@article{ref1,
title="Incidence, type and intensity of abuse in street children in India",
journal="Child abuse and neglect",
year="2009",
author="Mathur, Monika and Rathore, Prachi and Mathur, Monika",
volume="33",
number="12",
pages="907-913",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: The aims of this cross-sectional survey were to examine the prevalence, type and intensity of abuse in street children in Jaipur city, India. METHOD: Based on purposive random sampling, 200 street children, inclusive of equal number of boys and girls, were selected from the streets of Jaipur city, India, and administered an in-depth interview schedule which included five areas of abuse, namely, &quot;general abuse,&quot; &quot;health abuse,&quot; &quot;verbal abuse,&quot; &quot;physical abuse,&quot; and &quot;psychological abuse.&quot; Data was interpreted using percentages, t-test and correlations. RESULTS: Street children reported experiences of abuse in all the five areas under study. Larger numbers of children (61.8%) scored in the &quot;moderate&quot; category of abuse while 36.6% children indicated abuse in &quot;severe&quot; and &quot;very severe&quot; categories on the intensity of abuse. Highest mean scores were obtained on the &quot;verbal&quot; and &quot;psychological&quot; area of abuse. Gender differences were significant in health and overall abuse, indicating boys to be significantly more abused than girls. There were significant positive correlations of abuse with increasing &quot;age&quot; and &quot;income&quot; of street children; and the occurrence of &quot;multi-type&quot; maltreatment and neglect in street children was clearly present. CONCLUSION: Different forms of abuse are prevalent in street children in India. This area of study needs attention both by the researchers and the social workers. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: children who are identified in severe and very severe categories of abuse should be worked with in a follow up study with the help of governmental and nongovernmental agencies working in the field for child welfare.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0145-2134",
doi="10.1016/j.chiabu.2009.01.003",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2009.01.003"
}