Another important issue is that many people with a history of TE exposure have been exposed to multiple TEs. Sledjeski et al. (2008), for example, reported that the people reporting lifetime exposure to TEs in an epidemiological survey of the US household population experienced an average 3.3 TEs. It is unclear, though, whether lifetime TEs are related to each other and, if so, if there are any causal associations between exposure to initial TEs and risk of subsequent exposure. The literature suggests that such associations exist, most notably in the discussion of the possible existence of an ‘accident-prone’ personality (Visser et al. 2007). Another example is revictimization, whereby childhood abuse is associated with subsequent exposure to interpersonal partner violence and sexual assault, with the suggestion that the psychological consequences of victimization increase vulnerability for further victimization (Coid et al. 2001; Testa et al. 2007; Daigneault et al. 2009). However, the time-lagged associations among the full range of TEs have not been examined. Critical questions remain as to whether all types of TE exposure are associated with increased risk of subsequent
