A Meta-Analytic Review of the Effects of Childhood Abuse on Medical Outcomes in Adulthood
- 1 October 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Psychosomatic Medicine
- Vol. 71 (8), 805-812
- https://doi.org/10.1097/psy.0b013e3181bb2b46
Abstract
Objective: To summarize the relationship between abuse during childhood and physical health outcomes in adulthood and to examine the role of potential moderators, such as the type of health outcome assessed, gender, age, and the type of abuse. Studies using self-report assessment methods were compared with studies using objective or independently verifiable methods.This publication has 48 references indexed in Scilit:
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