Citation

Chen JQ, Jin YC, Li JY, Feng YN, Zhao XX, Yu BY, Zhang WJ. Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi 2016; 37(2): 174-177.

Affiliation

Institute of Child and Adolescent Health, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Zhonghua yi xue hui)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

26917509

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the prevalence of psychological violence against children by parents and to explore possible influencing factors.

METHODS: In two primary schools from a city, located in the northeast part of China, 1 164 parents of the pupils from grade 1 to 6, were anonymously surveyed by a self-administered questionnaire, to analyze the situation of psychological violence and influencing factors.

RESULTS: Of the 1 164 parents, 78.1% reported that they practised psychological violence towards their children. Compared with girls, boys were more psychologically maltreated by their parents (81.3% vs. 74.7%,P<0.01). Data from the multivariate logistic regression analysis indicated that following factors increased the risk of psychological violence against children: child being male (OR=1.684); initiated by the mother (OR=1.640), parents experiences of psychologically violent victimization (OR=2.064) during their childhood, supportive or tolerant attitudes towards corporal punishment (OR=2.618) from the parents, low awareness of the harmfulness of psychological violence against children (OR=1.666) of the parents, and lower social economic status (OR=1.745) of the family, etc.

CONCLUSION: Psychological violence experienced by the parents appeared very common. Prevention programs on psychological violence should be strengthened to increase the awareness of parents on this serious problem.

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