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Consequences of childhood abuse among male psychiatric inpatients: Dual roles as victims and perpetrators
Author(s) -
Cloitre Marylene,
Tardiff Kenneth,
Marzuk Peter M.,
Leon Andrew C.,
Portera Laura
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of traumatic stress
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.259
H-Index - 134
eISSN - 1573-6598
pISSN - 0894-9867
DOI - 10.1023/a:1007883414776
Subject(s) - childhood abuse , psychiatry , psychology , logistic regression , clinical psychology , interpersonal relationship , poison control , injury prevention , odds ratio , child abuse , suicide prevention , interpersonal communication , victimology , sexual abuse , interpersonal violence , odds , medicine , medical emergency , social psychology , pathology
The relationship between retrospective self‐reports of childhood abuse and subsequent interpersonal violence was assessed among 354 consecutive male inpatient admissions. Three logistic regressions revealed that, controlling for sociodemo‐graphic and diagnostic variables, the association between childhood abuse and three mutually exclusive adult negative outcomes were as follows: (1) being a perpetrator of violence (Odds Ratio [OR] = ns), (2) being a victim of violence (OR = 2.5), and (3) being a perpetrator and victim (OR = 4.9). The results suggest that, among men with significant psychiatric impairments and childhood abuse, rates of adult victimization are high, and the most frequent negative outcome reflects involvement in dual roles of perpetrator and victim. The possible dynamics of this relationship are discussed.