Intimate Partner Violence and Cigarette Smoking

Association Between Smoking Risk and Psychological Abuse With and Without Co-Occurrence of Physical and Sexual Abuse

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ID11035818
AuthorsHee-Jin Jun (Hee-Jin Jun, Janet W. Rich-Edwards, and Rosalind J. Wright are with the Channing Laboratory and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass. Janet W. Rich-Edwards is also with the Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, and the Connors Center for Women’s Health and Gender Biology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston. Renée Boynton-Jarrett is with the Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md. Rosalind J. Wright is also with the Department...), Hee‐jin Jun (0000-0001-8479-698X, Brigham and Women's Hospital), Janet W Rich-Edwards (0000-0001-5066-8808, Hee-Jin Jun, Janet W. Rich-Edwards, and Rosalind J. Wright are with the Channing Laboratory and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass. Janet W. Rich-Edwards is also with the Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, and the Connors Center for Women’s Health and Gender Biology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston. Renée Boynton-Jarrett is with the Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md. Rosalind J. Wright is also with the Department...), Renée Boynton-Jarrett (0000-0002-5392-6443, Hee-Jin Jun, Janet W. Rich-Edwards, and Rosalind J. Wright are with the Channing Laboratory and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass. Janet W. Rich-Edwards is also with the Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, and the Connors Center for Women’s Health and Gender Biology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston. Renée Boynton-Jarrett is with the Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md. Rosalind J. Wright is also with the Department...), Rosalind J Wright (0000-0002-4262-2807, Hee-Jin Jun, Janet W. Rich-Edwards, and Rosalind J. Wright are with the Channing Laboratory and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass. Janet W. Rich-Edwards is also with the Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, and the Connors Center for Women’s Health and Gender Biology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston. Renée Boynton-Jarrett is with the Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md. Rosalind J. Wright is also with the Department...)
Year2008
Volume98
Issue3
Pages527-535
Publication date2008-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2003.037663
PMID17600272
PMCIDPMC2253569
OpenAlexW1985474088
LanguageEN
Citations received18
References cited49

Objectives. We examined the association between psychological abuse in a current relationship and current cigarette smoking among women, with and without the co-occurrence of physical or sexual abuse. Methods. Women’s experience of psychological abuse, experience of physical or sexual abuse, and smoking status were ascertained through a survey of female nurses. A score of 20 or more on the Women’s Experience With Battering scale defined psychological abuse. We used logistic regression to predict current smoking, adjusting for demographic and social covariates. Analyses included women in a current relationship (n=54200). Results. Adjusted analyses demonstrated that women experiencing only psychological abuse alone were 33% (95% confidence interval [CI]=13%, 57%) more likely to smoke than nonabused women. Compared with nonabused women, psychologically abused women’s risk of smoking was greater if they reported a single co-occurrence of physical or sexual abuse (odds ratio [OR]=1.5; 95% CI=1.3, 1.8) or multiple co-occurrences (OR=1.9; 95% CI=1.7, 2.3). Conclusions. Psychological abuse in a current relationship was associated with an increased risk of smoking in this cohort of largely White, well-educated, and employed women. The co-occurrence of physical or sexual abuse enhanced that risk. Further research is needed to see if these associations hold for other groups

Environmental health · Odds ratio · Physical abuse · Poison control · Psychiatry · Psychological abuse · Sexual abuse · Suicide prevention · Child Abuse and Trauma · Clinical Psychology · Demography · Internal Medicine · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Medicine · Smoking Behavior and Cessation

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