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Recent Stressful Life Events, Sexual Revictimization, and Their Relationship With Traumatic Stress Symptoms Among Women Sexually Abused in Childhood

Stanford University School of Medicine

Ruth Nevo

Pacific Graduate School of Psychology

Cheryl Koopman

Stanford University School of Medicine

Kirsten Nevill-Manning

Stanford University School of Medicine

Cheryl Gore-Felton

Stanford University School of Medicine

Deborah S. Rose

Palo Alto, CA

David Spiegel

Stanford University School of Medicine

This cross-sectional study examined whether previous life stressors are associated with currenttraumatic stress symptoms in women who were sexually abused in childhood. Fifty-eighttreatment-seeking women, sexually abused in childhood and meeting criteria for current post-traumaticstress disorder (PTSD) in response to their childhood sexual abuse, participated inthis study. Participants were administered a structured interview to assess PTSD as well as self-reportmeasures to assess acute stress reactions, other trauma-related symptoms, sexualrevictimization as an adult, and recent stressful life events. Recent stressful life events wereshown to be associated with PTSD symptoms, acute stress disorder (ASD) symptoms, and othertrauma-related symptoms. Sexual revictimization was associated with trauma-related symptomsbut not PTSD symptoms or ASD symptoms. Implications for clinical intervention and futureresearch are discussed.

Key Words: childhood sexual abuse • trauma symptoms • posttraumatic stress disorder • revictimization • life stress • sexual revictimization

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