The association between childhood sexual abuse and somatic symptoms at midlife: The roles of depression and intimate partner relationship quality.

IF 2.3 3区心理学 Q1 FAMILY STUDIES

Journal of Family Violence Pub Date : 2024-12-30 DOI:10.1007/s10896-024-00800-1

Shaddy K Saba, Jungeun Olivia Lee, Ashley N Rousson, Sunghyun H Hong, Todd I Herrenkohl

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Abstract

Purpose: Childhood sexual abuse is a risk factor for somatic symptoms during adulthood. Mechanisms linking childhood sexual abuse to somatic symptoms are not well known, nor are moderators that buffer the influence of abuse.

Methods: The present study utilized path analyses to explore among a sample of middle-aged adults (N = 264) whether childhood sexual abuse was positively associated with increased somatic symptoms, the mechanistic role of depression, and the buffering role of intimate partner relationship quality.

Results: Among the full sample and those with lower intimate partner relationship quality, there was a significant indirect effect of childhood sexual abuse on somatic symptom severity via depression. Among those with high intimate partner relationship quality there was neither a direct nor indirect effect of childhood sexual abuse on somatic symptom severity.

Conclusions: Depression may serve as a mechanism in the transmission of risk from childhood sexual abuse to somatic symptoms at midlife, whereas intimate partner relationship quality may serve as a protective factor.

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儿童期性虐待与中年躯体症状的关系：抑郁和亲密伴侣关系质量的作用。

目的：儿童期性虐待是成年期躯体症状的一个危险因素。将儿童期性虐待与躯体症状联系起来的机制尚不清楚，也不清楚缓冲虐待影响的调节因子。方法：本研究采用通径分析方法，对264名中年人进行调查，探讨儿童期性虐待是否与躯体症状增加、抑郁的机制作用以及亲密伴侣关系质量的缓冲作用呈正相关。结果：在全样本和亲密伴侣关系质量较低的人群中，儿童期性虐待通过抑郁间接影响躯体症状严重程度。在亲密伴侣关系质量高的人群中，儿童期性虐待对躯体症状严重程度没有直接或间接的影响。结论：抑郁可能是儿童期性虐待风险向中年期躯体症状传递的一个机制，而亲密伴侣关系质量可能是一个保护性因素。

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Journal of Family Violence Multiple-

CiteScore

7.00

自引率

10.50%

发文量

121

期刊介绍： The Journal of Family Violence (JOFV) is a peer-reviewed publication committed to the dissemination of rigorous research on preventing, ending, and ameliorating all forms of family violence. JOFV welcomes scholarly articles related to the broad categories of child abuse and maltreatment, dating violence, domestic and partner violence, and elder abuse. Within these categories, JOFV emphasizes research on physical violence, psychological violence, sexual violence, and homicides that occur in families. Studies on families in all their various forms and diversities are welcome. JOFV publishes studies using quantitative, qualitative, and/or mixed methods involving the collection of primary data. Rigorous systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and theoretical analyses are also welcome. To help advance scientific understandings of family violence, JOFV is especially interested in research using transdisciplinary perspectives and innovative research methods. Because family violence is a global problem requiring solutions from diverse disciplinary perspectives, JOFV strongly encourages submissions from scholars worldwide from all disciplines and backgrounds.