Body mass index and anxiety/depression as mediators of the effects of child sexual and physical abuse on physical health disorders in women

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2007-2020

  McCarthy Jones, Simon ^a   McCarthy Jones, Roseline ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Independent Scholar   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bullying; Gender; Mediation; Medical disorders; Molestation; Rape; Suicide; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ALLERGY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BACKACHE; BLADDER DISEASE; BODY MASS; BONE PAIN; BULLYING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COLON DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MIGRAINE; MYALGIA; NEOPLASM; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ABUSE; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SKIN DISEASE; SMOKING; STOMACH ULCER; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; AGED; ANXIETY; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH STATUS; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84918514527     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: 18737757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2014.10.012     Document Type: Article

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