Association of child maltreatment subtypes and long-term physical health in a German representative sample.

Autor/inn/en	Clemens, Vera; Huber-Lang, Markus; Plener, Paul L.; Brähler, Elmar; Brown, Rebecca C.; Fegert, Jörg M.
Titel	Association of child maltreatment subtypes and long-term physical health in a German representative sample. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Zusammenhang von Subtypen der Kindesmisshandlung mit langfristiger körperlicher Gesundheit in einer deutschen repräsentativen Stichprobe.
Quelle	In: European journal of psychotraumatology, 9 (2018) 1, Art. 1510278, 10 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2000-8066; 2000-8198
DOI	10.1080/20008198.2018.1510278
Schlagwörter	Psychische Misshandlung; Trauma (Psy); Verbale Aggression; Kindesmisshandlung; Kindesvernachlässigung; Gesundheitsfolgen; Herzkrankheit; Krankheit; Adipositas; Diabetes mellitus; Krebs (Med); Sexueller Missbrauch
Abstract	Background: Child maltreatment is a major public problem, associated with enormous consequences on the individual and socioeconomic level. Studies show a clear impact of child maltreatment on long-term physical health. However, there is a lack of analyses comprising a wide variety of subtypes of maltreatment and addressing cumulative effects of different maltreatment subtypes experienced during childhood on physical health. Objective: The objective of this analysis was to assess the association of different subtypes and the intensity of child maltreatment with long-term physical health outcomes. Methods: In a cross-sectional observational approach, a representative sample of the German population (N=2510) was assessed regarding socioeconomic information, their current health status, and their experiences of child maltreatment using the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ). Chi2-Tests were performed to compare differences of physical health conditions in adulthood in association with child maltreatment and binary regression analyses to assess the relationship of physical health and number of different subtypes of maltreatment experienced during childhood. Results: Odds increased significantly for obesity (1.8), diabetes (1.26), cancer (1.28), hypertension (1.16), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (1.51), history of myocardial infarction (1.29) and stroke (1.31) with increasing number of experienced subtypes of child maltreatment. Growing intensity of each subtype of maltreatment was associated with higher rates of all assessed physical health conditions, which could point towards a dose-dependency of the relationship between maltreatment and long-term physical health. Conclusions: Child maltreatment is associated with increased odds for the leading morbidity and mortality causes in Germany. Interventions encompassing secondary and primary preventive strategies are critical to target this major public health problem and its devastating consequences. (ZPID).
Erfasst von	Leibniz-Institut für Psychologie, Trier
Update	2025/4