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. 2012 Jul;73(4):549–558. doi: 10.15288/jsad.2012.73.549

Table 2.

Report of lifetime traumatic experiences (n = 560)

Variable % reporting trauma
Adult emotional IPV, any 51.8
 Sex partner insulted or swore at you 44.1
 Sex partner threatened to hit / throw something at you 39.3
Adult physical IPV, any 49.6
 Sex partner kicked, bit, or punched you 38.9
 Sex partner beat you 41.3
 Sex partner hit you with something 28.2
 Sex partner used a knife or gun on you 8.9
Adult sexual abuse, any 26.3
 Used force to make you have sex 18.4
 Used threats to make have sex 11.8
 Made you have anal sex 8.2
 Made you use drugs/alcohol so they could force sex 8.4
 Gang raped 3.4
Childhood physical/emotional abuse, any 35.0
 Hit so hard it left me with bruises 21.3
 Called stupid, lazy, or ugly 22.5
 Parents too drunk/high to take care of the family 9.8
Childhood sexual abuse, any 25.9
 Sexual touching 20.5
 Threatened unless I did something sexual 13.8
 Forced to have intercourse 16.3
Other experienced/observed violence, any 71.1
 Mugged, car-jacked, threatened with a weapon 25.9
 Observed violence in your home 31.3
 As an adult, badly beaten up 29.1
 Seen someone badly injured/kill, seen a dead body 54.1
Other unexpected events, any 65.7
 Fire, flood, disaster destroyed home 16.4
 Serious car or train accident 15.9
 Diagnosed/hospitalized with serious/life-threatening illness 19.5
 Had someone close die unexpectedly 47.1
 Had a son/daughter die 17.0

Note: IPV = intimate partner violence.