Impulsivity Mediates the Link between Childhood Sexual Abuse and Juvenile Incarceration among Low-Income African American Women.

ABSTRACT: A history of childhood trauma has been found to have a robust influence on juvenile delinquency, and evidence suggests that childhood sexual abuse is particularly common among female youth involved in the juvenile justice system. The current study sought to investigate impulsivity as a potential mediator of the relationship between childhood sexual abuse (CSA) and juvenile incarceration amongst a community sample of low-income, urban, African American adult women. Although impulsivity has been studied among justice-involved youth, few studies have examined the influence of impulsivity within the relationship between CSA and juvenile incarceration and no known studies have explored their relationship in community populations of African American women with histories of juvenile incarceration

SUBMITTER: Harris CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8171029 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature