Cannon Elizabeth A, Bonomi Amy E, Anderson Melissa L, Rivara Frederick P, Thompson Robert S
The Ohio State University, Columbus 43210, USA.
Violence Vict. 2010;25(3):291-305. doi: 10.1891/0886-6708.25.3.291.
Associations between child abuse and/or witnessing intimate partner violence (IPV) during childhood and women's health, adult IPV exposure, and health care use were examined. Randomly sampled insured women ages 18-64 (N = 3,568) completed a phone interview assessing childhood exposure to abuse and witnessing IPV, current health, and adult IPV exposure. Women's health care use was collected from automated health plan databases. Poor health status, higher prevalence of depression and IPV, and greater use of health care and mental health services were observed in women who had exposure to child abuse and witnessing IPV during childhood or child abuse alone, compared with women with no exposures. Women who had witnessed IPV without child abuse also had worse health and greater use of health services. Findings reveal adverse long-term and incremental effects of differing child abuse experiences on women's health and relationships.
研究了童年期遭受虐待和/或目睹亲密伴侣暴力（IPV）与女性健康、成年期接触IPV以及医疗保健使用之间的关联。对年龄在18 - 64岁的随机抽样参保女性（N = 3568）进行了电话访谈，评估其童年期遭受虐待和目睹IPV的经历、当前健康状况以及成年期接触IPV的情况。女性的医疗保健使用情况从自动化健康计划数据库中收集。与未经历过这些情况的女性相比，童年期遭受虐待和目睹IPV或仅遭受虐待的女性，健康状况较差，抑郁症和IPV的患病率较高，医疗保健和心理健康服务的使用也更多。仅目睹IPV而未遭受虐待的女性健康状况也较差，医疗服务使用也更多。研究结果揭示了不同的童年虐待经历对女性健康和人际关系的长期不良影响及累积效应。
