Influence of childhood abuse on implicit and explicit self-esteem among children in Sichuan
10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2019.07.023
- VernacularTitle:四川省儿童受虐对其内隐与外显自尊的影响
- Author:
ZHONG Qinyue, QIU Siyan, LI Guo, XIANG Xingru, XU Ying
1
Author Information
1. School of Affairs, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu(611130), China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Torture;
Mental health;
Child
- From:
Chinese Journal of School Health
2019;40(7):1043-1045
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To investigate association between childhood abuse and self-esteem among children in Sichuan.
Methods:A total of 700 students aged 10-16 years from four cities of Sichuan were selected through stratified random sampling method. All the participants were investigated with Screen Questionnaire of Child Abuse(SQCA), the Self-esteem Scale (SES) and the E-Prime based Implicit-Association Test(IAT).
Results:The prevalence of childhood abuse in Sichuan is 11.3%(65/574). Among them, 55.4% reported one type of abuse experience, 29.2% reported two types and 15.4% reported 3 or more types of abusive experiences. The average level of explicit self-esteem for the total sample children (x〖TX-*3〗=28.92, higher than 26) was in the medium level. For children with abuse experiences, explicit (t=-2.56, P<0.05) and implicit self-esteem (t=-2.40, P<0.05) was significantly lower than average level of the total sample. Educational background of primary caregivers was positively associated with explicit self-esteem(P<0.05). Gender and childhood abuse entered in the final regression model for implicit self-esteem(F=6.11, P<0.01), and childhood abuse negatively correlated with implicit self-esteem(t=-2.83, P<0.01).
Conclusion:Children with abuse experiences are more likely to have low implicit self-esteem.
