| Five forms of childhood trauma: relationships with employment in adulthood. |
| Summary: Study to examine relationships between types of childhood maltreatment and employment status in adulthood. 328 adults outpatients completed a survey. 37.2% respondents reported they had not experienced any form of childhood trauma; 43% had witnessed violence; 15.2% experienced physical neglect; 44.8% emotional abuse; 25.9% physical abuse; and 22.9% sexual abuse. Found sexual abuse was associated with a greater number of full-time jobs and witnessing violence and sexual abuse were both associated with being fired. The other types of abuse had no association and trauma in childhood did not affect the total percentage of time employed in adulthood. |
| Publication details: Child Abuse and Neglect (Vol.36, Iss.9) September 2012 pp 676-679 |
| Authors: Randy A. Sansone, Justin S. Leung and Michael W. Wiederman |
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