title: Investigation of child maltreatment: survey among junior school pupils in Henan province of China.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This study is to examine the prevalence of child maltreatment and its association with attachment and self-esteem among junior schools students in Henan province of China.
  
  
  METHODS
  Seven hundred thirty-six pupils were selected from two public schools. Data were collected with the self-reported questionnaires of the basic demographic information, the Revised Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment, the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, and the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire. Data were analyzed using SPSS 17.0.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In this study, the prevalence of emotional neglect, physical neglect, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, and physical abuse were 22.8%, 38.0%, 11.0%, 10.6%, and 7.1%, respectively. There was a significant difference between male and female pupils in the prevalence of the physical neglect (Pearson χ(2)  = 16.27, P < 0.01), sexual abuse (χ(2)  = 15.38, P < 0.01), and physical abuse (χ(2)  = 11.55, P < 0.01). In addition, physical neglect was the most common reported by pupils in the child maltreatment. Drinking habit of the mother was a significantly risk factor for emotional abuse, emotional neglect, and physical neglect.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Child abuse is still a severe social and psychological problem, and child neglect is more common than child abuse. It is noteworthy that mothers with drinking habit were more likely to abuse their own children than fathers with drinking habit.
authors.affiliation: Mental Health Institute, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
authors.forename: Lijuan
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Yingli
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: Yalin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: attachment; child maltreatment; neglect; self-esteem; sexual abuse