Reported prevalence of childhood maltreatment among Chinese college students: A systematic review and meta-analysis

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2018

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PLoS One

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Objective To estimate the prevalence of childhood maltreatment among college students in China by a systematic review and meta-analysis. Methods A systematic search of relevant articles in Pubmed, Wanfang Data, Chinese Scientific Journals Fulltext Database (CQVIP), China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) and China Biology Medicine disc (CBMdisc) was conducted on September 1, 2017. A randomeffects model was used to estimate the pooled prevalence and sources of heterogeneity were explored using subgroup analyses. Results In total, 32 studies were included in our review. The pooled prevalence of childhood maltreatment among college students was 64.7% (CI: 52.3%-75.6%). For childhood physical abuse(CPA), childhood emotional abuse(CEA), childhood sexual abuse(CSA), childhood physical neglect(CPN)and childhood emotional neglect (CEN), the pooled estimates were 17.4% (13.8%-21.3%), 36.7%(25.1%-49.1%), 15.7%(11.6%-20.2%), 54.9%(41.2%-68.1%) and 60.0% (45.0%-74.0%), respectively. Use of the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ) yielded a higher pooled estimate than any other measurement tools in the subgroup analyses of CPA, CEA, CSA, CPN and CEN. The Egger’s tests revealed no evidence of publication bias(P>0.05). Conclusions Childhood maltreatment is common among college students in China. Prevention policies and programmes should be urgently developed to stop the occurrence of child maltreatment, and special attention should be paid to maltreated college students

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prevalence, child abuse, china, International Resources, research, college sample

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Fu, H., Feng, T., Qin, J., Wang, T., Wu, X., Cai, Y., Lan, L., … Yang, T. (2018). Reported prevalence of childhood maltreatment among Chinese college students: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PloS one, 13(10), e0205808. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0205808

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6188789/pdf/pone.0205808.pdf
 http://hdl.handle.net/11212/4032

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