Childhood emotional and sexual maltreatment moderate the relation of the serotonin transporter gene to stress generation.

KL Harkness, RM Bagby, JG Stewart… - Journal of Abnormal …, 2015 - psycnet.apa.org
Emerging evidence suggests that the tendency to generate stressful life events may be, at
least in part, genetically determined. However, the role of the early environment in shaping …

[HTML][HTML] Adversidade na infância prediz sintomas depressivos e tentativas de suicídio em mulheres adultas portuguesas

VCP Pinto, JFC Alves, ÂC Maia - Estudos de Psicologia (Campinas), 2015 - SciELO Brasil
Este estudo examinou a prevalência de 10 categorias de experiências adversas na infância
autorrelatadas em mulheres adultas portuguesas, e avaliou se essas experiências eram …

Childhood experiences of physical, emotional and sexual abuse among college students in South India

M Bhilwar, RP Upadhyay, S Rajavel… - Journal of tropical …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Objective (s): To document the prevalence of physical, emotional and sexual abuse during
childhood among college students. Method (s): The study was conducted among college …

The effects of childhood abuse on self-reported psychotic symptoms in severe mental illness: Mediating effects of posttraumatic stress symptoms

JY Choi, YM Choi, B Kim, DW Lee, MS Gim, SH Park - Psychiatry research, 2015 - Elsevier
The present study examined the role of posttraumatic stress symptoms in the relationship
between childhood abuse and self-reported psychotic symptoms in severe mental illness. A …

Personal mastery buffers the effects of childhood sexual abuse on women's health and family functioning

A King, BM Wardecker, RS Edelstein - Journal of Family Violence, 2015 - Springer
Personal mastery has been associated with many positive outcomes and may attenuate
negative responses to life stressors. Our research extends prior work by examining whether …

Evaluation of sex differences in health-related quality of life outcomes associated with child abuse: Results from the Ontario Child Health Study

M Tanaka, TO Afifi, CN Wathen, MH Boyle… - Epidemiology and …, 2015 - cambridge.org
Aims. Despite the advances in child maltreatment research, there is still the need for
comprehensive information about how abuse affects a broad range of categories of young …

Early life trauma is associated with decreased peripheral levels of thyroid-hormone T3 in adolescents

TD Machado, GA Salum, VL Bosa, MZ Goldani… - International Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
An adverse early life environment can induce changes on behavioral and metabolic
responses later in life. Recent studies in rats showed that the quality of maternal care as …

A prospective examination of the mechanisms linking childhood physical abuse to body mass index in adulthood

MM Francis, V Nikulina, CS Widom - Child maltreatment, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Previous research has reported associations between childhood physical abuse and body
mass index (BMI) in adulthood. This article examined the role of four potential mediators …

Symptoms of major depressive disorder subsequent to child maltreatment: Examining change across multiple levels of analysis to identify transdiagnostic risk …

CE Shenk, AM Griffin, KJ O'Donnell - Development and …, 2015 - cambridge.org
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a prevalent psychiatric condition in the child
maltreatment population. However, not all children who have been maltreated will develop …

Exploring mental health consequences of childhood abuse and the relevance of religiosity

MC Feinson, A Meir - Journal of interpersonal violence, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Although childhood abuse is an established risk factor for mental health problems in
adulthood, there is relatively little empirical evidence concerning intervening factors that may …