@article{ref1,
title="Barriers to disclosure of child maltreatment among school-going adolescent girls of a semi-urban area of Delhi, India",
journal="International journal of adolescent medicine and health",
year="2016",
author="Daral, Shailaja and Khokhar, Anita and Pradhan, Shishir Kumar",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="The study examines the barriers to disclosure of child maltreatment among adolescent girls. Stratified random sampling was done among classes 7 to 12 of government girls' schools of a semi-urban area of Delhi, and a total of 1060 adolescent girls participated. Almost 33% of victims of physical abuse, 50% of sexual abuse, 30% of emotional abuse, and 40% of neglect did not disclose their experiences to any support group. The most frequent confidante, in almost two-thirds of cases of all forms of abuse was a friend of the study participant. Among the study participants who did not disclose abuse, the most common reason for nondisclosure was a feeling of shame or embarrassment (40%-80% for physical abuse, 55%-80% for sexual abuse, and 55% for emotional abuse). Among the study participants who did not disclose neglect, 70% reported that they did not do so because they had no expectation of help from anyone.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0334-0139",
doi="10.1515/ijamh-2016-0014",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/ijamh-2016-0014"
}