Childhood maltreatment class and sexually violent behavior among university men in Vietnam.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sexual violence against women remains a global public health problem, with Southeast Asia having among the highest rates of violence victimization globally. Exposure to violence in adolescence--a highly prevalent experience in Vietnam--is associated with later perpetration of violence against others. However, childhood maltreatment as a latent construct is understudied, with most analyses focusing on theoretical categories, potentially missing key patterns of victimization, particularly poly-victimization. Poor understanding of these experience limits researchers' ability to predict and intervene upon cyclical perpetration of violence. This study aims to identify latent classes of childhood maltreatment, and to test associations between class membership and sexually viol

SUBMITTER: Anderson KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9187524 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature