Consequences of Childhood Abuse Among Male Psychiatric Inpatients: Dual Roles as Victims and Perpetrators

Marylene Cloitre, Kenneth Tardiff, Peter M. Marzuk, Andrew C. Leon, Laura Portera

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Abstract

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 sociodemographic 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.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)47-61
Number of pages15
JournalJournal of Traumatic Stress
Volume14
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2001

Keywords

  • Childhood abuse
  • Male
  • Psychiatric patients
  • Violence

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Clinical Psychology
  • Psychiatry and Mental health

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