Association between sibling violence experience and emotional and behavioral problemsamong children and adolescents aged 9-18 years in rural areas
10.3969/j.issn.1000-6729.2019.03.010
- VernacularTitle:农村地区9~18岁儿童青少年的同胞暴力经历与情绪行为问题
- Author:
Chang PENG
1
;
Hong LIN
;
Shu WANG
;
Shujun LIU
;
Jiayou LUO
;
Keren SHENG
;
Xiaoqun LIU
Author Information
1. 中南大学湘雅公共卫生学院儿少卫生与妇幼保健系
- Keywords:
Sibling violence;
Emotional and behavioral problems;
Strength and Difficulties Questionnaires (SDQ)
- From:
Chinese Mental Health Journal
2019;33(3):208-213
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To explore the association between sibling violence experience and emotional and behavioral problems.Methods:A Multistage stratified cluster sampling was used in Hunan province, 1735 participants from multiple-child family were recruited to survey the prevalence of sibling violence and the occurrence of emotional and behavioral problems with the Strength and Difficulties Questionnaires (SDQ).Results:According to SDQ total score, the rate of abnormal emotion and behavior in children and adolescents involved in sibling violence was higher than that in students who were not experienced sibling violence [45.6% (236/518) vs.26.8% (326/1217) ], the rate in bully-victim was higher than that in pure-victim and pure-bully [52.8% (132/250) vs.37.9% (74/195) vs.41.1% (30/73) ].The rates in children and adolescents who were bullied and perpetrated more than 4 sub-types of sibling violence were 63.4% (53/93) and 76.9% (60/78).Conclusion:There is an association between sibling violence experience and emotional and behavioral problems among children and adolescents in rural areas.