Irving Shalon M, Ferraro Kenneth F
Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-1365, USA.
J Aging Health. 2006 Jun;18(3):458-85. doi: 10.1177/0898264305280994.
This study examines the relationship between reports of childhood abuse and self-rated health in adulthood, and the potential of personal control to serve as a mediator.
Regression models were estimated using data from the National Survey of Midlife Development in the United States (MIDUS).
Reported emotional abuse was associated with lower personal control. In addition, women who reported emotional abuse by mother or both parents were more likely than women who were not abused to report lower self-rated health. The relationship between emotional abuse by both parents and self-rated health was mediated by personal control.
The findings suggest that there are long-term health consequences of early childhood abuse. The effects of childhood abusive experiences, however, operate differently for men and women and are dependent on the outcome examined. Childhood abuse compromises personal control that, in turn, leads to lower health ratings.
本研究考察童年期虐待经历报告与成年期自评健康之间的关系，以及个人掌控感作为中介因素的可能性。
使用来自美国中年发展全国性调查（MIDUS）的数据估计回归模型。
报告的情感虐待与较低的个人掌控感相关。此外，报告遭受母亲或父母双方情感虐待的女性比未受虐待的女性更有可能报告较低的自评健康水平。父母双方的情感虐待与自评健康之间的关系通过个人掌控感起中介作用。
研究结果表明童年期虐待存在长期健康后果。然而，童年期虐待经历的影响在男性和女性中有所不同，且取决于所考察的结果。童年期虐待损害个人掌控感，进而导致较低的健康评分。
