@article{ref1,
title="Childhood sexual abuse moderates the relationship between obesity and mental health in low-income women",
journal="Child maltreatment",
year="2015",
author="Ramirez, Jennifer C. and Milan, Stephanie",
volume="21",
number="1",
pages="85-89",
abstract="We examined whether a history of self-reported childhood sexual abuse (CSA) moderates the relationship between obesity and mental health symptoms (depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress disorder) in an ethnically diverse sample of low-income women. A community sample of 186 women completed self-report measures and had their weight and height measured. Body mass index and CSA had an interactive effect on all mental health measures, such that obese women with a CSA history reported substantially higher levels of all symptoms. These results give greater specificity to the obesity-mental health link reported in previous studies and provide possible directions for targeted intervention.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1077-5595",
doi="10.1177/1077559515611246",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077559515611246"
}