Maltreatment experiences as predictors of self-esteem and psychiatric morbidity among sheltered homeless adolescents

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dc.contributor.authorDevi, R., Sharma, V., & Shekhar, C.
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-28T17:12:38Z
dc.date.available2015-07-28T17:12:38Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractBackground: It is widely documented that institutionalized children and adolescents represent a vulnerable sector of the population. The adverse past life experiences of institutionalized adolescents have far reaching ramifications on affective, cognitive, behavioral, and physiological development. Objective: The present study was planned to examine maltreatment experiences in relation to mental health outcomes among sheltered homeless adolescents, selected from various shelter homes located in Jammu region of Jammu & Kashmir, India. Method: The total sample consisted of 140 male and female participants, 70 shelter home and 70 non-shelter home adolescents, between ages 13-17 years. The samples were drawn using purposive sampling method. Childhood trauma questionnaires, GHQ-12 & Rosenberg’s Self-Esteem Scale were used for assessment. Result: Results showed more experiences of maltreatment, high level of psychiatric morbidity and low self-esteem among shelter home adolescents compared to non-shelter home adolescents. Male shelter home adolescents were found to be high on physical abuse and neglect compared to female shelter home adolescents. Among the various types of maltreatment, emotional neglect and physical abuse were found to be the significant predictors of self-esteem and emotional abuse and emotional neglect as significant predictors of psychiatric morbidity. Conclusion: Overall findings thus suggests the presence of psychological problems among shelter home adolescents and highlight the need of intervention programs to cater the specific needs of this group.en_US
dc.identifier.citationDevi, R., Sharma, V., & Shekhar, C. (2015). Maltreatment experiences as predictors of self-esteem and psychiatric morbidity among sheltered homeless adolescents. Journal of Indian Association for Child & Adolescent Mental Health, 11(3).en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.jiacam.org/1103/orig2july2015.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/2387
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJournal of Indian Association for Child & Adolescent Mental Healthen_US
dc.subjectmaltreatmenten_US
dc.subjectshelter homeen_US
dc.subjectself-esteem and psychiatric morbidityen_US
dc.subjectchild abuseen_US
dc.subjectInternational Resourcesen_US
dc.subjectIndiaen_US
dc.titleMaltreatment experiences as predictors of self-esteem and psychiatric morbidity among sheltered homeless adolescentsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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