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Maltreatment in Childhood and Adolescence

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Häuser, Winfried, Schmutzer, Gabriele, Brähler, Elmar, Glaesmer, Heide·2011·Deutsches Ärzteblatt international

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BACKGROUND: There are no up-to-date, representative studies on the frequency of maltreatment (abuse or neglect) among children and adolescents in Germany. METHODS: In a cross-sectional study, standardized questionnaires were administered to persons aged 14 and older in a representative sample of the German population. Statistics on maltreatment in childhood and adolescence were collected with the German version of the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire. Regression analysis was used to detect potential associations of maltreatment with demographic variables including sex, age, place of birth, and social class. RESULTS: 2504 of the 4455 persons contacted (56%) completed the study. Severe emotional abuse in childhood and/or adolescence was reported by 1.6% of persons in the overall sample, severe physical abuse by 2.8%, and severe sexual abuse by 1.9%. Severe emotional neglect was reported by 6.6% and severe physical neglect by 10.8%. Female sex was a predictor for severe sexual abuse, while belonging to a low or middle social stratum was a predictor for severe physical abuse and neglect. Being older at the time of the survey was a predictor for severe physical neglect. All types of maltreatment were significantly correlated with each other (p<0.001). CONCLUSION: The frequencies of various types of abuse and neglect of children and adolescents that were retrospectively determined in this up-to-date study by questionnaire of a representative sample of the German population, and the correlations between them, correspond to those found in a German population-based study in 1995 and in recent American studies.

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Authors
Häuser, W., Schmutzer, G., Brähler, E., & Glaesmer, H.
Venue
Deutsches Ärzteblatt international
Published
2011-04-29
Volume
108
Issue
17
Pages
287-94
ISSN
1866-0452 (ISSN-L)
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W179435734
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277
References
21
FWCI
12.23
Type
journal article
Language
de
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Häuser, W., Schmutzer, G., Brähler, E., & Glaesmer, H. (2011). Maltreatment in Childhood and Adolescence. Deutsches Ärzteblatt international. https://doi.org/10.3238/arztebl.2011.0287

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