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PLoS ONE, 2023 BackgroundElderlies are vulnerable to abuse, and evidence suggests that one in three elderlies experience abuse. Abuse can impact the well-being of older persons, decreasing their quality of life, leading to mental health challenges, and increasing ...
Letizia Maria Atim +5 more
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Emotional abuse of girls in Swaziland: prevalence, perpetrators, risk and protective factors and health outcomes [PDF]
, 2017 Background: Research on emotional child abuse in sub–Saharan Africa is scarce. Few studies thus far have examined prevalence, risk and protective factors for emotional child abuse or the associations between emotional abuse and girls’ health. Methods:
Dunne, Michael P. +7 more
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A national survey of childhood physical abuse among females in Swaziland
Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health, 2019 Objective: This study describes the scope and characteristics of childhood physical abuse in a nationally representative sample of 13–24 year-old females in Swaziland.
Matthew J. Breiding +4 more
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Child Abuse in the Family: An Analytical Study [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2001 The prevalence of child abuse in the world is 47 per 1000. According to the Child Protective Service agency (CPS) more than 3 million children were abused in the USA in 1998. There was 1.7% increase in comparison with 1996.
D Shojaeizadeh
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BMC Public Health, 2017 Background Physical punishment of children is an important public health concern. Yet, few studies have examined how physical punishment is related to other types of child maltreatment and violence across the lifespan.
Tracie O. Afifi +3 more
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Experiences of severe childhood maltreatment, depression, anxiety and alcohol abuse among adults in Finland. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Childhood maltreatment increases the risk of subsequent depression, anxiety and alcohol abuse, but the rate of resilient victims is unknown. Here, we investigated the rate of victims that do not suffer from clinical levels of these problems after severe ...
Wail Rehan +4 more
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Commentary: Actions to end violence against women : a multi-sector approach [PDF]
, 2015 Many forms of violence affect women and girls, such as physical and sexual abuse, trafficking, female genital mutilation, early and forced marriage, murders in the name of honour or dowry, and sexual harassment and abuse by authority figures.
García-Moreno, Claudia +1 more
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BMJ OpenObjectives To test associations between mental well-being across the life course and exposure to childhood physical and/or verbal abuse.Design Secondary analysis of combined data from seven cross-sectional general adult population surveys measuring ...
Mark A Bellis +5 more
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What do we know about physical and non-physical childhood maltreatment in Canada?
Economic and Social Reports, 2023 In Canada, national-level estimates have primarily focused on physical types of child maltreatment (e.g., physical abuse, sexual abuse), while less is known about non-physical types of maltreatment (e.g., emotional abuse, exposure to intimate partner ...
Kristyn Frank, Danielle Bader
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The effects of childhood trauma on sexual function in panic disorder patients [PDF]
Düşünen Adam Psikiyatri ve Nörolojik Bilimler Dergisi, 2011 Objective: The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between childhood physical/sexual abuse, suicide attempts, self-harming behavior and sexual functioning in patients with panic disorder.
Sibel Bozkurt +9 more
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