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Adulthood Depression, Anxiety, And Trauma Symptoms: A Comparison Of Women With Nonabusive, Abusive, And Absent Father Figures In Childhood

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book/Conference Title

Violence and Victims

Volume

19

Issue

6

First Page

659

Last Page

671

Abstract

We collected data from 447 women (aged 18 or higher) from seven domestic violence programs and five substance use disorder treatment programs in a midwestern state. Women who reported a nonabusive natural/adoptive father or stepfather (N = 185), abusive natural/ adoptive father or stepfather (N = 200), or absent father figure (N = 40) were compared on a series of mental health measures with multivariate analysis of variance and pairwise post hoc comparisons using the Bonferroni test. Women with absent father figures were found to have significantly lower mean scores on the Beck Anxiety Inventory, Beck Depression Inventory, and Trauma Symptom Checklist-40 (TSC-40) than women with abusive fathers. There were no significant differences between women with absent father figures and women with nonabusive father figures on the Beck Anxiety Inventory, Beck Depression Inventory, and TSC-40. Implications for research, practice, and policy are discussed. © 2004 Springer Publishing Company.

Department

Department of Social Work

Original Publication Date

1-1-2004

DOI of published version

10.1891/vivi.19.6.659.66346

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