Childhood Abuse and Adulthood IPV, Depression, and High-Risk Drinking in Latinas

Abstract

Little is known about relationships between child maltreatment and adulthood intimate partner violence (IPV), depression, and risky drinking in Latinas. 548 Latinas in a sexual health randomized control trial (RCT) self-reported childhood physical, sexual, and emotional abuse, IPV, depression, and risky drinking. Childhood abuse was related to adulthood IPV, OR = 1.27, depression, OR = 2.02, and high-risk drinking, OR = 2.16. Childhood emotional abuse was linked to depression, OR = 2.19; childhood physical abuse to risky drinking, OR = 2.62; and childhood sexual abuse to depression, OR = 2.78 and risky drinking, OR = 2.38. Results may inform prevention/intervention efforts for mental health nurses.

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Funding

This research was funded by the Center of Excellence for Health Disparities Research: El Centro, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities grant P60MD002266 (Victoria B. Mitrani, Principle Investigator). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.