Question 3: Walitzer & Dearing write that a recent review of literature linking childhood abuse, adult alcoholism, and gender concluded that, for women, childhood sexual or physical abuse is associated with a higher likelihood of developing alcohol problems later in adulthood. For men, however, the authors assert that it is not possible to draw any conclusions about the link between childhood abuse and alcoholism. This is because of:
Group of answer choices:
- Because men won’t disclose childhood sexual or physical abuse to researchers.
- Because men who experience childhood sexual or physical abuse use so many different substances that it’s impossible to draw a conclusion about alcoholism.
- The dearth of research in this area.
- Because men do not experience childhood sexual or physical abuse.