Relationships Between Childhood Bullying/Domestic Violence Experience and Insomnia among Employees in Japan.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Traumatic childhood experiences such as domestic violence and bullying have been reported to be associated with insomnia in adulthood. However, little evidence is available for the long-term effects of childhood adversity on workers' insomnia worldwide. Our objective was to examine whether childhood experiences of bullying and domestic violence are associated with insomnia in workers in adulthood.

Methods

We used survey data from a cross-sectional study of the Tsukuba Science City Network in Tsukuba City, Japan. Workers aged 20 to 65 years (4509 men and 2666 women) were targeted. Binomial logistic regression analysis was performed with the Athens Insomnia Scale as the objective variable.

Results

Binomial logistic regression analysis showed that childhood bul

SUBMITTER: Muroi K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10293797 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature