Mansour, Khalid, Roshdy, Eman, Langdon, Peter E., Daoud, Omaima A., El-Saadawy, Mahmood, Al-Zahrani, Ali, Khashaba, Abdulshafi (2010) Child abuse and its long term consequences: an exploratory study on Egyptian university students. Arab Journal of Psychiatry, 21 . pp. 137-163. (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:36174)
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Abstract
Introduction: child abuse and its long term consequences in adulthood have been
recently gaining increased attention in the Arab world. This study is an extension of a
similar study in Saudi Arabia, and aims to explore some epidemiological characteristics
of the problem in Egypt.
Aims: to study the prevalence of child abuse and associated psychological problems
in adulthood, as presented in a sample of university students in Egypt.
Method: 963 students, from three different colleges of Zagazig University
(Medicine, Education and Arts and Literature) answered multi-questionnaires including:
General health Questionnaire (GHQ), Child Traumatic Questionnaire (CTQ) and
Psychological Problem Scale (PPS).
Results: Students reported having suffered Emotional neglect (19%), Emotional
abuse (8.9%), Physical neglect (44%) and Physical abuse (6%) and Sexual abuse (13%).
Moderate to severe childhood abuse was correlated with various combinations of
psychological problems (Low Self-Esteem, Dissociation, Self Harm, Impulsivity and
Aggression) in adulthood. Gender and situational stresses, as indicated by GHQ, did not
seem to influence the results as much as low income and big family size.
Conclusion: a large proportion of our sample reported both child abuse and several
long term pathological consequences of abuse in adulthood. The problem seems to be
serious in this middle class sample and it remains possible that these problems could be
worse in lower social classes.
Item Type: | Article |
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences |
Divisions: | Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research > Tizard |
Depositing User: | Peter Langdon |
Date Deposited: | 11 Nov 2013 15:25 UTC |
Last Modified: | 05 Nov 2024 10:19 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/36174 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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