Interpersonal victimization is a pervasive hardship for children and adults. Previous research
has attempted to identify individual characteristics and environmental conditions that might …

Although biological factors may influence the risk of experiencing negative life events, the
role of genes in the vulnerability to child victimization remains poorly understood. In a large …

Childhood maltreatment and intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization are major
psychiatric risk factors. Maltreatment substantially increases the likelihood of subsequent …

Background Decades of research have shown that environmental exposures, including self-
reports of trauma, are partly heritable. Heritable characteristics may influence exposure to …

Despite the pervasiveness of adult sexual assault (ASA), evidence-based knowledge on the
risk factors for sexual victimization is insufficient. Here, we investigated the etiology of ASA in …

Despite the pervasiveness of adult sexual assault (ASA), evidence-based knowledge on the
risk factors for sexual victimization is insufficient. Here, we investigated the etiology of ASA in …

Childhood maltreatment is a key risk factor for poor mental and physical health. Recently,
variation in epigenetic processes, such as DNA methylation, has emerged as a potential …

The current study examined direct and indirect effects of a mother's history of childhood
physical and sexual abuse on her child's officially reported victimization. This prospective …

Childhood maltreatment increases risk for sexual and physical revictimization in adulthood.
The goal of the current study was to examine whether this risk is associated with specific …

Background. Child sexual abuse (CSA) is associated, after controlling for other adversities,
with a range of non-psychotic disorders in adult life. There is a need to clarify whether CSA …