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008			110331s2002 eng
040			_aWSS _dAFV
100			_aJury, Angela Faye _91455
245			_aSome mental and physical health outcomes associated with sexual abuse in childhood : _ba community survey of New Zealand women _cJury, Angela Faye
260			_c2002
300			_a101 p.
365			_a00 _b0
500			_aThesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Psychology at Massey University. Available for loan from the Turitea Campous library.
520			_aThis study examined the long-term impact of childhood sexual abuse on mental and physical functioning, as well as the potentially mediating effects of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptomatology in a community sample of 964 New Zealand women. In total, 63% of women surveyed reported experiencing a traumatic event in their lifetime, of which 16 experienced childhood sexual abuse only, and 114 experienced multiple types of traumatic events, including childhood sexual abuse. Measures of physical health symptoms, chronic health, and health care use were used to assess current physical health functioning. Significantly higher levels of PTSD symptomatology and psychological distress were found among women with histories of childhood sexual abuse in comparison to nontraumatised women. Findings indicate that the main effects of traumatic experiences involving childhood sexual abuse on psychological distress and physical health symptoms were partially mediated by PTSD symptomatology. In conclusion, traumatic experiences involving childhood sexual abuse can negatively impact on the current mental and physical health functioning of women. However, a higher risk of adverse outcomes is associated with several childhood sexual abuse factors. These findings indicate the importance of ensuring the development and provision of services aimed at preventing and ameliorating the impact of exposure; the need to comprehensively assess survivors in both clinical and health care settings; and the utility of further research examining factors which may influence individual variability in adaptation, as well as subsequent trauma exposure.--AUTHOR'S ABSTRACT
522			_anz
650	2	7	_aADULT SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ABUSE _946
650	2	7	_2FVC _aMENTAL HEALTH _9377
650	2	7	_2FVC _aNEGLECT _9401
650	2	7	_2FVC _aSTATISTICS _9575
650	2	7	_2FVC _aWOMEN _9645
650	2	7	_aTHESES _9606
650	2	7	_94089 _aADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES
650	2	7	_9103 _aCHILD ABUSE
650	2	7	_9121 _aCHILD SEXUAL ABUSE _2FVC
942			_2ddc _cTHESIS
999			_c3052 _d3052