ArticleThe Medical journal of Australia2023
The association between child maltreatment and health risk behaviours and conditions throughout life in the Australian Child Maltreatment Study.
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26 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 48 citations in OpenAlex.
- Public Knowledge and Attitudes About the Nature and Impact of Child Emotional Abuse: A Systematic Review.Child maltreatment · 2026Pooled it
- Maternal Experiences of Stressful Life Events and Its Association With Teenage Pregnancy and Preterm Birth: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Trauma, violence & abuse · 2026Pooled it
- Child maltreatment and resilience in adulthood: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Psychological medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Perpetrator types, severity, and cumulative trauma: a population-based study of childhood sexual abuse characteristics and lifelong health.The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2026Article
- Threat, Emotion Dysregulation, and Parenting in a Clinical Sample of Children with Disruptive Behaviour.Child psychiatry and human development · 2026Article
- Estimating burden of disease attributable to child maltreatment using findings from the Australian Child Maltreatment Study.Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences · 2026Article
- Introduction to the Special Issue: Prevalence and Characteristics of Child Sexual Abuse Perpetration in Australia, the United States, and United Kingdom.Journal of interpersonal violence · 2026Article
- Beyond mental disorders: The role of child maltreatment in childhood suicidal behaviour.The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry · 2026Article
- Impact of adverse childhood experiences on health-related quality of life in Australian women with endometriosis: a population-based cohort study.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Schools' Readiness for Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Education: an Overview of Theoretical Models.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2025Review
- The Prevalence and Patterns of Maltreatment, Childhood Adversity, and Mental Health Disorders in an Australian Out-Of-Home Care Sample.Child maltreatment · 2025Article
- Prevalence of Diverse Genders and Sexualities in Australia and Associations With Five Forms of Child Maltreatment and Multi-type Maltreatment.Child maltreatment · 2025Article
- Being a First Nations baby is not independently associated with low birthweight in a large metropolitan health service.The Australian & New Zealand journal of obstetrics & gynaecology · 2024Article
- Integrating early life stress in neurological disease: advancing preventive neurology.BMJ mental health · 2024Review
- Childhood Maltreatment and Adolescent Risky Behavior: Mediating the Effect of Parent-Adolescent Conflict and Violent Tendencies.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- More Than What You Eat: A Review on the Association Between Childhood Maltreatment and Elevated Adult BMI.Current nutrition reports · 2024Review
- Emergency department presentations for deliberate self-harm and suicidal ideation in 25-39 years olds following agency-notified child maltreatment: results from the Childhood Adversity and Lifetime Morbidity (CALM) study.Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences · 2024Article
- Association of systemic immune biomarkers with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: a cross-sectional study of NHANES 2007-2018.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
- Prevalence of risk factors among adolescents who attempted suicide: a cross-sectional studyRevista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S P · 2024Article
- Childhood trauma is linked to epigenetic age deceleration in young adults with previous youth residential care placements.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo estimate associations between all five types of child maltreatment (emotional abuse, neglect, physical abuse, sexual abuse, and exposure to domestic violence) and health risk behaviours and conditions. DESIGN, SETTING,
participantsNationally representative survey of Australian residents aged 16 years and older conducted by computer-assisted telephone interviewing.
main outcome measuresAssociations between child maltreatment and the following health risk behaviours and conditions: current smoker, binge drinking (at least weekly in past 12 months), cannabis dependence (according to the Cannabis Severity of Dependence Scale), obesity (based on body mass index), self-harm in past 12 months, and suicide attempt in past 12 months.
resultsA total of 8503 participants completed the survey. All five types of child maltreatment were associated with increased rates of all of the health risk behaviours and conditions that we considered. The strongest associations were in the youngest age group (16-24-year-olds). Sexual abuse and emotional abuse were associated with the highest odds of health risk behaviours and conditions. Cannabis dependence, self-harm and suicide attempts were most strongly associated with child maltreatment. Experiencing more than one type of child maltreatment was associated with higher rates of health risk behaviours and conditions than experiencing one type of child maltreatment.
conclusionsChild maltreatment is associated with substantially increased rates of health risk behaviours and conditions. Prevention and intervention efforts should be informed by trauma histories, and holistic psychosocial care should be incorporated into programs focusing on behaviour change.
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