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June 14, 2009
Study indicates adults who witnessed parental violence as children may be more likely to suffer mental-health problems
HealthDay (6/4, Preidt) reported that, according to a study published online in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, "adults who witnessed parental violence while growing up are more likely to suffer mental health problems."
For the study, researchers from France's INSERM examined data on "3,023 adults in Paris," looking at "the participants' current depression, as well as their experiences with violence against children, intimate partner violence, lifetime suicide attempts, and alcohol dependence.
The participants were also asked about childhood experiences with their parents, and 16 percent said they'd witnessed violence between their parents." The team found that "people who'd been exposed to interparental violence were 1.4 times more likely to have depression, more than three times more likely to be involved in intimate partner violence, almost five times more likely to mistreat their children, and 1.75 times more likely to have alcohol dependence."
Posted by admin at June 14, 2009 12:35 PM