TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - Child abuse and neglect epidemiology in secondary school students of Yazd Province, Iran
JO  - Iranian journal of psychiatry and behavioral sciences
A1  - Pirdehghan, Azar
A1  - Vakili, Mahmood
A1  - Rajabzadeh, Yavar
A1  - Puyandehpour, Mohammad
SP  - e2256
EP  - e2256
VL  - 9
IS  - 4
N2  - BACKGROUND: Child abuse is an issue that has many physical and psychological consequences. <br><br>OBJECTIVES: This study was designed and conducted to investigate the current situation regarding child abuse, which can be used as a guideline for planning future interventions. <br><br>MATERIALS AND METHODS: This was a descriptive, analytic cross-sectional study on 700 Yazd secondary school students in 2013, using a standardized self-administered questionnaire. The collected data was analyzed using the SPSS v.19 software and appropriate statistical tests and logistic regression analysis. P values of < 0.05 were considered statistically significant. <br><br>RESULTS: Overall, 700 students (43%) were boys. Child abuse frequency was 93.5% (92.2% of boys and 94.4% of girls). The most common domains of child abuse among all students were neglect (83.8%), psychological (76.1%), physical (36.1%) and sexual (28.8 %), respectively. The most common domains of child abuse among female students were neglect (84.9%), psychological (82.3%), physical (32.5%) and sexual (31.5 %), and among male students, these were neglect (82.3%), psychological (67.9%), physical (41%) and sexual (25.3%). Demographic variables included substance abuse of parents, father's education, parents living status and having other jobs, which were significantly related variables to child abuse and neglect (P value < 0.05). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Our study is the first investigation performed on patients with LCH and its possible association with EBV in Iran. Considering the P = 0.004, which is statistically significant, the findings do support the hypothesis of a possible role for EBV in the pathogenesis of LCH. These results are in accordance with several previous investigations, with positive findings.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1735-8639
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.17795/ijpbs-2256
ID  - ref1
ER  -