Adverse childhood experiences and intimate partner aggression in the US: Sex differences and similarities in psychosocial mediation

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 131, Issue , 2015, Pages 48-57

  Brown, Monique J ^a   Perera, Robert A ^b   Masho, Saba W ^b   Mezuk, Briana ^b,c,d   Cohen, Steven A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse childhood experiences; Depression; Intimate partner aggression; Mediation; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Structural equation modeling; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; MODELING; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCE; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD NEGLECT; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; OFFENDER; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICAL ABUSE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; LIFE EVENT; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUALITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SPOUSE ABUSE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924179119     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.02.044     Document Type: Article

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