TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Association between parental addiction and types of child abuse in high-school students of Kerman, Iran
JO  - Addiction and health
A1  - Eslami-Shahrbabaki, Amir
A1  - Eslami-Shahrbabaki, Mahin
A1  - Kalantari, Maryam
SP  - 108
EP  - 114
VL  - 5
IS  - 3-4
N2  - BACKGROUND: Child abuse is one of the vulnerabilities that threaten child's physical and mental health in childhood and is associated with serious short-term and long-term complications. The present study aimed to review the association of parental addiction with types of child abuse in high-school students of Kerman, Iran. METHODS: In this cross-sectional study, 360 students were recruited and studied through cluster sampling method. Abuse and the related factors were assessed using a standard self-report 48-item questionnaire. FINDINGS: Average child abuse among the study subjects was 27.6%. Physical behavior, negligence, and emotional abuse were seen in 9.7%, 23.6%, and 17.9% of the subjects, respectively. Parental addiction had a significant association (P = 0.001) with incidence of all the child abuse domains. CONCLUSION: Special consideration to families of addicted parents and early identification of child abuse cases may prevent the adverse side effects.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2008-4633
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -