Results

          Twenty-five of the women were abused in childhood only (CA) and 36 were abused in both childhood and physically or sexually revictimized in adulthood (RV). Women meeting criteria for the RV group reported either physical or sexual assault after age 18 as an adult (not including domestic violence) in addition to childhood physical or sexual abuse. Half of the sample (50.8%) reported domestic violence in adulthood (52% of the CA group and 50% of the RV group). Domestic violence thus was not included as a criterion for revictimization unless the participant reported physical or sexual assault occurring within that context.
          Across all subjects, 50 (82%) were sexually abused in childhood and 41 (67.2%) were physically abused as a child. In the CA group, 19 (76%) experienced childhood sexual abuse and 15 (60%) were physically abused. In the RV group, 31 (86.1%) were sexually abused and 26 (72.2%) were physically abused in childhood. The two groups did not differ significantly in terms of sexual or physical abuse history, 2(1, N = 60) = .500, p >.48 and 2(1, N = 60) = .629, p > .428, respectively. Chi square analyses demonstrated that there were no significant differences between the groups on any sociodemographic variables (see Table 1). The mean age of the sample was 32.82 (SD = 7.49; range: 21-52). There was not a significant difference between the average ages of the two groups (M = 31.76; SD = 7.47 for the CA group and M = 33.56; SD = 7.52 for the RV group).
          Clinician-administered questionnaires (SCID-I and II) revealed the presence of comorbid psychiatric disorders in many participants (see Table 2). Pearson chi-square tests revealed no significant differences between the CA and RV groups on frequency of any of the comorbid psychiatric disorders.