TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - Childhood sexual abuse severity and disclosure predict posttraumatic stress symptoms and biomarkers in ethnic minority women
JO  - Journal of trauma and dissociation
A1  - Glover, Dorie A.
A1  - Loeb, Tamra Burns
A1  - Carmona, Jennifer Vargas
A1  - Sciolla, Andres
A1  - Zhang, Muyu
A1  - Myers, Hector F.
A1  - Wyatt, Gail Elizabeth
SP  - 152
EP  - 173
VL  - 11
IS  - 2
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1529-9732
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15299730903502920
ID  - ref1
ER  -