ArticleSocial psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology2013
Exposure to violence in relation to depressive symptoms among male and female adolescent students in Cambodia.
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- Adverse Childhood Experiences and Intimate Partner Violence Among Youth in Cambodia: A Latent Class Analysis.Journal of interpersonal violence · 2023Article
- Health Behaviors among Male and Female University Students in Cambodia: A Cross-Sectional Survey.Journal of environmental and public health · 2020Article
- Young witnesses of intimate partner violence: screening and intervention.Global health action · 2019Article
- Social and behavioural factors associated with depressive symptoms among university students in Cambodia: a cross-sectional study.BMJ open · 2018Article
- Improving prevention and care for HIV and sexually transmitted infections among men who have sex with men in Cambodia: the sustainable action against HIV and AIDS in communities (SAHACOM).BMC health services research · 2016Article
- Inadequate Sleep as a Mediating Variable between Exposure to Interparental Violence and Depression Severity in Adolescents.Journal of child & adolescent trauma · 2016Article
- What are the factors associated with depressive symptoms among orphans and vulnerable children in Cambodia?BMC psychiatry · 2015Article
- Direct and indirect exposure to violence and psychological distress among civil servants in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: a prospective cohort study.BMC psychiatry · 2015Article
- Neighborhood Danger, Parental Monitoring, Harsh Parenting, and Child Aggression in Nine Countries.Societies (Basel, Switzerland) · 2014Article
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Abstract
purposeIn spite of the apparent increases in family and community violence, research into its effects on adolescent mental health has received limited attention in Cambodia. This study examines the association between exposure to violence and depressive symptoms among adolescents controlling for the effects of several factors in family and school domains.
methodsWe randomly selected 993 male and 950 female students proportionally from 11 junior high schools and high schools in Battembang provincial city. Students were questioned about the violence to which they were subjected and which they witnessed in their family and community. The Asian adolescent depression scale was used to measure depressive symptoms.
resultsIn this study, 27.9% of male students and 21.5% of female students had been victimized in at least one case of family violence, while 18.0% of male and 5.8% of female students had been victimized in at least one case of community violence. After adjustment, increased levels of depressive symptoms were significantly associated with being the victim of or witnessing family or community violence among both male and female students. However, the positive association between the levels of depressive symptoms and being a witness to community violence was found only in female students.
conclusionsEfforts to prevent depression in adolescent students should focus on reducing family and community violence; such efforts should also consider gender differences.
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