Association of childhood maltreatment with physical and mental health among junior high school girls
Objective To explore the association of childhood maltreatment with physical and mental health in junior high school girls,so as to provide a basic data for the prevention of adolescent physical and mental health.Methods From April to June 2023,a total of 5 083 junior high school girls in six cities in Anhui Province were selected by a stratified cluster random sampling method and surveyed by Childhood Trauma Questionnaire-Short Form,Somatic Symptom Scale-8,7-tiem Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale and Patient Health Questionnaire-9.Chi-quare test was used for inter group comparison,and Logistic regression analysis and Chi-quare trend test were used to explore the association of childhood maltreatment with physical and mental health of junior high school girls.Results About 34.3％of junior high school girls experienced at least one type of childhood maltreatment in elementary school and before,and the reporting rates of physical abuse,emotional abuse,sexual abuse,physical neglect and emotional neglect were 13.9％,27.1％,7.3％,7.0％and 12.5％,respectively.Different types of childhood maltreatment were positively correlated with the detection of anxiety symptoms,depressive symptoms and somatic symptoms(OR=2.53-6.90,P＜0.01).And as the num-ber of childhood maltreatment increased,the detection possibilty of anxiety symptoms,depressive symptoms and somatic symptoms in girls also increased(x2trend=446.42,679.10,396.36;1 type of childhood maltreatment:OR=2.20,3.17,2.72;more than 4 types of childhood maltreatment:OR=7.10,15.60,8.47,P＜0.01).Conclusion Childhood maltreatment is closely related to the physical and mental health of junior high school girls,and strengthening the prevention and control of childhood maltreatment can help alle-viate the negative physical and mental health impacts on junior high school girls.
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