Cross-Cultural Comparisons of Child-Reported Emotional and Physical Abuse: Rates, Risk Factors and Psychosocial Symptoms

Autor/inn/en	Sebre, Sandra; Sprugevica, Ieva; Novotni, Antoni; Bonevski, Dimitar; Pakalniskiene, Vilmante; Popescu, Daniela; Turchina, Tatiana; Friedrich, William; Lewis, Owen
Titel	Cross-Cultural Comparisons of Child-Reported Emotional and Physical Abuse: Rates, Risk Factors and Psychosocial Symptoms
Quelle	In: Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 28 (2004) 1, S.113-127 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0145-2134
DOI	10.1016/j.chiabu.2003.06.004
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Incidence; Rural Areas; Risk; Child Abuse; Cross Cultural Studies; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; Correlation; Alcohol Abuse; Family Environment; Latvia; Lithuania; Macedonia; Moldova + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Vorkommen; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Risiko; Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Korrelation; Familienmilieu; Lettland; Litauen; Moldava; Moldau (Republik); Moldau; Moldawien; Moldawa; Moldowa
Abstract	Objectives: This study was designed to assess the incidence of child emotional and physical abuse, associated risk factors and psychosocial symptoms in a cross-cultural comparison between post-communist bloc countries. Method: One-thousand one-hundred forty-five children ages 10-14 from Latvia (N=297), Lithuania (N=300), Macedonia (N=302), and Moldova (N=246) participated in the study. They completed questionnaires assessing their experience of emotional or physical abuse, and provided information about family risk-factors and psychosocial symptoms, including PTSD-related symptoms. Results: Incidence rates of maltreatment differed by country, as did levels of reported psychosocial symptoms. Incidence of emotional and physical abuse differed by region, with higher levels of abuse reported in the rural regions. In all four countries, a similar association between emotional/physical abuse and psychosocial symptoms was found, with the uniformly largest correlation between emotional abuse and anger. When examining the combined scores of emotional and physical abuse, even higher correlations were found, particularly in relation to anger and depression. In all four countries, parental overuse of alcohol was associated with emotional and/or physical abuse. Conclusions: Findings show differences by country in child-reported levels of emotional and physical abuse, but similar patterns of correlation with psychosocial symptoms and the risk factors of parental alcohol overuse and living in a rural area. (Author).
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