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Child Maltreatment, Vol. 7, No. 3, 241-253 (2002)
DOI: 10.1177/1077559502007003006

Health Concerns of University Women With a History of Child Physical and Sexual Maltreatment

Martha G. Runtz

University of Victoria

Three health symptom checklists were used to measure physicalhealth concerns among university women in relation toprior child physical maltreatment (CPM) (20%, n = 153)and child sexual abuse (CSA) (19%, n = 143). A history ofCPM was related to all three general areas of health concernsas well as to many of the specific subscales comprising themeasures (e.g., muscular-skeletal symptoms and gynecologicalproblems), whereas an interaction between CSA andCPM was linked to greater premenstrual distress subscalescores (particularly emotional and behavioral symptoms).Overall, although CSA was not related to health symptoms,within the CSA subgroup, greater duration and severity ofCSA was predictive of higher premenstrual distress even aftercontrolling for CPM. This study emphasizes the need forgreater awareness of the physical health-related correlates ofboth physical and sexual maltreatment in childhood andtheir associated implications for women's health care needs.

Key Words: child physical maltreatment • child sexual abuse • women's health


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