Department of Economics, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Korea.
Department of Social Welfare, Sungkyul University, Anyang 14097, Korea.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 May 19;19(10):6160. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19106160.
We analyzed gender differences in the effects of child abuse and neglect experienced during adolescence on depressive symptoms and aggression in Korean adolescents using a representative sample of participants over a three-year period. We applied a latent growth model to a sample of 1797 adolescents aged 14-16 from the Korean Children and Youth Panel Survey. Our findings revealed that abuse increased depressive symptoms in early adolescence, while lowering the rate of increase in depressive symptoms over time. Neglect adversely affected depressive symptoms in boys, but not in girls. Abuse increased the initial value of aggression in girls more than in boys, but reduced the increase rate of aggression over time in girls. Neglect increased the initial value of aggression only in boys. Consequently, abuse and neglect experienced during adolescence can affect depressive symptoms and aggression in the individual differently, depending on gender. This study suggests that, in order to reduce depressive symptoms and aggression in adolescents, work should be undertaken to solve the problems of abuse and neglect, and different approaches should be taken according to the gender of the individual.
我们利用韩国儿童和青年面板调查在三年内收集的代表性样本，分析了青少年时期经历的虐待和忽视对韩国青少年抑郁症状和攻击行为的性别差异。我们将潜在增长模型应用于 1797 名 14-16 岁的青少年样本。研究结果表明，虐待在青少年早期会增加抑郁症状，同时随着时间的推移降低抑郁症状的增长率。忽视对男孩的抑郁症状有不良影响，但对女孩没有影响。虐待会增加女孩攻击行为的初始值，而对男孩则没有影响，但会随着时间的推移降低女孩攻击行为的增长率。忽视只会增加男孩攻击行为的初始值。因此，青少年时期经历的虐待和忽视会根据性别不同，对个体的抑郁症状和攻击行为产生不同的影响。本研究表明，为了减少青少年的抑郁症状和攻击行为，应致力于解决虐待和忽视问题，并根据个体的性别采取不同的方法。
