@article{ref1,
title="Childhood victimization by adults and peers and health-risk behaviors in adulthood",
journal="Spanish journal of psychology",
year="2019",
author="Cerezo, M. Angeles and Pérez-García, Elena",
volume="22",
number="",
pages="E20-E20",
abstract="Victimization experienced in childhood has been linked with health-risk behaviors (HRBs) in adulthood. The purpose of this cross-sectional survey was to provide data regarding the HRBs using the ISPCAN Child Abuse Screening Tool Retrospective version (ICAST-R), Spanish version. This aimed to broaden existing knowledge by assessing both being victimized by adults and by peers in a Spanish general population of 348, aged 18-35. Age and timing of the reported victimization were also considered. Victimization: physical, psychological, sexual abuse by adults and/or peers showed a prevalence of 44.54%. Of these, 41.29% reported abuse by both. Children victimized by adults, regardless of type, were significantly associated to be psychologically abused by their peers (p <.001). Moreover, psychological maltreatment by adults was significantly associated with two peer victimizations: Physical and psychological (p <.001 in both). Regarding HRBs, peer victimized groups showed significantly higher levels of severity than non-victimized, with a higher proportion reporting attempted suicide (p <.05) and psychological or psychiatric treatment (p <.05). Participants victimized only by adults reported higher number of HRBs (p <.01), their victimization was associated to more severe abuse of drugs/alcohol (p ≤.05), and suicide attempts (p <.05). Those victimized by adults and peers received treatment in higher proportion than non-victims (p <.001). Participants reporting victimization since before 5 years to age of 17, compared with non-victimized, showed more substance abuse (p <.05), attempted suicide (p <.01) and receipt of treatment (p <.05). These findings highlight the relevance of ICAST-R in studying HRBs.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1138-7416",
doi="10.1017/sjp.2019.24",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/sjp.2019.24"
}