Family Functioning Moderating the Effects of Childhood Sexual Abuse on Memory Specificity

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lina Schlachter ◽  
Steven Weiner ◽  
Mike Nash
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Childhood Sexual Abuse ◽  
Family Functioning ◽  
Memory Specificity

Autobiographical memory specificity in adults reporting repressed, recovered, or continuous memories of childhood sexual abuse

2006 ◽  
Vol 20 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 527-535 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard J. McNally ◽  
Susan A. Clancy ◽  
Heidi M. Barrett ◽  
Holly A. Parker ◽  
Carel S. Ristuccia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Childhood Sexual Abuse ◽  
Autobiographical Memory ◽  
Memory Specificity ◽  
Autobiographical Memory Specificity

Adult social outcomes of extremely low birth weight survivors of childhood sexual abuse

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 581-587 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. I. Lund ◽  
K. L. Day ◽  
L. A. Schmidt ◽  
S. Saigal ◽  
R. J. Van Lieshout
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Birth Weight ◽  
Preterm Birth ◽  
Childhood Sexual Abuse ◽  
Low Birth Weight ◽  
Family Functioning ◽  
Social Functioning ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Social Outcomes ◽  
Extremely Low Birth Weight

Preterm birth and exposure to childhood sexual abuse (CSA) are early physiological and psychological adversities that have been linked to reduced social functioning across the lifespan. However, the joint effects of being born preterm and being exposed to CSA on adult social outcomes remains unclear. We sought to determine the impact of exposure to both preterm birth and CSA on adult social functioning in a group of 179 extremely low birth weight (ELBW; <1000 g) survivors and 145 matched normal birth weight (>2500 g) participants in the fourth decade of life. Social outcome data from a prospective, longitudinal, population-based Canadian birth cohort initiated between the years of 1977 and 1982 were examined. At age 29–36 years, ELBW survivors who experienced CSA reported poorer relationships with their partner, worse family functioning, greater loneliness, lower self-esteem and had higher rates of avoidant personality problems than those who had not experienced CSA. Birth weight status was also found to moderate associations between CSA and self-esteem (P=0.032), loneliness (P=0.021) and family functioning (P=0.060), such that the adverse effects of CSA were amplified in ELBW survivors. Exposure to CSA appears to augment the adult social risks associated with perinatal adversity. Individuals born preterm and exposed to CSA appear to be a group at particularly high risk for adverse social outcomes in adulthood.

scholarly journals Autobiographical memory specificity after manipulating retrieval cues in adults reporting childhood sexual abuse.

2008 ◽  
Vol 117 (2) ◽  
pp. 444-453 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beatrijs J. A. Hauer ◽  
Ineke Wessel ◽  
Elke Geraerts ◽  
Harald Merckelbach ◽  
Tim Dalgleish
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Childhood Sexual Abuse ◽  
Autobiographical Memory ◽  
Retrieval Cues ◽  
Memory Specificity ◽  
Autobiographical Memory Specificity
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