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008			110331s2009 eng
040			_aWSS _dAFV
100			_aBoden, Joseph M. _9800
245			_aExperience of sexual abuse in childhood and abortion in adolescence and early adulthood _cBoden, Joseph M.; Fergusson, D.M. (David Murray); Horwood, L. J. (Leonard John)
260			_c2009
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500			_aChild Abuse & Neglect, 2009, 33(12):: 870-876
520			_aThis article presents results from a study examining the associations between sexual abuse in childhood and the number of abortions in adolescence and early adulthood. The study used data from a 25-year prospective longitudinal study of a birth cohort of 1,265 New Zealand children (630 females). The data included assessments of experience of sexual abuse in childhood using retrospective data gathered at ages 18 and 21, self-reported abortions from ages 15 to 25, measures of childhood socio-economic disadvantage, family stability, family functioning, experience of childhood physical abuse, and pregnancy in adolescence and early adulthood. The study found that the severity of the sexual abuse in childhood experience was significantly associated with an increasing rate of abortions during ages 15-25. Adjusting for potentially confounding factors from childhood reduced the size of the association, but it remained marginally statistically significant. However, controlling for the mediating effects of pregnancy risk in adolescence and early adulthood reduced the association between experience of sexual abuse in childhood and abortion to statistical non-significance. The study suggests that the association between experience of sexual abuse in childhood and increased rates of abortion was mediated by the increased rates of pregnancy associated with experiences of sexual abuse in childhood. The results indicate a causal connection in which experience of sexual abuse in childhood leads to increased rates of pregnancy, which in turn leads to increased rates of abortion.
650	2	7	_aABORTION _92900
650	2	7	_aADOLESCENTS _943
650	2	7	_aADULT SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ABUSE _946
650	2	7	_2FVC _aCHILDREN AT RISK _9131
650		0	_aChristchurch Health and Development Study _94067
650	2	7	_2FVC _aHEALTH _9283
650	2	7	_aLONGITUDINAL STUDIES _9351
650	2	7	_aREPRODUCTIVE HEALTH _93274
650	2	7	_aRISK FACTORS _9505
650	2	7	_aYOUNG WOMEN _9661
651		4	_aNEW ZEALAND _92588
650	2	7	_9103 _aCHILD ABUSE
650	2	7	_9121 _aCHILD SEXUAL ABUSE
650	2	4	_aSEXUAL VIOLENCE _9531
700	1		_aHorwood, Leonard John _91381
700	1		_91142 _aFergusson, David M.
773	0		_tChild Abuse & Neglec, 2009, 33(12): 870-876
830			_aChild Abuse & Neglect _94477
856			_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2009.04.006 _zRead the abstract
942			_cARTICLE _2ddc
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