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Early Sexual Abuse and Clinical Depression in Adult Life

Bifulco, A., Brown, G. W., Adler, Z.·1991·British Journal of Psychiatry
DOI 10.1192/bjp.159.1.115
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Sexual abuse in childhood and adolescence was studied in 286 working-class mothers living in Islington, who were contacted on three occasions over a two-year period. The sample was collected primarily to study current vulnerability factors in the onset of depression, but childhood measures were also included to look at longer-term risk factors. Twenty-five women - 9% of the sample - reported sexual abuse involving physical contact before age 17 and, of these, 64% had case depression in a three-year period (which included the year before first interview). While such abuse was related to other earlier stressful experiences such as parental indifference, violence to the child and institutional stay, it was associated with an increased risk of depression over and above these factors. Sexual abuse before age 17 also related to having been divorced/separated or never having married/cohabited.

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Authors
Bifulco, A., Brown, G. W., & Adler, Z.
Affiliations
University of London (GB)
Corresponding author
Bifulco, A.
ORCID
Bifulco, A.
Venue
British Journal of Psychiatry
Publisher
Royal College of Psychiatrists
Published
1991-07
Volume
159
Issue
1
Pages
115-122
ISSN
  • 0007-1250 (ISSN-L)
  • 1472-1465
DOI
10.1192/bjp.159.1.115
OpenAlex
W2170683957
Semantic Scholar
a9f06fda1f916acd66ecdcd98189fc14b7a8e8fb
Cited by
335
References
32
Citations by year
2024: 1 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 1 · 2017: 7 · 2016: 11 · 2015: 8 · 2014: 9 · 2013: 11 · 2012: 8
FWCI
14.53
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.cambridge.org/core/terms (unspecified, 9682 d)
Locations
  • The British Journal of Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
Medical Research Council
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Military, Security, and Education Studies
Keywords
child sexual abuse, major depressive disorder, working-class mothers, risk factors for depression, parental indifference, child abuse, institutional care, life events
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Child, Child Abuse, Sexual, Depressive Disorder, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Life Change Events, Male, Marriage, Middle Aged, Parent-Child Relations, Risk Factors, Prevalence

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