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Reported prevalence of childhood maltreatment among Chinese college students: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
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49 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Exploring the prevalence of childhood adversity among university students in the United Kingdom: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2024Pooled it
- Childhood Adversities and Salivary Cortisol Responses to the Trier Social Stress Test: A Systematic Review of Studies Using the Children Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ).International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Pooled it
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- Status of injuries as a public health burden among children and adolescents in China: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Medicine · 2019Pooled it
- The Relationship between Childhood Maltreatment and Risky Sexual Behaviors: A Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Pooled it
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- Cognitive reappraisal mediated the relationship between childhood emotional neglect and suicidality in depressed adolescents and young adults with NSSI behavior.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Anxiety, emotional abuse, and physical activity as correlates of AI-related affective dependence among adolescents: mediation, moderation, and network analyses.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Childhood trauma and non-suicidal self-injury among Chinese students: the mediating role of depression and the moderating role of perceived teacher legitimacy.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Childhood emotional abuse and adolescent anxiety: a moderated mediation model of bullying victimization, perceived teacher legitimacy, and negative legal emotion.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Psychological processes connecting childhood emotional abuse and healthy eating in university students.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Prevalence of child abuse and common mental comorbidity among university of Khartoum medical students, Khartoum, Sudan.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- Why avoidance? The impact of childhood emotional abuse on social avoidance.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Physical exercise moderates the mediating effect of depression between physical and psychological abuse in childhood and social network addiction in college students.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Association between maternal exposure to cumulative childhood trauma and offspring childhood trauma and depressive symptoms among Chinese adolescents.BMC public health · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo estimate the prevalence of childhood maltreatment among college students in China by a systematic review and meta-analysis.
methodsA systematic search of relevant articles in Pubmed, Wanfang Data, Chinese Scientific Journals Fulltext Database (CQVIP), China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) and China Biology Medicine disc (CBMdisc) was conducted on September 1, 2017. A random-effects model was used to estimate the pooled prevalence and sources of heterogeneity were explored using subgroup analyses.
resultsIn total, 32 studies were included in our review. The pooled prevalence of childhood maltreatment among college students was 64.7% (CI: 52.3%-75.6%). For childhood physical abuse(CPA), childhood emotional abuse(CEA), childhood sexual abuse(CSA), childhood physical neglect(CPN)and childhood emotional neglect (CEN), the pooled estimates were 17.4% (13.8%-21.3%), 36.7%(25.1%-49.1%), 15.7%(11.6%-20.2%), 54.9%(41.2%-68.1%) and 60.0% (45.0%-74.0%), respectively. Use of the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ) yielded a higher pooled estimate than any other measurement tools in the subgroup analyses of CPA, CEA, CSA, CPN and CEN. The Egger's tests revealed no evidence of publication bias(P>0.05).
conclusionsChildhood maltreatment is common among college students in China. Prevention policies and programmes should be urgently developed to stop the occurrence of child maltreatment, and special attention should be paid to maltreated college students.
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