Association of childhood physical and sexual abuse with intimate partner violence, poor general health and depressive symptoms among pregnant women.

OBJECTIVE:We examined associations of childhood physical and sexual abuse with risk of intimate partner violence (IPV). We also evaluated the extent to which childhood abuse was associated with self-reported general health status and symptoms of antepartum depression in a cohort of pregnant Peruvian...

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Main Authors: Yasmin V Barrios, Bizu Gelaye, Qiuyue Zhong, Christina Nicolaidis, Marta B Rondon, Pedro J Garcia, Pedro A Mascaro Sanchez, Sixto E Sanchez, Michelle A Williams
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4312043?pdf=render