Demographic and mental health correlates of childhood emotional abuse and neglect in a Hong Kong sample

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作者
Fung, Hong Wang [1 ]
Chung, Hei Man [2 ]
Ross, Cohn A. [3 ]
机构
[1] Hong Kong Polytech Univ, Dept Appl Social Sci, Hung Hom, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
[2] City Univ Hong Kong, Dept Social & Behav Sci, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
[3] Colin A Ross Inst Psychol Trauma, Richardson, TX USA
关键词
Adverse childhood experiences; Emotional abuse; Emotional neglect; Child protection; Mental health; Hong Kong; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL MALTREATMENT; CHINESE ADOLESCENTS; DISSOCIATION; EXPERIENCES; PREVALENCE; DEPRESSION; PERSONALITY; TRAUMA; RISK;
D O I
10.1016/j.chiabu.2019.104288
中图分类号
D669 [社会生活与社会问题]; C913 [社会生活与社会问题];
学科分类号
1204 ;
摘要
Background: Adverse childhood experiences are an important public health issue. It is well documented that they are associated with many health problems. Nevertheless, little is known about childhood emotional abuse and neglect (CEA and CEN) among Hong Kong people. Objective: This study aimed to explore the demographic and mental health correlates of CEA and CEN in a Hong Kong sample. Methods: A total of N = 418 Hong Kong adults completed an online survey that included questions regarding demographic information and measures of adverse childhood experiences, depression, anxiety, borderline personality disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder and somatoform dissociation. Results: The rates of CEA and CEN were 43.3 % and 44.5 % respectively in this convenience sample. Both CEA and CEN were associated with poor socioeconomic status. They were also associated with psychiatric service usage and all five types of mental health problems. Both CEA and CEN increased the chance of having mental health problems even after taking into account the effects of other forms of childhood abuse and neglect. Conclusions: This study is the first to show that CEA and CEN are significantly associated with poor socioeconomic status and mental health problems in the Hong Kong context. Implications are discussed. Further studies are needed.
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