Child maltreatment associates with violent victimization in young adulthood: a Brazilian birth cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Maltreatment in childhood may leave people vulnerable to further experiences of violence and more severe effects of stress later in life. Longitudinal studies of risk for violent victimisation after maltreatment are lacking in low- and middle-income countries. The objective of this study was to quantify the risk for violent victimization in the family and community in young adulthood following experiences of childhood maltreatment (experiences of physical, emotional and sexual abuse and neglect) up to age 15 years in an urban Brazilian population.

Methods

3246 participants in a prospective, population-based birth cohort study in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, were assessed at birth, 15 and 22 years. Sociodemographic factors were reported by mothers at birth a

SUBMITTER: Bordignon E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10658884 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature