Socio-political context as determinant of childhood maltreatment: a population-based study among women and men in East and West Germany

ABSTRACT:

Aim

Being subjected to childhood maltreatment has devastating long-term adverse effects and is a major risk factor for mental health problems in adult life. There is empirical support that socio-political factors can be risk factors for childhood maltreatment. Here we examine whether socio-political context predicts self-rated childhood maltreatment in a sample of the German population.

Methods

Data were drawn from surveys of representative samples of the East and West German population, including participants born 1980 or earlier (5836 participants; 3146 women). Childhood maltreatment was assessed using the Childhood Trauma Screener, the German short screening version of the childhood trauma questionnaire. To examine whether socio-political context is a predictor of chil

SUBMITTER: Ulke C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8611929 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature