A Trio of Risk Factors for Childhood Sexual Abuse: Exposure to Parental Domestic Violence, Parental Addiction and Parental Mental Illness As Correlates of Childhood Sexual Abuse

This study investigated parental mental illness, parental addiction and exposure to domestic violence as correlates of childhood sexual abuse using the 2010 and 2012 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). Two models of screening for childhood sexual abuse (cluster model and cumulative model) are discussed.