Disclosure of violence was less than expected with 7.7% of the adolescents reporting child abuse, 4.6% reporting partner violence and 15.5% reporting other past traumatic life experiences. Adolescents offering additional information related to a past traumatic life experience verbally described witnessed acts of violence such as a drowning or shooting of a family member or friend. No adolescent specifically noted witnessing of violence between parents. Child abuse was significantly reported by more White adolescents,x2(3) 5 15.98 p 5 .001; other categories of VE were similar between ethnic/racial groups. None of the three categories of VE was found to associate with age or depressive symptoms (EPDS scores).However, p values of significance ranging between p , .001 and .006 reflected relationships between the three categories of violence. Frequencies for disclosed child abuse, partner violence, or other past traumatic life experiences by gravidity and parity are provided in Table 3. Several pregnancies and living children differed by history of child abuse, F(1) 55.30, p 5 .02 and F(1) 5 5.45, p 5 .02, respectively.