Relationships of Depression to Child and Adult Abuse and Bodily Pain Among

Abstract

This study investigates whether depression in women who experienced intimate partner violence is associated with having also experienced childhood sexual and physical abuse, psychological abuse by an intimate partner, recent involvement with the abusive partner, and bodily pain. Fifty-seven women who had left a violent relationship with an intimate partner completed measures assessing their demographic characteristics, experiences of abuse in childhood and in their relationship with their intimate partner, and depressive symptoms. Multiple regression analysis showed that women's depression was significantly greater among those who had experienced childhood physical and sexual abuse, more severe psychological abuse, and greater bodily pain (p<.001), adjusted R(2)=.32. These results suggest characteristics that can help to identify abused women who are most at risk for depression, and they suggest specific issues that may need to be addressed in this population.

Intimate Partner Violence in Mexican-American Women With Disabilities

“…44,45 This is consistent with our findings. Wuest and colleagues 28 have explained that chronic pain in abused women often stems from a complex bio-psycho-social response to stress from physical and psychosocial trauma in childhood as well as adulthood that may result in neuropathic changes in the pathways associated with chronic pain.…”

Developing an Empirical Profile for Elder Abuse Research in Canada

“…Personality disorders, depression, anxiety disorders, substance abuse, schizophrenia, as well as cognitive impairments associated with aging such as dementia heighten the risk for older adults (Aldridge & Browne, 2003;Friedman & Loue, 2007;Koopman et al, 2007;Lafta, 2008;McGechie, 2007;Mouton, 2003). Poor health, such as chronic illness that results in disabilities and impairments to activities of daily living, also is significantly associated with victimization (Mouton, 2003).…”

Intimate Partner Violence, Depression, and Resource Availability Among a Community Sample of Hispanic Women

“…The results from these studies may not be generalizable to other groups of Hispanics in the U.S. with different countries of origin, acculturation levels and other sociodemographic characteristics. Research in this area has also mostly relied on clinical samples of women or women that have access to health care (Bauer, Rodriguez, & Perez-Stable, 2000;Bonomi et al, 2006;Cooker et al, 2002) and/or have required women to be able to speak and write in English (Bonomi et al, 2006;Breselau et al, 2006;Koopman et al, 2007). The results of these studies may not apply to Hispanic women in the community that may have limited access to health services and lack proficiency in the English language.…”