Citation

Woods SJ, Wineman NM, Page GG, Hall RJ, Alexander TS, Campbell JC. ANS Adv. Nurs. Sci. 2005; 28(4): 306-319.

Affiliation

University of Akron College of Nursing, Akron, Ohio, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

16292017

Abstract

This study uses a predictive exploratory design to test the relationships between and among childhood maltreatment, intimate partner violence (IPV), posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, and immune status in abused women. A convenience sample of 126 abused women and 12 nonabused women matched for age and race/ethnicity were recruited. The woman's current smoking habit, history of childhood maltreatment, experience of IPV, and PTSD symptoms predicted immune status. This prediction occurs through both direct and indirect pathways from IPV to immune status and from IPV to immune status through PTSD.