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Citation

Kaukinen C, Demaris AA. J. Interpers. Violence 2005; 20(10): 1244-1270.

Affiliation

University of South Carolina, USA. kaukinen@gwm.sc.edu.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0886260505277732

PMID

16162488

Abstract

This article explores how the association between sexual violence and substance use and mental health differs by race and life course stage. Analyses are based on data (n = 8,000) from the Violence and Threats of Violence against Women and Men in the United States Survey, 1994-1996 (NVAWS). Although sexual violence does not heighten the risk of problem drinking for White women, minority women victimized in adulthood are significantly more likely to engage in problem drinking and use illicit drugs. This suggests that for minority women the effects of recent victimization experiences result in immediate and potentially long-lasting consequences. The findings with respect to the association between sexual violence and depression are consistent with the child and adolescent development literature. It is Hispanic women who are more likely to suffer depression as a consequence of child sexual assault.

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