Objectives: This article describes four possible pathways by which childhood abuse relates
to health problems in adults. Method: Literature on the long-term effects of childhood abuse …

A total of 41 articles examined the social and emotional outcomes of childhood sexual
abuse. The outcomes examined included suicide and substance use, gang involvement …

Childhood and adolescent sexual abuse (CSA) is associated with a wide variety of adverse
psychological and health outcomes, including negative sexual health outcomes. In this …

Objective Recent increases in adolescent pregnancies have sparked a renewed impetus to
identify risk factors, such as childhood sexual abuse (CSA), associated with adolescent …

OBJECTIVE: To examine the associations between child physical abuse executed by a
parent or caretaker and self-rated health problems/risk-taking behaviors among teenagers …

The world's population is estimated to be around seven billion people, with approximately
26 percent under the age of 14 years (Central Intelligence Agency, 2012). These early years …

1. To protect children 2. The Church to accept responsibility for the abuse 3. The individual
to accept responsibility for the abuse 4. My story to be heard by the Church 5. To remove that …

As we move into the 21st century, information about sex is widespread and more accessible
to the general public than ever before. This interest in sex also increases the focus on …

The increase in female adolescent arrest and incarceration is a social problem of enormous
magnitude. In the United States, for example, arrest rates for girls have increased a dramatic …

OBJECTIVE: Few studies have investigated risk factors that predispose males to be involved
in teen pregnancies. To provide new information on such factors, we examined the …