1st Edition

Child Trauma And HIV Risk Behaviour In Women A Multivariate Mediational Model

214 Pages
by Routledge

202 Pages
by Routledge

202 Pages
by Routledge

Utilizing longitudinal research, the authors have identified the mediational nature of the process of how traumatic events in childhood lead to increased HIV risk as adults. The book approaches the outcomes of childhood maltreatment systematically; demonstrates for the first time the need to examine the mediators of abuse, the indirect paths from childhood experiences to adult behaviors; offers... Read more
Preface, Acknowledgments, 1. HIV and Women, 2. Childhood Sexual Abuse, 3. A Model for the Relationship Between Childhood Sexual Abuse and HIV Risk, 4. Methodological Considerations and Compromises, 5. Differential Effects of Childhood Sexual Abuse, 6. Preliminary Model Analyses, 7. Longitudinal Model Analyses, 8. Analysis of Model Mediators, 9. Cross-Sample Comparisons Comparisons, 10. Psychosocial Functioning Clusters, 11. Discussion, 12. Implications, Appendix, Author Index, Subject Index

Biography

Laura E. Whitmire, Lisa L. Harlow, Kathryn Quina and Patricia J. Morokoff