TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1999//
TI  - Bodily self-harm and its relationship to childhood abuse among women in a primary care setting
JO  - Violence against women
A1  - Wiederman, Michael W.
A1  - Sansone, Randy A.
A1  - Sansone, Lori A.
SP  - 155
EP  - 163
VL  - 5
IS  - 2
N2  - Past research has demonstrated a relationship between childhood abuse and subsequent self-injurious behavior. However, this research typically has taken place in mental health settings, focused on childhood sexual or physical abuse, and has explored a limited number of self-injury variables (most commonly suicide attempts). Among 147 women in a primary care setting, the authors explored the relationship between five forms of childhood abuse or trauma and three types of bodily self-injury. In univariate analyses, all forms of abuse except physical neglect were related to an increased likelihood of bodily self-harm. In a logistic regression analysis, sexual abuse, physical abuse, and witnessing violence were uniquely related to an increased likelihood of bodily self-injury. The results suggest that the direct experience or observation of body violation may developmentally precede subsequent bodily self-injury in some individuals.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1077-8012
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/107780129952004
ID  - ref1
ER  -