Maltreatment in childhood and adolescence: results from a survey of a representative sample of the German population.

Häuser, W; Schmutzer, G; Brähler, E; Glaesmer, H

doi:10.3238/arztebl.2011.0287

2011

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Document type:: Journal Article
Author(s):: Häuser, W; Schmutzer, G; Brähler, E; Glaesmer, H
Title:: Maltreatment in childhood and adolescence: results from a survey of a representative sample of the German population.
Abstract:: There are no up-to-date, representative studies on the frequency of maltreatment (abuse or neglect) among children and adolescents in Germany.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.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).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.
Journal title abbreviation:: Dtsch Arztebl Int
Year:: 2011
Journal volume:: 108
Journal issue:: 17
Pages contribution:: 287-94
Language:: eng
Fulltext / DOI:: doi:10.3238/arztebl.2011.0287
Pubmed ID:: http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21629512
Print-ISSN:: 1866-0452
TUM Institution:: Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie
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