School of Social Work, Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA.
Maturitas. 2010 May;66(1):51-5. doi: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2010.02.002. Epub 2010 Mar 6.
Despite prevention efforts worldwide, many children today continue to experience abuse within close relationships, and many adults carry with them histories of abuse. This narrative review focuses on the growing body of research regarding the long-term health consequences of child abuse. First, the review presents a brief introduction to the phenomenon of child abuse, as well as a discussion of theoretical approaches to describing processes through which child abuse can jeopardize later adult health. The review then provides an integrative summary of studies based on community samples that examine associations between physical, psychological, and sexual abuse in childhood and adult mental and physical health. The article concludes with a discussion of conceptualizing child abuse as a life-course social determinant of adult health for both clinical and public health purposes and calls for translational research that can inform efforts to promote the health of diverse individuals and populations with histories of child abuse.
尽管全球都在努力预防，但今天仍有许多儿童在亲密关系中遭受虐待，许多成年人也都有过被虐待的经历。本综述主要关注有关儿童虐待对长期健康影响的研究不断增加。首先，本综述简要介绍了儿童虐待现象，并讨论了描述儿童虐待可能危及成年后健康的过程的理论方法。然后，该综述综合了基于社区样本的研究，这些研究调查了儿童期身体、心理和性虐待与成年期心理健康和身体健康之间的关联。文章最后讨论了将儿童虐待视为成年期健康的生命历程社会决定因素的概念，这对于临床和公共卫生目的都具有重要意义，并呼吁开展转化研究，以为有儿童虐待史的不同个体和群体的健康促进工作提供信息。
