Citation

Elwood LS, Smith DW, Resnick HS, Gudmundsdottir B, Amstadter AB, Hanson RF, Saunders BE, Kilpatrick DG. J. Trauma. Stress 2011; 24(2): 166-173.

Affiliation

Medical University of South Carolina. elwoodls@umsl.edu.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/jts.20624

PMID

21425193

Abstract

The current report examines data for 872 female adolescents obtained during the initial and follow-up interviews of the National Survey of Adolescents, a nationally representative sample. Lifetime prevalence of violence exposure reported was 12% and 13% for sexual assault, 19% and 10% for physical assault/punishment, and 33% and 26% for witnessing violence at Waves I and II, respectively. Racial/ethnic status, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), childhood sexual abuse (CSA), and family drug problems emerged as significant predictors of new rape. Each of the PTSD symptom clusters significantly predicted new rape and analyses supported the mediational role of PTSD between CSA and new rape. African American or other racial identity was associated with lower risk.

Language: en