Sentences with phrase «prevalence of childhood sexual abuse»

Prevalence of Childhood Sexual Abuse Among Incarcerated Males in County Jail Ross, Taylor, Williams, Carvajal, & Peters Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 30 (1), 2006 View Abstract Reports on the prevalence of sexual abuse among men in prison in the State of Texas.

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Prevalence of Combinations of Exposure to Childhood Physical or Sexual Abuse or to a Battered Mother

Prevalence of Exposure to Childhood Physical or Sexual Abuse or to a Battered Mother by Questionnaire Item and Category of Exposure

Felitti and colleagues1 first described ACEs and defined it as exposure to psychological, physical or sexual abuse, and household dysfunction including substance abuse (problem drinking / alcoholic and / or street drugs), mental illness, a mother treated violently and criminal behaviour in the household.1 Along with the initial ACE study, other studies have characterised ACEs as neglect, parental separation, loss of family members or friends, long - term financial adversity and witness to violence.2 3 From the original cohort of 9508 American adults, more than half of respondents (52 %) experienced at least one adverse childhood event.1 Since the original cohort, ACE exposures have been investigated globally revealing comparable prevalence to the original cohort.4 5 More recently in 2014, a survey of 4000 American children found that 60.8 % of children had at least one form of direct experience of violence, crime or abuse.6 The ACE study precipitated interest in the health conditions of adults maltreated as children as it revealed links to chronic diseases such as obesity, autoimmune diseases, heart, lung and liver diseases, and cancer in adulthood.1 Since then, further evidence has revealed relationships between ACEs and physical and mental health outcomes, such as increased risk of substance abuse, suicide and premature mortality.4 7

Elevated rates of academic and conduct problems, substance abuse, 9,10 previous forced sexual contact, 11 and a greater number of sexual partners12 have been reported among teenage fathers, which may be symptoms of childhood exposure to abuse and domestic violence.9, 10 However, because the prevalence of exposure to childhood abuse among teenage fathers has not been previously investigated, no conclusions about the potential relevance of childhood abuse to teen paternity can be drawn.

We used these measures to estimate the prevalence of self - reported supervision neglect, physical neglect, physical assault, and contact sexual abuse during childhood.

In one sample of South African rural youth, the prevalence of physical and sexual abuse was shown to be very high with 94.4 % of men exposed to physical abuse and 39.1 % of women to sexual abuse.46 More than a quarter of the adults who were interviewed endorsed exposure to childhood adversity (parental death, parental separation or parental divorce) in the SASH study.47 Significantly more women were prone to be victims of domestic violence than men.47 Women also reported twice as many suicidal attempts as the male participants in the SASH study.9

Childhood adversity, characterized by the presence of sexual and physical abuse, is a global problem of significant proportions.1, 2 Epidemiologic studies3 - 5 indicate prevalence rates for all forms of childhood sexual abuse and physical abuse ranging from 11 %Childhood adversity, characterized by the presence of sexual and physical abuse, is a global problem of significant proportions.1, 2 Epidemiologic studies3 - 5 indicate prevalence rates for all forms of childhood sexual abuse and physical abuse ranging from 11 %childhood sexual abuse and physical abuse ranging from 11 % to 35 %.

1Briere, J., Eliot, D.M. Prevalence and Psychological Sequence of Self - Reported Childhood Physical and Sexual Abuse in General Population: Child Abuse and Neglect, 2003, 27 10).)

Prevalence and symptomatic sequelae of self - reported childhood physical and sexual abuse in a general population sample of men and women.