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Prevalence and Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Chicago Public School Students in the Youth Risk Behavior Survey
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Korpics, Jacqueline; Altman, Lara; Feinglass, Joseph; Stillerman, Audrey – Journal of School Health, 2021
Background: Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) can impair health and other outcomes. To obtain district-level data about the prevalence and impact of ACEs in Chicago Public Schools (CPS), we advocated for CPS to add a short ACE screener to the 2017 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) and analyzed the results. Methods: Responses to the screener…
Descriptors: Incidence, Early Experience, Trauma, Child Abuse
Violence in School: An Investigation of Physical, Psychological, and Sexual Victimization Reported by Italian Adolescents
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Longobardi, Claudio; Prino, L. E.; Fabris, Matteo Angelo; Settanni, Michele – Journal of School Violence, 2019
In Italy, numerous studies have been carried out regarding the phenomenon of bullying; however, studies on single incidences of sexual, physical, and psychological victimization at school remain scant. Therefore the aim of this study is to examine the phenomenon of scholastic violence with a broader perspective, as well as all the possible…
Descriptors: Violence, Bullying, Foreign Countries, Middle School Students
Prevalence, Characteristics, and Associations of Sexual Abuse with Sociodemographics and Consensual Sex in a Population-Based Sample of Swedish Adolescents
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Priebe, Gisela; Svedin, Carl Goran – Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 2009
The purpose of this study was to investigate lifetime prevalence and characteristics of self-reported child sexual abuse and associations between child sexual abuse, gender, sociodemographic data, and consensual sexual experiences. A questionnaire was completed by 4,339 Swedish high school seniors. Three categories of child sexual abuse were…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, Incidence, Foreign Countries
To Unfold a Hidden Epidemic: Prevalence of Child Maltreatment and Its Health Implications among High School Students in Guangzhou, China
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Wong, William C. W.; Leung, Phil W. S.; Tang, Catherine S. K.; Chen, Wei-Qing; Lee, Albert; Ling, Davina C. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2009
Objective: This study investigated the prevalence of child maltreatment as perpetrated by parents, its associated health outcomes, and its resilient factors among high school students in China. Methods: A multi-level stratified random school-based survey was conducted in 2005. Twenty four high schools were randomly chosen from eight districts in…
Descriptors: Intervention, Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, Life Satisfaction
Child Sexual Abuse Consequences in Community Samples of Latino and European American Adolescents
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Newcomb, Michael D.; Munoz, David T.; Carmona, Jennifer Vargas – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2009
Objective: Research investigating the impact of child sexual abuse (CSA) in community samples of adolescents has been limited. This study aims to identify sexual abuse among ethnically diverse high school adolescents of both genders and evaluate their psycho-emotional consequences. Method: Through the use of self-report instruments, a sample of…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, Females, Incidence
Sexual Abuse among Female High School Students in Istanbul, Turkey
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Alikasifoglu, Mujgan; Erginoz, Ethem; Ercan, Oya; Albayrak-Kaymak, Deniz; Uysal, Omer; Ilter, Ozdemir – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2006
Objective: The objective of the study was to determine the prevalence of sexual abuse in female adolescents in Istanbul, Turkey from data collected as part of a school-based population study on health and health behaviors. Method: A stratified cluster sampling procedure was used for this cross-sectional study. The study sample included 1,955…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 11, High School Students, Incidence