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Nilsson, Doris Kristina; Gustafsson, Per E.; Svedin, Carl Goran – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2012
The objective of this study was to investigate the cumulative effect of interpersonal and noninterpersonal traumatic life events (IPEs and nIPEs, respectively) on the mental health of adolescents and to determine if the adverse impacts of trauma were moderated by adverse family circumstances (AFC). Adolescents (mean age 16.7 years) from the…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Females, At Risk Persons, Mental Health
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Steel, Jennifer L.; Herlitz, Claes A. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2005
Objective: Several studies with small and ''high risk'' samples have demonstrated that a history of childhood or adolescent sexual abuse (CASA) is associated with sexual risk behaviors (SRBs). However, few studies with large random samples from the general population have specifically examined the relationship between CASA and SRBs with a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sexual Abuse, Sexuality, Sexually Transmitted Diseases