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dc.titlePrevalence and correlates of physical and emotional abuse among late adolescents
dc.contributor.authorPerera, B
dc.contributor.authorOstbye, T
dc.contributor.authorAriyananda, P.L
dc.contributor.authorLelwala, E
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-27T06:54:37Z
dc.date.available2020-10-27T06:54:37Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.identifier.citationPerera, B, Ostbye, T, Ariyananda, P.L, Lelwala, E (2009). Prevalence and correlates of physical and emotional abuse among late adolescents. The Ceylon medical journal 54 (1) : 10-15. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.4038/cmj.v54i1.466
dc.identifier.issn00090875
dc.identifier.urihttps://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/181015
dc.description.abstractOBJECTIVES: To estimate the prevalence of physical and emotional abuse reported by late adolescent school children in southern Sri Lanka, and to identify demographic and behavioural correlates of such abuse. METHOD: A cross-sectional survey was administered to a sample of 1099 male and 1290 female late adolescents, through schools in the southern province. Self-report anonymous questionnaires were used. Study variables included age, gender, body mass index (BMI), socioeconomic status, deliberate self harm, substance use, school absenteeism and family conflicts. RESULTS: Of the total, 22.4% (n = 246) of males and 15.7% (n = 202) of females reported having been subjected to physical abuse at least a few times in the 3 months preceding the survey (p<0.05), and 31.3% (n = 324) of males and 25.4% (n = 328) of females reported having been subjected to emotional abuse at least a few times in the 3 months preceding the survey (p<0.05). Logistic regression analyses revealed that school absenteeism, deliberate self-harm, substance use, and family conflict were associated with physical and emotional abuse. Socio-economic status and BMI were not found to be associated with physical and emotional abuse. CONCLUSION: Physical and emotional abuse are important health issues among late adolescent school children in Sri Lanka. Further research is needed to better understand the causal direction of the associations between physical and emotional abuse experiences, and health-related behaviours.
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.sourceUnpaywall 20201031
dc.subjectadolescent
dc.subjectadult
dc.subjectage
dc.subjectarticle
dc.subjectbody mass
dc.subjectchild abuse
dc.subjectcross-sectional study
dc.subjectemotional disorder
dc.subjectfemale
dc.subjecthealth behavior
dc.subjecthuman
dc.subjectmale
dc.subjectmultivariate analysis
dc.subjectprevalence
dc.subjectquestionnaire
dc.subjectSri Lanka
dc.subjectstatistical model
dc.subjectstatistics
dc.subjectstudent
dc.subjectAdolescent
dc.subjectAffective Symptoms
dc.subjectAge Factors
dc.subjectBody Mass Index
dc.subjectChild Abuse
dc.subjectCross-Sectional Studies
dc.subjectFemale
dc.subjectHealth Behavior
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectLogistic Models
dc.subjectMale
dc.subjectMultivariate Analysis
dc.subjectPrevalence
dc.subjectQuestionnaires
dc.subjectSri Lanka
dc.subjectStudents
dc.subjectYoung Adult
dc.typeArticle
dc.contributor.departmentDUKE-NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL
dc.description.doi10.4038/cmj.v54i1.466
dc.description.sourcetitleThe Ceylon medical journal
dc.description.volume54
dc.description.issue1
dc.description.page10-15
dc.published.statePublished
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