Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol. 2010;39(5):667-80. doi: 10.1080/15374416.2010.501286.
Childhood sexual abuse (CSA) has been associated with HIV/AIDS risk behavior; however, much of this work is retrospective and focuses on women. The current study used semi-parametric mixture modeling with youth (n = 844; 48.8% boys) from the Longitudinal Studies of Child Abuse and Neglect (LONGSCAN) to examine the link between trajectories of CSA (2 to 12 years old) and HIV/AIDS risk behavior at age 14 (i.e., sexual intercourse & alcohol use). Trajectory analyses revealed a link between a history of CSA and the development of risky behavior. In addition, trajectories for physical and emotional abuse, but not neglect or witnessed violence, contributed to risky behavior over and above the role of CSA. Child gender did not moderate the findings. Findings highlight the significance of CSA histories, as well as the broader context of maltreatment, for better understanding the development of risk behaviors in both girls and boys.
儿童期性虐待(CSA)与艾滋病毒/艾滋病风险行为有关;然而,这项工作的大部分是回顾性的,并且侧重于女性。本研究使用纵向儿童虐待和忽视研究(LONGSCAN)中的青少年(n=844;48.8%为男孩)的半参数混合模型,检验了 CSA(2 至 12 岁)轨迹与 14 岁时艾滋病毒/艾滋病风险行为(即性交和饮酒)之间的联系。轨迹分析显示,CSA 史与危险行为的发展之间存在联系。此外,身体和情感虐待的轨迹,但不是忽视或目睹暴力的轨迹,除了 CSA 的作用之外,还促成了危险行为。儿童性别并没有调节这些发现。研究结果强调了 CSA 史以及虐待的更广泛背景对于更好地理解女孩和男孩风险行为发展的重要性。