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650	2	7	_9103 _aCHILD ABUSE
651	2	4	_aNEW ZEALAND _92588
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008			110331s2003 eng
022			_a0033-2917
040			_aWSS _dAFV
100			_aRomans, Sarah E. _92029
245			_aAge of menarche : _bthe role of some psychosocial factors _cRomans, Sarah E.; Martin, J. M.; Gendall, Kelly A.; Herbison, G. P.
260			_aCambridge _bCambridge University Press _c2003
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500			_aPsychological Medicine 33(5) July 2003 : 933-939
520			_aThis article discusses a study that examined the associations between the age of first menarche (first menstrual period) and adverse childhood experiences in a random community sample of New Zealand women. The study was part of a larger investigation into the effects of childhood sexual abuse on adult psychosocial and health parameters in women. Methodology included the responses of two groups of women to a mailed questionnaire and interviews. Data about their childhood experiences, including age of first menarche, were collected on two occasions: the first in 1989, and the second in 1995. Analysis of the data reported here took place retrospectively, using predominantly1989 data. It was noted that previous research had linked early menarche to absence of a live-in father figure and to family conflict. The dataset allowed the analysis of various variables describing the subjects' childhood experience that could confound the absence of a father. The results of the study indicate that parental rows, being a loner, and the duration of childhood sexual abuse are the most important factors preceding early menarche, although the lack of a father and any childhood sexual abuse were each also independently associated. Although the study confirms the importance of father absence, the results are not able to select between childhood abuse experiences and this factor. The authors conclude that chronic or protracted childhood sexual abuse are variables that warrant further investigation when researching factors associated with early onset menarche.
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650	2	7	_2FVC _aFAMILIES _9238
650	2	7	_2FVC _aHEALTH _9283
650	2	7	_2FVC _aNEGLECT _9401
650	2	7	_2FVC _aPHYSICAL ABUSE _9439
650	2	7	_2FVC _aSTATISTICS _9575
650	2	7	_2FVC _aWOMEN _9645
650	2	7	_94089 _aADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES
650	2	4	_aSEXUAL VIOLENCE _9531
700	1		_aMartin, J. M. _91642
700	1		_aGendall, Kelly A. _91210
700	1		_aHerbison, G. Peter _91345
773	0		_tPsychological Medicine 33(5) July 2003 : 933-939
830			_aPsychological Medicine _95903
856			_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291703007530 _3Read abstract
942			_2ddc _cARTICLE