Childhood Sexual Abuse and Early Timing of Puberty

Noll, Jennie G.; Trickett, Penelope K.; Long, Jeffrey D.; Negriff, Sonya; Susman, Elizabeth J.; Shalev, Idan; Li, Jacinda C.; Putnam, Frank W.

doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2016.09.008

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“…There are other aspects of sexual abuse that constitute developmental discordances as well. For example, sexually abused females were found to have entered puberty earlier than their nonabused counterparts (Noll et al., ). Early puberty is not only a risk factor for poor mental health and externalizing behavior problems in adolescence, but it has been shown to be correlated with early sexual debut and risky sexual behaviors (Cavanagh, ; Negriff & Susman, ).…”

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confidence: 99%

Is Sexual Abuse a Unique Predictor of Sexual Risk Behaviors, Pregnancy, and Motherhood in Adolescence?

Noll

Guastaferro

Beal

et al. 2018

J of Research on Adolesc

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This study tested sexual abuse as a unique predictor of subsequent adolescent sexual behaviors, pregnancy, and motherhood when in company with other types of maltreatment (physical abuse, neglect) and alternative behavioral, family, and contextual risk factors in a prospective, longitudinal study of maltreated (n = 275) and comparison (n = 239) nulliparous females aged 14-19 years old assessed annually through 19 years old. Hierarchical regression was used to disentangle risk factors that account for the associations of maltreatment type on risky sexual behaviors at 19 years old, adolescent pregnancy, and adolescent motherhood. Findings indicate that sexual and physical abuse remain significant predictors of risky sexual behaviors, and that sexual abuse remains a significant predictor of adolescent motherhood when alternative explanatory variables are controlled.

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confidence: 99%

Is Sexual Abuse a Unique Predictor of Sexual Risk Behaviors, Pregnancy, and Motherhood in Adolescence?

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Guastaferro

Beal

et al. 2018

J of Research on Adolesc

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“…Biological aging following ELA has been measured with a variety of different metrics. By far the most commonly used metric is the timing and pace of pubertal development, including age of menarche in females (Boynton-Jarrett & Harville, 2012;Deardorff, Abrams, Ekwaru, & Rehkopf, 2014;Graber, Brooks-Gunn, & Warren, 1995b) and pubertal stage controlling for chronological age Mendle, Leve, Van Ryzin, Natsuaki, & Ge, 2011;Negriff, Blankson, & Trickett, 2015;Noll et al, 2017;Sumner, Colich, Uddin, Armstrong, & McLaughlin, 2019). A second line of work has examined measures of cellular aging, including leukocyte telomere length (Coimbra, Carvalho, Moretti, Mello, & Belangero, 2017;Drury et al, 2014;Price, Kao, Burgers, Carpenter, & Tyrka, 2013) and DNA methylation (DNAm) age (Gassen, Chrousos, Binder, & Zannas, 2017;Wolf et al, 2017).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Existing studies have focused on a wide range of adversity experiences, ranging from physical abuse and violence exposure to physical and emotional neglect and institutional rearing, and provide some clues about the types of ELA that might be particularly likely to produce a pattern of accelerated development. For example, physical and sexual abuse have been consistently associated with accelerated pubertal development in females (Mendle, Ryan, & McKone, 2016;Noll et al, 2017;Trickett, Noll, & Putnam, 2011;Trickett & Putnam, 1993). In contrast, studies of war and famine suggest that severe material deprivation can delay pubertal development (Prebeg & Bralic, 2000;van Noord & Kaaks, 1991).…”

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Biological Aging in Childhood and Adolescence Following Experiences of Threat and Deprivation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Colich

Rosen

Williams³

et al. 2019

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Life history theory argues that exposure to early-life adversity (ELA) accelerates development, although existing evidence for this varies. We present a meta-analysis and systematic review testing the hypothesis that ELA involving threat (e.g., violence exposure) will be associated with accelerated biological aging across multiple metrics, whereas exposure to deprivation (e.g., neglect, institutional rearing) and low-socioeconomic status (SES) will not. We meta-analyze 46 studies (n=64,925) examining associations of ELA with pubertal timing and cellular aging (telomere length and DNA methylation age), systematically review 19 studies (n=2276) examining ELA and neural markers of accelerated development (cortical thickness and amygdala-prefrontal cortex functional connectivity) and evaluate whether associations of ELA with biological aging vary according to the nature of adversity experienced. ELA overall was associated with accelerated pubertal timing (d=-0.12) and cellular aging (d=-0.32). Moderator analysis revealed that ELA characterized by threat (d=-0.26), but not deprivation or SES, was associated with accelerated pubertal development. Similarly, exposure to threat-related ELA was associated with accelerated cellular aging (d=-0.43), but not deprivation or SES.Systematic review revealed associations between ELA and accelerated cortical thinning, with threat-related ELA consistently associated with thinning in ventromedial prefrontal cortex, and deprivation and SES associated with thinning in frontoparietal, default, and visual networks.There was no consistent association of ELA with amygdala-PFC connectivity. These findings suggest specificity in the types of early environmental experiences associated with accelerated biological aging and highlight the importance of evaluating how accelerated aging contributes to health disparities and whether this process can be mitigated through early intervention.

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“…However, social vulnerability is present in this context, where economic and educational levels interfere with access to safe and law ful abortion 18,[30][31][32] . The incidence of septic abortion varies widely among developing and developed countries 6,7 and is also related to adolescence 7,20 .…”

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Vulnerability in adolescence: a case report of attempted abortion and sexual violence

Silva¹,

Sousa

Lohmann³

et al. 2017

J. Hum. Growth Dev.

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Childhood Sexual Abuse and Early Timing of Puberty

Cited by 78 publications

References 40 publications

Is Sexual Abuse a Unique Predictor of Sexual Risk Behaviors, Pregnancy, and Motherhood in Adolescence?

Is Sexual Abuse a Unique Predictor of Sexual Risk Behaviors, Pregnancy, and Motherhood in Adolescence?

Biological Aging in Childhood and Adolescence Following Experiences of Threat and Deprivation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Vulnerability in adolescence: a case report of attempted abortion and sexual violence

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