This is a proposal to utilize data collected in a 13-year prospective, longitudinal study of the impact of sexual abuse on female development and to further assess the prenatal and postnatal complications experienced by participants who have become mothers.
The specific aims are to establish a link between the trauma of childhood sexual abuse and subsequent labor, delivery, and postnatal complications and to ascertain the pre-pregnancy factors (both physiological and psychological), prenatal factors (such as prenatal care, pregnancy intendedness, social support, stress, and substance used, and contextual factors (ethnicity, SES, age at conception,, and subsequent traumas) which mediate the relationship between childhood trauma and obstetric risk. A second is also proposed that will serve as a pilot study of the long-term effects of labor, delivery, and postnatal complications on the development of children. Specifically, this pilot study will ascertain the extent to which children who are identified as maltreated also experienced prenatal and postnatal complications while taking into account intervening variables such as caregiver factors (parenting style, dissociation, anxiety, and depression) and child factors (perceived competence, relationship quality, behavior problems, and cognitive abilities). This is also a proposal for extensive retraining in the areas of behavioral endocrinology, and high-risk obstetrics. The training component will involve extensive independent reading, coursework, seminars, conferences, and concentrated time with mentors.
| Trickett, Penelope K; Noll, Jennie G; Putnam, Frank W (2011) The impact of sexual abuse on female development: lessons from a multigenerational, longitudinal research study. Dev Psychopathol 23:453-76 |
| Noll, Jennie G; Shenk, Chad E; Yeh, Michele T et al. (2010) Receptive language and educational attainment for sexually abused females. Pediatrics 126:e615-22 |
| Kwako, Laura E; Noll, Jennie G; Putnam, Frank W et al. (2010) Childhood sexual abuse and attachment: An intergenerational perspective. Clin Child Psychol Psychiatry 15:407-22 |
| Noll, Jennie G; Trickett, Penelope K; Harris, William W et al. (2009) The cumulative burden borne by offspring whose mothers were sexually abused as children: descriptive results from a multigenerational study. J Interpers Violence 24:424-49 |
| Noll, Jennie G; Schulkin, Jay; Trickett, Penelope K et al. (2007) Differential pathways to preterm delivery for sexually abused and comparison women. J Pediatr Psychol 32:1238-48 |
| Noll, Jennie G; Zeller, Meg H; Trickett, Penelope K et al. (2007) Obesity risk for female victims of childhood sexual abuse: a prospective study. Pediatrics 120:e61-7 |
