Suez Canal University, Egypt & Primary Health Care Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar, Doha, Qatar.
Child Abuse Negl. 2020 Mar;101:104314. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2019.104314. Epub 2019 Dec 30.
International maltreatment studies show a range of results for overall rates of child maltreatment and gender differences. The ISPCAN Child Abuse Screening Tools (ICAST) were designed to reduce variability in data collection.
To investigate the influence of gender on the experiences of discipline and maltreatment in childhood among young people in Qatar, informingpractice and policy development.
A representative sample of Qatari youth aged between 18 and 24 years were identified using a cross sectional random household survey. The total number of subjects was 697 of whom 46.8% were male.
Participants self-administered the ICAST-R (retrospective), which includes questions about exposure below the age of 18 to potentially abusive physical, psychological and sexual behaviors. Verbal consent was obtained following an introductory explanation and assurance ofconfidentiality.
At least one form of physical abuse was reported by 22.1% of participants and was significantly higher among males (28.2%) than females (16.7%) p<0.001). A trend for greater abuse was identified among boys aged over five which become statistically significant between 10 -13 years (p=0.001). For psychological abuse the overall rates were very similar, 16.2% for girls and 15.0% for boys. Only 17 (2.5%) of participants reported sexual abuse, with no statistically significant gender difference.
Physical, psychological and sexual abuse all occur in Qatar. This study demonstrates the importance of identifying the role of gender and age when exploring the extent and nature of maltreatment in a population. It allows for better targeting of preventative action.
国际虐待研究报告显示，儿童虐待的总体发生率和性别差异存在多种结果。ISPCAN 儿童虐待筛查工具（ICAST）旨在减少数据收集的变异性。
调查性别对卡塔尔年轻人童年时期受纪律处分和虐待经历的影响，为实践和政策制定提供信息。
使用横断面随机家庭调查确定了年龄在 18 至 24 岁之间的具有代表性的卡塔尔青年样本。受试者总数为 697 人，其中 46.8%为男性。
参与者使用 ICAST-R（回顾性）进行自我管理，其中包括在 18 岁以下暴露于潜在虐待性身体、心理和性行为的问题。在进行介绍性解释和保密保证后，获得了口头同意。
至少有 22.1%的参与者报告了某种形式的身体虐待，男性（28.2%）明显高于女性（16.7%），p<0.001）。在年龄超过 5 岁的男孩中，发现了更大的虐待趋势，在 10-13 岁之间变得具有统计学意义（p=0.001）。对于心理虐待，总体发生率非常相似，女孩为 16.2%，男孩为 15.0%。只有 17 名（2.5%）参与者报告了性虐待，性别差异无统计学意义。
身体、心理和性虐待都在卡塔尔发生。本研究表明，在探索人口中虐待的程度和性质时，确定性别和年龄的作用非常重要。这有助于更好地确定预防行动的目标。
