@article{ref1,
title="Childhood sexual abuse severity and disclosure predict posttraumatic stress symptoms and biomarkers in ethnic minority women",
journal="Journal of trauma and dissociation",
year="2010",
author="Glover, Dorie A. and Loeb, Tamra Burns and Carmona, Jennifer Vargas and Sciolla, Andres and Zhang, Muyu and Myers, Hector F. and Wyatt, Gail Elizabeth",
volume="11",
number="2",
pages="152-173",
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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1529-9732",
doi="10.1080/15299730903502920",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15299730903502920"
}