Washington D.C, Oct. 24 -- : Young women who were maltreated as a child may feel more pain compared to those who haven't had any such history, says a study.
As adults, these young women, who averaged nearly 25 years of age, reported high intensity of pain, a greater number of locations of pain, and a greater likelihood to have experienced pain in the week prior to being surveyed than adults not maltreated during childhood.
Maltreatment included physical, emotional and sexual abuse, as well as neglect and was substantiated by child welfare records.
"Child maltreatment and post-traumatic stress symptoms in adolescence work together to increase risk of pain in young adulthood," said Sarah Beal, PhD, a developmental psychologist at Cincinnat...