Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States.
Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States.
Child Abuse Negl. 2020 Aug;106:104510. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104510. Epub 2020 May 21.
Globally, over 1 billion children are victims of violence against children annually. Studies examining the health consequences of childhood violence have mostly focused on childhood physical violence (PV) and sexual violence (SV). Recent evidence suggests that childhood emotional violence (EV) may also be deleterious to the health and wellbeing of victims.
This study examines the independent association between EV and some health conditions, risk taking behaviors, and violence perpetration among Nigerian young adults ages 18-24 years.
Data from 2014 Nigeria Violence Against Children Survey (n = 4,203), a nationally representative cross-sectional survey of individuals ages 13-24 were used.
Childhood EV was defined as EV victimization before age 18 perpetrated by a parent, adult caregiver or other adult relative. Logistic regression analyses assessed the association between EV in childhood and mental distress in the past 30 days, ever self-harm behaviors and history of sexually transmitted infections; risk behaviors such as having multiple sex partners in the past 12 months; and ever violence perpetration.
After controlling for study covariates, EV in childhood was associated with mental distress in both males and females, and self-harm behaviors in females; excessive alcohol use and infrequent condom use in males, and multiple sexual partners in females; and PV perpetration in males and SV perpetration in females.
EV in childhood is associated with some health conditions, risk taking behaviors, and violence perpetration. Implementing programs that address all forms of violence in childhood, including EV may benefit children.
全球每年有超过 10 亿儿童遭受暴力侵害。研究儿童期暴力对健康的影响主要集中在儿童身体暴力（PV）和性暴力（SV）上。最近的证据表明，儿童情感暴力（EV）也可能对受害者的健康和幸福造成伤害。
本研究调查了 EV 与尼日利亚 18-24 岁青年一些健康状况、冒险行为和暴力行为之间的独立关联。
本研究使用了 2014 年尼日利亚暴力侵害儿童调查（n=4203）的数据，这是一项针对 13-24 岁个人的全国代表性横断面调查。
儿童时期的 EV 被定义为 18 岁之前由父母、成年照顾者或其他成年亲属实施的 EV 受害。逻辑回归分析评估了童年时期的 EV 与过去 30 天的精神困扰、曾经的自我伤害行为和性传播感染史；过去 12 个月的风险行为，如多个性伴侣；以及曾经的暴力行为之间的关联。
在控制了研究协变量后，童年时期的 EV 与男性和女性的精神困扰有关，与女性的自我伤害行为有关；男性的过度饮酒和不经常使用避孕套，以及女性的多个性伴侣；男性的 PV 行为和女性的 SV 行为。
儿童时期的 EV 与一些健康状况、冒险行为和暴力行为有关。实施解决包括 EV 在内的所有形式儿童暴力的方案可能会使儿童受益。
