Emotional and physical abuse in family: Survey among high school adolescents

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 240-248

  Aberle, Neda ^a,b   Ratković Blažević, Violeta ^b   Mitrović Dittrich, Dubravka ^b   Coha, Renata ^b   Stoić, Antun ^c   Bublić, Joško ^b   Boranić, Milivoj ^b  

^a University School of Medicine   (Croatia)

^b DR JOSIP BEN EVI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

^c JOSIP JURAJ STROSSMAYER UNIVERSITY OF OSIJEK   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOTRAUMA; PUNISHMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL HARASSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOLISM; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; COMORBIDITY; CROATIA; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PREVALENCE; PUNISHMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS;

EID: 34247498249     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: 13328166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (43)

1. Lacković-Grgin K: Stress in children and adolescents. Sources, mediators and effects [in Croatian]. Jastrebarsko: Naklada Slap; 2000.
2. Riggs S, Alario AJ, McHorney C. Health risk behaviors and attempted suicide in adolescents who reported prior maltreatment. J Pediatr. 1990;116:815-21.
3. Claussen AH, Crittenden PM. Physical and psychological maltreatment: relations among types of maltreatment. Child Abuse Negl. 1991;15:5-18.
4. Ljubotina D, Galić J. Family relations and drug consumption in the adolescent population of the city of Zagreb [in Croatian]. Ljetopis Studijskog Centra Socijalnog Rada. 2002;9:207-33.
5. Killen K. Betrayed: abused children are responsibility of us all [in Croatian]. Zagreb: Društvo za psihološku pomoć; 2001.
6. Manly JT, Cicchetti D, Barnett D. The impact of subtype, frequency, chronicity, and severity of child maltreatment on social competence and behavior problems. Dev Psychopathol. 1994;6:121-43.
7. American Humane Newsroom Fact Sheets. Emotional abuse. Available at: http://www.americanhumane.org/site/PageServer?pagename=n r_ fact _ sheets_childemotionalabuse. Accessed: October 26, 2006.
8. Barnow S, Lucht M, Freyberger HJ. Influence of punishment, emotional rejection, child abuse, and broken home on aggression in adolescence: an examination of aggressive adolescents in Germany. Psychopathology. 2001;34:167-73.
9. Hillis SD, Anda RF, Dube SR, Felitti VJ, Marchbanks PA, Marks JS. The association between adverse childhood experiences and adolescent pregnancy, long-term psychosocial consequences, and fetal death. Pediatrics. 2004;113:320-7.
10. Romano E, Zoccolillo M, Paquette D. Histories of child maltreatment and psychiatric disorder in pregnant adolescents. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2006;45:329-36.
11. Peters DK, Range LM. Childhood sexual abuse and current suicidality in college women and men. Child Abuse Negl. 1995;19:335-41.
12. Silvern L, Waelde LC, Baughan BM, Karyl J, Kaersvang LL. Two formats for eliciting retrospective reports of child sexual and physical abuse: effects on apparent prevalence and relationships to adjustment. Child Maltreat. 2000;5:236-50.
13. Rodgers CS, Lang AJ, Laffaye C, Satz LE, Dresselhaus TR, Stein MB. The impact of individual forms of childhood maltreatment on health behavior. Child Abuse Negl. 2004;28:575-86.
14. Massie H, Szajnberg N. My life is a longing: child abuse and its adult sequelae. Results of the Brody longitudinal study from birth to age 30. Int J Psychoanal. 2006;87:471-96.
15. Saigh PA, Yasik AE, Oberfield RA, Halamandaris PV, Bremner JD. The intellectual performance of traumatized children and adolescents with or without posttraumatic stress disorder. J Abnorm Psychol. 2006;115:332-40.
16. Glaser D. Emotional abuse and neglect (psychological maltreatment): a conceptual framework. Child Abuse Negl. 2002;26:697-714.
17. Rich DJ, Gingerich KJ, Rosen LA. Childhood emotional abuse and associated psychopathology in college pupils. Journal of College Student Psychotherapy. 1997;11:13-28.
18. Ćosić I, Buljan-Flander G, Karlović A. The relationship between childhood abuse and some aspects of the psychological functioning of adolescents [in Croatian]. Suvremena Psihologija. 2002;5:191-205.
