child Conflict Tactics Scales and the Parental Bonding Instrument), limbic system dysfunction (Limbic System Questionnaire), and eating pathology (Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire). We hypothesized that there would be an indirect effect of each type of childhood maltreatment on eating disorder symptoms via limbic system irritability. Results generally supported the hypotheses. Examination of the individual paths that defined the indirect effect indicated that higher reported childhood maltreatment was associated with greater limbic irritability symptoms, and higher limbic irritability symptomatology was related to higher total eating disorder scores. There were no significant direct effects for any of the proposed models. Findings are in line with research supporting the role of limbic system dysfunction as a possible pathway in the maltreatment-eating disorder link. Given that limbic system dysfunction may underlie behavioral symptoms of eating disorders, efforts targeting limbic system dysfunction associated with child maltreatment might best be undertaken at an early developmental stage, although interventions for college women struggling with eating disorders are also crucial.

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A meta-analysis of childhood maltreatment and intimate partner violence perpetration

Aggression and Violent Behavior ◽

10.1016/j.avb.2019.101362 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 50 ◽

pp. 101362 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Sen Li ◽

Fengqing Zhao ◽

Guoliang Yu

Keyword(s):

Intimate Partner Violence ◽

Childhood Maltreatment ◽

Partner Violence ◽

Meta Analysis ◽

Intimate Partner ◽

Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration ◽

Violence Perpetration

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A History of Childhood Maltreatment and Intimate Partner Violence Victimization Among Native American Adults

Journal of Interpersonal Violence ◽

10.1177/0886260516632353 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 33 (18) ◽

pp. 2826-2848 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Jooyoung Kong ◽

Soonhee Roh ◽

Scott D. Easton ◽

Yeon-Shim Lee ◽

Michael J. Lawler

Keyword(s):

Intimate Partner Violence ◽

Native American ◽

Depressive Symptoms ◽

Childhood Maltreatment ◽

Partner Violence ◽

Intimate Partner ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Long Term Effects ◽

Attachment Patterns

This study examined the association between childhood maltreatment and intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization among Native American adults. Based on Riggs’s theoretical model of the long-term effects of childhood abuse, we also examined the mediating roles of insecure attachment patterns and depressive symptoms. The current study was a secondary data analysis using the 2013 General Well-Being Among Native Americans dataset ( N = 479). Structural equation modeling was used to examine the hypothesized relationships among key constructs. Consistent with existing literature of revictimization, our findings showed that the experience of childhood maltreatment was positively associated with IPV victimization. Mediation analyses indicated that depression was a significant mediator in the association between childhood maltreatment and IPV victimization. In addition, all the paths linking childhood maltreatment, fearful attachment, depressive symptoms, and IPV victimization were statistically significant, although the overall mediation effect was not significant. The results of this study suggest that Riggs’s model can serve as a useful theoretical framework for understanding the long-term effects of childhood maltreatment among Native American adults. Practitioners in the area of IPV should include maltreatment history and current attachment patterns in client assessments, which could help address conflict and violence within intimate relationships.

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