A Prospective Examination of the Role of Childhood Sexual Abuse and Physiological Asymmetry in the Development of Psychopathology

Autor/inn/en	Shenk, Chad E.; Noll, Jennie G.; Putnam, Frank W.; Trickett, Penelope K.
Titel	A Prospective Examination of the Role of Childhood Sexual Abuse and Physiological Asymmetry in the Development of Psychopathology
Quelle	In: Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 34 (2010) 10, S.752-761 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0145-2134
DOI	10.1016/j.chiabu.2010.02.010
Schlagwörter	Sexual Abuse; Females; Structural Equation Models; Late Adolescents; Psychopathology; Risk; Children; Child Abuse; Depression (Psychology); Role; Physiology; Correlation; Stress Variables; Prediction; Measures (Individuals); Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Antisocial Behavior; Intervention + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sexueller Missbrauch; Weibliches Geschlecht; Halbstarker; Psychopathologie; Risiko; Child; Kind; Kinder; Abuse of children; Abuse; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Rollen; Physiologie; Korrelation; Vorhersage; Messdaten; Psychiatrische Symptomatik
Abstract	Objective: Recent literature has emphasized the simultaneous assessment of multiple physiological stress response systems in an effort to identify biobehavioral risk factors of psychopathology in maltreated populations. The current study assessed whether an asymmetrical stress response, marked by activation in one system and a blunted response in another system, predicted higher levels of psychopathology over time. Methods: Data were collected from an ongoing, prospective study of females with a substantiated history of childhood sexual abuse (n = 52) and a non-abused comparison group (n = 77). Childhood sexual abuse was determined at the initial study visit. Vagal tone and cortisol were measured 7 years later to assess physiological response to a laboratory stressor across these systems. Depressive symptoms and antisocial behaviors were assessed 6 years after the completion of the laboratory stressor. Results: Structural equation modeling indicated that a prior history of childhood sexual abuse predicted an asymmetrical physiological response to stress in late adolescence. In turn, this asymmetrical response predicted both higher levels of depression and antisocial behaviors in young adulthood. Conclusions: Childhood sexual abuse may sensitize females to respond to moderate daily stressors in a manner that places them at higher risk for experiencing depressive symptoms and antisocial behaviors over time. Practice implications: The management of mild to moderate stress in the everyday lives of maltreated females may be a particularly useful point of intervention in order to protect against later psychopathology. (Contains 2 tables and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10