Maladaptive family dysfunction and parental death as risk markers of childhood abuse in women

• Anna Plaza ^[3] ; Anna Torres Giménez ^[4] ; Carlos Ascaso Terrén ^[1] ; Purificación Navarro ^[5] ; Estel Gelabert Arbiol ^[2] ; María Luisa Imaz Gurrutxaga ^[4] ; Rocío Martín Santos ^[4] ; Manuel Valdés Miyar ^[4] ; Lluïsa García Esteve ^[4]
  1. [1] Universitat de Barcelona

     Universitat de Barcelona

     Barcelona, España

     
  2. [2] Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

     Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

     Barcelona, España

     
  3. [3] Hospital de día Còrsega
  4. [4] Hospital Clínic Universitari de Barcelona
  5. [5] Servei de Psicologia de la Regidoria de Polítiques de Gènere

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• Localización: The Spanish Journal of Psychology, ISSN 1138-7416, Vol. 17, 2014, págs. 1-10
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.1017/sjp.2014.94
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  • This study aims to examine the prevalence and characteristics of physical, emotional and sexual childhood abuse. It also examines whether other non-abuse types of childhood adversities related to maladaptive family func- tioning and separations during childhood can be used as markers for the presence of childhood abuse. Participants (N = 237) were women at 2–3 days after delivery that completed the Spanish-validated version of the Early Trauma Inventory Self Report (ETI-SR; Bremner, Bolus, & Mayer, 2007; Plaza et al., 2011), designed to assess the presence of childhood adversities. Results show that 29% of the women had experienced some type of childhood abuse, and 10% more than one type. Logistic regression analyses indicate that childhood parental death is a risk marker for childhood emotional abuse (OR: 3.77; 95% CI: 1.327–10.755; p <.013), childhood parental substance abuse is a risk marker for childhood sexual (OR: 3.72; 95% CI: 1.480–9.303; p < .005) and physical abuse (OR: 2.610; 95% CI: 1.000–6.812; p < .05) and that childhood family mental illness is a risk marker for childhood emotional (OR: 2.95; 95% CI: 1.175–7.441; p < .021) and sexual abuse (OR: 2.55; 95% CI: 1.168–5.580; p < .019). The high prevalence of childhood abuse indicates a need for assessment during the perinatal period. Screening for childhood family mental illness, parental substance abuse, and parental death - all identified risk factors for reporting childhood abuse - can help to identify women that should be assessed specifically regarding abuse.

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