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This version was published on August 1, 2008
Child Maltreatment, Vol. 13, No. 3, 235-244 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/1077559508318392

Child and Adult Victimization: Sequelae for Female Caregivers of High-Risk Children

Cindy E. Weisbart

University of Maryland, Baltimore, cweisbart{at}peds.umaryland.edu

Richard Thompson

Juvenile Protective Association, Chicago, IL

Melissa Pelaez-Merrick

San Diego State University/University of California, San Diego

Jeongeun Kim

University of Maryland, Baltimore

Traci Wike

University of North Carolina at Chapel-Hill

Ernestine Briggs

Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina

Diana J. English

Child Welfare League of America, Arlington, Virginia

Howard Dubowitz

University of Maryland, Baltimore

Little is known about the effects of child versus adult victimization or about the effects of victimization on physical health or social support. Mental and physical health outcomes among 890 female caregivers were examined utilizing data from the Longitudinal Studies of Child Abuse and Neglect (LONGSCAN). The study examined whether victimized women (compared to nonvictimized women) would endorse higher rates of depression, lower levels of social support, and poorer recent health. Differences between subgroups of victimized women defined by when victimization occurred (child only, adult only, and both child and adult) were also examined. Women with any victimization and women with victimization during both time periods had the worst outcomes. Child-only victimization effects, however, did not differ significantly from adult-only victimization. This study suggests added vulnerability for women victimized during both childhood and adulthood. Clinicians should carefully assess lifetime experiences of victimization; approaches to such assessment should be refined through further research.

Key Words: child sexual abuse • physical abuse • domestic / intimate partner violence • adult retrospective reports


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