Prevalence of Childhood Physical Abuse in a Representative Sample of College Students in Samsun, Turkey

Autor/inn/en	Turla, Ahmet; Dundar, Cihad; Ozkanli, Caglar
Titel	Prevalence of Childhood Physical Abuse in a Representative Sample of College Students in Samsun, Turkey
Quelle	In: Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 25 (2010) 7, S.1298-1308 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0886-2605
DOI	10.1177/0886260509340551
Schlagwörter	College Students; Violence; Child Abuse; Incidence; Prevention; Foreign Countries; Case Studies; Questionnaires; Self Control; Gender Differences; Discipline; Family Relationship; Social Status; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Collegestudent; Gewalt; Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Vorkommen; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Ausland; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Fragebogen; Selbstbeherrschung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Disziplin; Sozialer Status; Türkei
Abstract	The main objective of this article is to obtain the prevalence of childhood physical abuse experiences in college students. This cross-sectional study was performed on a gender-stratified random sample of 988 participants studying at Ondokuz Mayis University, with self-reported anonymous questionnaires. It included questions on physical abuse in childhood, on whom and why the violence was inflicted, and on the reactions exhibited. Of the 988 participants, 527 (53.3%) had a history of childhood physical abuse (64.0% in men and 41.6% in women). The prevalence of being subject to physical violence was 1.5 times higher in men. Mothers more frequently inflicted violence on daughters and fathers on sons. According to participants, most frequent reasons for physical violence were "loss of perpetrator's self-control" and "establishment of discipline at home." The most frequent statement observed among the participants was humiliation after subjection to physical violence. It is concluded that the first (and the most) important preventive measure is to protect and strengthen the social, economic, and judicial status of the Turkish family. Second, it should by all means be prevented that violence remains legal in some social conditions like child abuse. (Contains 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10