OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of young people's involvement in violence measured as participation in physical fights or being physically, sexually or emotionally abused. We also aimed to understand the role of social, demographic and other behavioural characteristics in violence. METHODS We evaluated 7511 adolescents (4243 girls and 3268 boys) aged 15 to 19 years old, enrolled in publi...

OBJECTIVE: To examine reports of verbal and physical abuse from family caregivers of adults with severe physical, neurological and developmental disabilities, and examine possible associations of abuse with family caregiver adjustment. DESIGN: Cross-sectional. PARTICIPANTS: 147 community-residing caregivers (129 women, 18 men) of adults with disabilities (66 men, 81 women). MEASURES: Caregiver ...

OBJECTIVE To assess the prevalence of child abuse among high school students in Curacao. METHODS A questionnaire survey among high school students up to 17 years of age was conducted. The questionnaire was based on existing literature and validated questionnaires. The questionnaire used was analysed and adapted to the situation in Curaçao by a panel of experts on child abuse. The primary obje...

The aim of this study is to examine associations among childhood physical, emotional, or sexual abuse and violence toward self (suicide attempts [SA]) and others (interpersonal aggression [IA]). Data were obtained from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions Waves 1 and 2 (n=34,653). Multinomial logistic regression examined associations between type of childhood abus...

OBJECTIVE To examine abuse specific variables among homeless and runaway adolescents and to look at perpetrators of childhood abuse. METHOD A total of 372 homeless and runaway adolescents were interviewed using a systematic sampling strategy in metropolitan Seattle. Young people were interviewed on the streets and in shelters by outreach workers in youth service agencies. RESULTS Approximat...

OBJECTIVE Suicide and suicidal behaviours are significant public health problems and a leading cause of death worldwide and in South Africa. We examined the association between childhood adversities and suicidal behaviour over the life course. METHODS A national probability sample of 4351 South African adult participants (aged 18 years and older) in the South African Stress and Health (SASH) ...

Physical child abuse has been practiced since the early days of humanity, but it is only in past twenty years that recognized hitting or physically maltreating a actually abusing them. This article reviews prevalence, symptoms, types and causes physical abuse, ending with examining what are ramifications such abuse.

OBJECTIVE Previous research has suggested that childhood emotional abuse, physical abuse, and sexual abuse are associated with an increased risk for ischemic heart disease. Our objective was to examine whether childhood abuse predicted incident metabolic syndrome, a precursor to heart disease, in midlife women. METHODS Participants were 342 (114 Black, 228 White) women from the Pittsburgh sit...

The aim of this study was to identify the frequency and causative factors of physical child abuse and any correlations with other domestic violence types. In a representative sample of 15-49-year-old married women living in Edirne chosen with stratified cluster sampling, 275 women were interviewed face-to-face in their residence or places of employment. The questionnaire used included any viole...