TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Child maltreatment and neglect in the United Arab Emirates and relationship with low self-esteem and symptoms of depression
JO  - International review of psychiatry
A1  - Shah, Syed M.
A1  - Nowshad, Gul
A1  - Dhaheri, Fatima Al
A1  - Al-Shamsi, Mariam H.
A1  - Al-Ketbi, Alfan M.
A1  - Galadari, Alaa
A1  - Joshi, Priyam
A1  - Bendak, Heba
A1  - Grivna, Michal
A1  - Arnone, Danilo
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - OBJECTIVES: To our knowledge, this study is the first in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to investigate the prevalence of child maltreatment in relation to depressive symptoms and self-esteem. STUDY DESIGN: Exposure to physical maltreatment, emotional abuse and neglect was evaluated in 518 adolescents (86% response rate) randomly selected from schools in Al Ain in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. The Rosenberg self-esteem scale and the Beck Depression Inventory were used to measure self-esteem and depressive symptoms by using multivariate logistic regression analyses. <br><br>RESULTS: The mean age of study participants was 14.3 years. Emotional abuse was the most frequent form of maltreatment (33.9%), physical abuse (12.6%) and neglect (12.1%) followed. Male sex was a positive predictor of physical abuse (OR = 2.12; 95% CI 1.18-3.77), whilst higher maternal level of education was protective (OR = 0.40; 95% CI 0.19-0.86). Daily screen time (OR = 2.77; 95% CI 1.17-6.56) and tobacco smoking (OR = 1.86; 95% CI 1.09-3.18) positively predicted emotional abuse. Emotionally maltreated and neglected participants were less likely to report high level of self-esteem and more likely to report symptoms of depression. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Child maltreatment in the UAE is of a similar magnitude to what reported in other countries around the world and significantly associated with low self-esteem and depressive symptoms.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0954-0261
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09540261.2021.1895086
ID  - ref1
ER  -