Relatioship between childhood witnessing domestic violence and injury and violence of college students
10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2020.04.006
- VernacularTitle:童年期目睹家庭暴力与大学生自伤和暴力行为的关联
- Author:
LI Yongfeng,REN Haoyang,CHEN Liru,CHEN Shanshan,CAO Leilei,WANG Yuxiang,MA Xiao,XU Wenhao,WANG Shaojie,SU Puyu
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Author Information
1. Department of Disease Prevention,Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Suixi,Suixi (235100),Anhui Province,China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Domestic violence;
Wounds and injuries;
Violence;
Behavior;
Regression analysis;
Mental health;
Students
- From:
Chinese Journal of School Health
2020;41(4):502-505
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To investigate the prevalence of witnessing domestic violence,and to explore the relationship between witness domestic violence in childhood and college students’ injury and violence behaviors.
Methods:In October 2018, self-made questionnaire on “Health and Risky Behaviors among University Students in Anhui Province” was conducted among 4 034 college students from 4 universities in Hefei. Multivariate Logistic regression models (control of confounding factors) were used to explore the impact of childhood witnessing domestic violence on college students’ injury and violence.
Results:Among 4 034 college students,the prevalence of witnessing domestic emotional violence,mild physical violence and severe physical violence in childhood was 27.6%,22.4%,10.7%,respectively. Univariate analysis showed that students with experiences of witness domestic emotional violence,mild physical violence and severe physical violence had higher rates of self-injury,physical,emotional,and sexual violence compared to those without domestic violence witness(P<0.05). Multivariate Logistic regression analysis showed that witnessing domestic severe physical violence,emotional violence in childhood associated positively with self-harm (OR=1.53,95%CI=1.05-2.23; OR=2.15,95%CI=1.51-3.04) and emotional violence (OR=1.65,95%CI=1.16-2.35; OR=2.57,95%CI=1.87-3.53). Witnessing domestic severe physical violence showed positive association with physical violence (OR=4.99,95%CI=2.58-9.62) and sexual violence (OR=8.68,95%CI=3.30-22.81) among college students (P<0.05).
Conclusion:The experiences of witness domestic violence can increases the risk of college student’s injury and violence behaviors,especially witness domestic severe physical violence.
