Child maltreatment and psycho-social impairments among child laborers in rural Bangladesh.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The current study focused on exploring the impact of maltreatment of child laborers on their psychosocial health condition from the views of their parents.

Methods

A total of 100 parents of child laborers were recruited using snowball sampling. The structured questionnaire comprised two validated scales including ISPCAN Child Abuse Screening Tool (ICAST-P), and Paediatric Symptom Checklist (PSC) were used for the survey. Factor analysis and multivariable linear regression analysis were performed to examine the data using SPSS version 26, and Stata version 16.1.

Results

A three-factor model consisting of internalizing, externalizing, and attention associated psycho-social impairments of child laborers were derived from the 35-item scale of PSC tool and represen

SUBMITTER: Ahad MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11870881 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature