Impact of parental divorce on psychological abuse and neglect among middle and high school students
Objective To investigate how parental divorce impacts psychological abuse and neglect among middle and high school students,so as to provide evidence for the development of family intervention strategies for mental health promotion.Meth-ods A stratified random cluster sampling method was employed to select students from 23 middle and high schools in Nanchong,Neijiang,and Luzhou.Online questionnaires utilizing the General Data Questionnaire and the Child Psychological Abuse and Neg-lect Scale(CPANS)were administered.Propensity-score matching(PSM)was used to compare individual characteristics between parent-divorce and the control groups.The x2 test was then employed to analyze differences in psychological abuse and neglect across variables,with Logistic regression used to treat psychological abuse and neglect as dependent variables.Results After PSM,there were 1 898 cases in both parent-divorce and control groups.There was no significant difference in gender composition between the two groups(x2=0.03,P＞0.05).Compared to the control group,after controlling for various factors including gender,phase of studying,parental education,whether to live in school,and long-term caregivers of the student,the risk of experiencing psychologi-cal abuse(OR=1.43,95％CI=1.26-1.63)and neglect(OR=1.53,95％CI=1.33-1.75)was significantly higher in parent-divor-ce group(P＜0.05).Conclusions Parental divorce significantly impacts psychological abuse and neglect experienced by middle and high school students.Therefore,support and intervention efforts should be intensified for students from divorced or unstable marriage families.
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