Bootstrap Child Abuse

Results were built off of what the test subjects had written within their questionnaires. Some of the questions asked participants to rate the frequency of different acts and incidents of abuse they have witnessed before and after 13 years of age. These results support the hypothesis by showing that physical abuse was related to self-harm concerns. The bootstrapping analysis showed significant effects between physical abuse and self-harm (B = .332, p = .02) and between physical abuse and suicide-related concerns (B = -.059, p <.001). Although this study was put together well, there were limitations primarily the methods used; all test subjects were in college and hardly any had a history of self-harm. Another limitation was that only physical abuse was used as a study variable (not other forms) this was due to the base rates of sexual abuse being so low. Overall, this study only focused on college students, but what about other age groups? Do they all suffer from the aftermath of childhood abuse? Is it possible that these other groups self-harm due to being abused as a child? …show more content…
Those who have self-harmed, primarily had an abusive past that involved sexual intercourse (15 out of the 26 that self-harmed reported sexual intercourse). Results also appeared to not to have any gaps, though studying men with or without pasts of childhood abuse could have supported the hypothesis more so than generalizing the study only to women. That said, however, the cross-sectional analysis cannot definitely establish casual links, nor can the fact that the study was based off of a random community sample. However, there are parts of the data that suggest the association between sexual abuse in childhood and the later incidents of DSH. Would a past of childhood abuse lead to other issues within adulthood, such as PTSD or even issues regarding intimate relationships? Research may suggest