Parents' self-reporting of Child Physical Maltreatment (CPM) in a low-middle-income country.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Because of COVID-19 pandemic, families across the world are experiencing new stressors that threaten their health, and economic well-being. Such a stress may jeopardize parents-children relationship. We aim to investigate the magnitude of child physical maltreatment (CPM) by parents in Egypt during the COVID-19 pandemic, to relate it to parents' stress, and to identify other potential risk factors.

Methods

This cross-sectional study assessed parent-reported CPM and their personal experience of stress, depression, and anxiety among a sample of Egyptian parents using an electronic survey. It included sociodemographic data, Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21), and the Child physical maltreatment scale (CPMS). We also briefly assessed COVID-19 -related data

SUBMITTER: Abdeen MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10339565 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature