Existing research suggests that prior victimizations during a person’s lifetime, particularly childhood traumas and maltreatment, are risk factors for abuse and revictimization in adulthood, although longitudinal evidence is sparse. Using data from a 30-year ongoing longitudinal study of the long-term consequences of childhood maltreatment, this paper describes the extent to which childhood maltreatment predicts subsequent victimization and partner violence victimization at two time points in adulthood. Data were obtained from a prospective cohort design study in which children with court-substantiated cases of maltreatment (ages 0–11 years) and demographically matched controls were followed into adulthood and interviewed over several waves. Childhood maltreatment was assessed through juvenile and adult court records from 1967 to 1971 in a midwestern county area in the United States. Victimization experiences were assessed from 2000 to 2002 ( Mage = 39.5 years) and 2009 to 2010 ( Mage = 47.5) and included two types based on information from the lifetime trauma and victimization history instrument and questions about past year partner violence victimization. Individuals with histories of childhood maltreatment were more likely to report physical and sexual assaults and kidnapping and stalking victimization than controls through age 39.5. In contrast, the two groups did not differ at the later assessment at age 47.5, except maltreated individuals reported greater risk for sexual assault/abuse than controls. For intimate partner violence victimization at age 39.5, maltreated and control groups differed only in terms of victimization involving injury. Later in adulthood, more individuals with histories of childhood maltreatment reported partner physical violence victimization compared to controls. Although these longitudinal findings showed a general decline in victimization experiences over the two time points, these results demonstrate that childhood maltreatment increases risk for subsequent revictimization in middle adulthood, specifically for sexual assault/abuse and intimate partner physical violence victimization. These findings have implications for prevention and intervention efforts targeting maltreated children.

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童年虐待、再次受害和中年时期的伴侣暴力受害：前瞻性纵向调查


现有研究表明，尽管纵向证据很少，但一个人一生中先前受害，特别是童年创伤和虐待，是成年后遭受虐待和再次受害的危险因素。本文利用一项持续 30 年的关于儿童虐待长期后果的纵向研究的数据，描述了儿童虐待在多大程度上预测了成年后两个时间点的后续受害和伴侣暴力受害。数据来自一项前瞻性队列设计研究，其中对经法院证实的虐待案件的儿童（0-11 岁）和人口统计学匹配的对照组进行跟踪直至成年，并进行数轮访谈。通过 1967 年至 1971 年美国中西部县地区的青少年和成人法庭记录对儿童虐待情况进行了评估。对 2000 年至 2002 年（Mage = 39.5 岁）和 2009 年至 2010 年（Mage = 47.5 年）的受害经历进行了评估，包括基于终生创伤和受害历史工具的信息以及有关去年伴侣暴力受害问题的两种类型。在 39.5 岁之前，有童年虐待史的个体更有可能报告身体攻击、性侵犯以及绑架和跟踪受害行为，而对照组则高于对照组。相比之下，两组在 47.5 岁时的后期评估中没有差异，只是受虐待的个体报告性侵犯/虐待的风险高于对照组。对于 39.5 岁亲密伴侣暴力受害情况，虐待组和对照组仅在涉及伤害的受害情况方面存在差异。 成年后，与对照组相比，更多有童年虐待史的人报告称自己遭受过伴侣身体暴力。尽管这些纵向研究结果显示，在这两个时间点内，受害经历普遍下降，但这些结果表明，童年虐待会增加随后在成年中期再次受害的风险，特别是性侵犯/虐待和亲密伴侣身体暴力受害。这些发现对于针对受虐待儿童的预防和干预工作具有重要意义。