The role of borderline personality disorder and depression in the relationship between sexual assault and body mass index among women veterans

Ann M Cheney; Brenda M Booth; Teri D Davis; Michelle A Mengeling; James C Torner; Anne G Sadler

doi:10.1891/0886-6708.VV-D-12-00171

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The role of borderline personality disorder and depression in the relationship between sexual assault and body mass index among women veterans

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The role of borderline personality disorder and depression in the relationship between sexual assault and body mass index among women veterans

Ann M Cheney, Brenda M Booth, Teri D Davis, Michelle A Mengeling, James C Torner and Anne G Sadler

Violence and victims, Vol.29(5), pp.742-756

2014

DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.VV-D-12-00171

PMID: 25905125

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Abstract

This article examines lifetime sexual assault (LSA) and mental health history as risk factors associated with body mass index (BMI) in a population of women veterans. This cross-sectional study of a retrospective cohort of 948 Veterans Affairs (VA)-enrolled midwestern enlisted rank women veterans included computer-assisted telephone interviews. Findings show that 33.4% of the participants had a BMI of 30.0 or more meeting the criteria for obesity and 62.5% reported lifetime attempted or completed sexual assault. Greater BMI was positively associated with older age, less education, LSA, depression, and borderline personality disorder (BPD) and negatively associated with current substance use disorder in multivariate models. Mediation analysis found that the relationship between sexual assault and BMI was completely mediated by BPD and depression. Interventions should combine physical and mental health care in gender-specific services for overweight women veterans with trauma histories and mental health conditions.

Body Mass Index

Depression - epidemiology

Age Factors

Cross-Sectional Studies

Borderline Personality Disorder - psychology

Comorbidity

Obesity - psychology

Humans

Spouse Abuse - statistics & numerical data

Veterans - psychology

Spouse Abuse - psychology

Borderline Personality Disorder - epidemiology

Young Adult

Obesity - epidemiology

Depression - psychology

Adult

Female

Veterans - statistics & numerical data

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Title: Subtitle: The role of borderline personality disorder and depression in the relationship between sexual assault and body mass index among women veterans
Creators: Ann M Cheney
Brenda M Booth
Teri D Davis
Michelle A Mengeling
James C Torner
Anne G Sadler
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Violence and victims, Vol.29(5), pp.742-756
DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.VV-D-12-00171
PMID: 25905125
NLM abbreviation: Violence Vict
ISSN: 0886-6708
eISSN: 1945-7073
Publisher: United States
Language: English
Date published: 2014
Academic Unit: Psychiatry; Epidemiology; Surgery; Injury Prevention Research Center; Neurosurgery; Internal Medicine
Record Identifier: 9983995159502771

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