Children exposed to child maltreatment and intimate partner violence: A study of co-occurrence among Hong Kong Chinese families
Children exposed to child maltreatment and intimate partner violence: A study of co-occurrence among Hong Kong Chinese families
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DOI：
10.1016/j.chiabu.2011.03.008
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发表时间：
2011-07-01
影响因子：
4.8
通讯作者：
Chan, Ko Ling
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作者：
Chan, Ko Ling
目的：本研究评估虐待儿童和亲密伴侣暴力（IPV）的共同发生，并探讨它们之间的关联。方法：横断面研究招募了1,094名12-17岁的儿童在香港的人口为基础的样本。结构化问卷被用来收集来自儿童的数据。研究了过去一年和一生中父母虐待和忽视儿童的发生率以及IPV暴露情况，并使用单变量和多变量logistic回归评估了其相关性。结果显示，26%和14.6%的儿童参与者曾暴露于IPV的身体攻击，44.4%和22.6%的儿童在一生中和研究前一年曾遭受过父母的体罚或虐待。在IPV特征的家庭中，54.4%和46.5%的儿童在其一生中和前一年分别遭受过身体虐待。多变量逻辑回归分析显示，暴露于IPV的儿童更容易成为忽视，体罚，和身体虐待或严重的身体虐待，他们的父母比儿童谁没有暴露于IPV，即使当儿童和父母的人口因素得到控制。与IPV相关的儿童身体虐待风险较高，这突出表明需要进行综合评估，以筛查家庭内存在的多种形式的家庭暴力，并进行干预，以评估儿童保护服务工作者和家庭暴力机构对IPV和虐待儿童的有效应对措施。(C)2011爱思唯尔有限公司版权所有。
Objective: This study assessed the co-occurrence of child maltreatment and intimate partner violence (IPV) and examined the association between them.Method: The cross-sectional study recruited a population-based sample of 1,094 children aged 12-17 years in Hong Kong. Structured questionnaires were used to collect data from the children. The prevalence of occurrence of child abuse and neglect by parents and exposure to IPV in both the past year and lifetime was examined, and their correlates were assessed using univariate and multivariate logistic regression.Results: The results show that 26% and 14.6% of child participants had been exposed to IPV physical assault, and 44.4% and 22.6% had been subjected to a parent's corporal punishment or to physical maltreatment from a parent in their lifetime and the year preceding the study, respectively. Among those families characterized by IPV, 54.4% and 46.5% were involved in child physical maltreatment over the child's lifetime and in the preceding year, respectively.Conclusions: Multivariate logistic regression analyses revealed that children exposed to IPV were at higher risk of being victims of neglect, corporal punishment, and physical maltreatment or severe physical maltreatment by their parents than children who were not exposed to IPV, even when child and parent demographic factors were controlled for.Practical implications: The higher risk of child physical maltreatment associated with IPV highlights the need for an integrated assessment to screen for the presence of multiple forms of family violence within the family, and for intervention to assess effective responses to both IPV and child maltreatment by child protective service workers and domestic violence agencies. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.