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Download full textTesta, Maria; And Others – 1990
The role of social support in moderating the impact of childhood sexual abuse on adult psychological adjustment was examined. Women were drawn from three clinical samples (women in treatment for alcoholism, for being battered, or for mental health treatment) and two nonclinical sources (women arrested for driving while intoxicated and a random…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Alcoholism, Battered Women, Child Abuse
Miller, Brenda A.; And Others – 1990
The effects of childhood physical and sexual abuse on the development of alcoholism in women was examined by comparing 127 alcoholic women in treatment with two comparison groups. One comparison group was comprised of 83 nonalcoholic women in mental health treatment or receiving services for battering. The second comparison group consisted of 92…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Child Abuse, Family Violence, Females
Downs, William R.; And Others – 1990
The relationships between experiences of parental violence during childhood and the development of alcoholism or victimization by severe violence from a partner in adulthood were examined by comparing samples of women in treatment for alcoholism (N=89), women receiving services for partner victimization (N=94), and a random sample of women (N=99).…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Battered Women, Child Abuse, Family Life
