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Child emotional and physical maltreatment and adolescent psychopathology: A community study in Japan
Author(s) -
Yamamoto Makiko,
Iwata Noboru,
Tomoda Atsuko,
Tanaka Shiho,
Fujimaki Kaori,
Kitamura Toshinori
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.585
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1520-6629
pISSN - 0090-4392
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1520-6629(199907)27:4<377::aid-jcop2>3.0.co;2-n
Subject(s) - shame , psychopathology , psychology , depression (economics) , neglect , clinical psychology , anxiety , physical abuse , psychiatry , psychological abuse , poison control , suicide prevention , child abuse , medicine , medical emergency , social psychology , economics , macroeconomics
The rate of different types of maltreatment of children younger than the age of 16 by parents was investigated among a sample of 119 Japanese nonconsulting adolescents. Emotional neglect, threat, putting to shame, slapping, punching with a fist, hitting with an implement, and burning by the father or the mother were reported to have occurred at least several times a year by 21.0%, 26.1%, 14.3%, 40.3%, 25.2%, 14.3%, and 0.8% of the participants, respectively. These figures were much higher than previous estimates from medical and social agency reports in Japan. Some associations were found between specific categories of child maltreatment and the lifetime prevalence of different types of DSM‐III‐R psychopathology. Among male adolescents, Generalized Anxiety Disorder was associated with being put to shame, punched, or hit with an implement by the mother, while chronic/recurrent Major Depression was associated with being put to shame by either the father or by the mother. Among female adolescents, chronic/recurrent Major Depression was associated with being emotionally neglected or threatened by the father and being slapped by the mother, while single‐episode Major Depression was associated only with being slapped by the mother. These figures suggest that childhood maltreatment has effects on psychopathology among adolescents, particularly emotional maltreatment associated with chronic/recurrent Major Depression. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.