title: Child Maltreatment and Migration: A Population-Based Study Among Immigrant and Native Adolescents in Switzerland.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Prevalence rates of child maltreatment (CM) can differ substantially between countries and ethnicities. Reasons, however, are complex and not sufficiently understood.
  
  
  METHODS
  This epidemiological study examined prevalence and risk factors of various types of CM in a population-based representative sample of native and immigrant adolescents in Switzerland (N = 6,787).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The prevalence of CM in general was lowest in the native group, higher in the Western immigrant group, and highest in the non-Western immigrant groups. An immigrant background was related to an overrepresentation of several risk factors for CM. Adjusted odds ratio of an immigrant background were still significant for physical and emotional abuse but not for neglect and sexual assault.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Differences in the prevalence of CM across ethnographic origins are at least partially related to socioeconomic and ecologic risk factors. The distribution of risk factors may vary depending on the contexts of migration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland matthis.schick@usz.ch.
authors.forename: Matthis
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schick
authors.affiliation: Psychiatric Services of the Canton of St. Gallen-North, Wil, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Verena
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Schönbucher
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychosomatics and Psychiatry, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland Division of Child and Adolescent Health Psychology, Institute of Psychology, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Markus A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Landolt
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Ulrich
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Schnyder
authors.affiliation: Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Wenjie
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: Psychiatric Services of the Canton of St. Gallen-North, Wil, Switzerland These authors contributed equally to this publication.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Maier
authors.affiliation: Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland These authors contributed equally to this publication.
authors.forename: Meichun
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mohler-Kuo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002669:Child Welfare / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000069581:Exposure to Violence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012111:Residence Characteristics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013557:Switzerland / Q000453:epidemiology
keywords: adolescents; child maltreatment; epidemiology; immigrant families; neglect; sociocultural factors