Citation

Glover DA, Loeb TB, Carmona JV, Sciolla A, Zhang M, Myers HF, Wyatt GE. J. Trauma Dissociation 2010; 11(2): 152-173.

Affiliation

Semel Institute for Neuroscience, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90024-1759, USA. dglover@mednet.ucla.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/15299730903502920

PMID

20373204

PMCID

PMC2907077

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Adult posttraumatic stress symptoms and a biomarker index of current health risk in childhood sexual abuse (CSA) survivors were investigated in relation to CSA severity, disclosure, and other peri- and post-trauma factors. METHOD: A community sample of 94 African American and Latina female CSA survivors was assessed. RESULTS: Severe CSA predicted posttraumatic stress symptoms overall, avoidance/numbing symptoms, and greater biomarker risk and was not mediated by post-trauma variables. Moderate CSA severity was mediated by post-trauma disclosure, predicted reexperiencing symptoms, but was unrelated to biomarker risk. No overall ethnic differences were found. CONCLUSION: Results suggest targets for interventions to improve the well-being of minority women CSA survivors.

Language: en