19. Leicht T, Madigan H. Emerging practices in the prevention of child abuse and neglect, 2003. Child Welfare Information Gateway. Child Maltreatment 2004: summary of key findings. Available at: http://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/ factsheets/canstats.cfm. Accessed: November 16, 2006.
20. Scher CD, Forde DR, McQuaid JR, Stein MB. Prevalence and demographic correlates of childhood maltreatment in an adult community sample. Child Abuse Negl. 2004;28:167-80.
21. Isaranurug S, Chansatitporn N, Auewattana P, Wongarsa C. Violence against children by parents. J Med Assoc Thai. 2002;85:875-80.
22. Stanić I. Violence and child abuse [in Croatian]. Narodni zdravstveni list. Available at: http://www.zzjzpgz.hr/nzl/5/zlostavljanje. htm. Accessed: October 26, 2006.
23. Summary of results of research in Croatia. First research on violence in schools [in Croatian]. Available at: http://unicef.interactive1.hr/upload/ file/111/55878/FILENAME/Sazetak_rezultata_prvo_istrazivanje.pdf. Accessed: October 21, 2006.
24. Fabijanić S, Buljan-Flander G, Karlović A. Epidemiological study on the incidence of childhood abuse experiences among secondary school pupils of Sisačko-Moslavačka County [in Croatian]. Paediatria Croatica. 2002;4:115-20.
25. Republic of Croatia - Central Bureau of Statistics. Statistical yearbook 2006. Available from: http://www.dzs.hr. Accessed: April 10, 2007.
26. Russek LG, Schwartz GE, Bell IR, Baldwin CM. Positive perceptions of parental caring are associated with reduced psychiatric and somatic symptoms. Psychosom Med. 1998;60:654-7.
27. Sbarra DA, Emery RE. Coparenting conflict, nonacceptance, and depression among divorced adults: results from a 12-year follow-up study of child custody mediation using multiple imputation. Am J Orthopsychiatry. 2005;75:63-75.
28. Mahon NE, Yarcheski A, Yarcheski TJ. Anger, anxiety, and depression in early adolescents from intact and divorced families. J Pediatr Nurs. 2003;18:267-73.
29. Riggio HR. Parental marital conflict and divorce, parent child relationships, social support, and relationship anxiety in young adulthood. Pers Relatsh. 2004;11:99-114.
30. Maccallum F, Golombok S. Children raised in fatherless families from infancy: a follow-up of children of lesbian and single heterosexual mothers at early adolescence. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2004;45:1407-19.
31. Cole DA, McPherson AE. Relation of family subsystems to adolescent depression: Implementing a new family assessment strategy. J Fam Psychol. 1993;7:119-33.
32. Hemminki K, Chen B. Lifestyle and cancer: effect of parental divorce. Eur J Cancer Prev. 2006;15:524-30.
33. Garnefski N, Diekstra RF. Adolescents from one parent, stepparent and intact families: emotional problems and suicide attempts. J Adolesc. 1997;20:201-8.
34. Bensley LS, Van Eenwyk J, Spieker SJ, Schoder J. Self-reported abuse history and adolescent problem behaviors. I. Antisocial and suicidal behaviors. J Adolesc Health. 1999;24:163-72.
35. Glaser D. Emotional abuse and neglect (psychological maltreatment): a conceptual framework. Child Abuse Negl. 2002;26:697-714.
36. Vranić A, Karlovicv A, Gabelica D. The incidence of child abuse in the sample of students from Zagreb University [in Croatian]. Suvremena Psihologija. 2002;5:53-69.
37. MacMillan HL, Fleming JE, Trocme N, Boyle MH, Wong M, Racine YA, et al. Prevalence of child physical and sexual abuse in the community. Results from the Ontario Health Supplement. JAMA. 1997;278:131-5.
38. Edwards VJ, Holden GW, Felitti VJ, Anda RF. Relationship between multiple forms of childhood maltreatment and adult mental health in community respondents: results from the adverse childhood experiences study. Am J Psychiatry. 2003;160:1453-60.
39. Buljan-Flander G, Kocijan-Hercigonja D. Child abuse and neglect [in Croatian]. Zagreb: Marko M; 2003.
40. Finzi R, Ram A, Shnit D, Har-Even D, Tyano S, Weizman A. Depressive symptoms and suicidality in physically abused children. Am J Orthopsychiatry. 2001;71:98-107.
41. Ethier LS, Lemelin JP, Lacharite C. A longitudinal study of the effects of chronic maltreatment on children's behavioral and emotional problems. Child Abuse Negl. 2004;28:1265-78.
42. Ethier LS, Couture G, Lacharite C. Risk factors associated with the chronicity of high potential for child abuse and neglect. J Fam Violence. 2004;19:13-24.
43. Jarmas AL, Kazak AE. Young adult children of alcoholic fathers: depressive experiences, coping styles, and family systems. J Consult Clin Psychol. 1992;60:244-51.