Child abuse, resilience, family functionality, bullying, substance use and violence in female university students
Child abuse, resilience, family functionality, bullying, substance use and violence in female university students
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.55842224030710
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Palavras-chave: Abuso infantil, resiliencia psicológica, funcionalidad familiar, acoso escolar, consumo de sustancias, violencia.
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Keywords: Child abuse, psychological resilience, family functionality, bullying, substance use, violence.
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Abstract: Objective: To know the association between child abuse, physical activity, substance consumption, resilience, family functionality, bullying, and the presence of violence in university women. Method: A descriptive, cross-sectional observational design was used in 1435 randomly selected university women. Sociodemographic data, history of child abuse, physical activity, and substance consumption were obtained. The scales of resilience, family Apgar, perception of bullying, and a specially developed format on violence were used. Data analysis was done in SPSS v24 that included descriptive statistics, U Mann Whitney, and multiple linear regression. Results. Average age was 20,3 years (SD = 2,6), 76% were from urban schools and 92,5% were from public schools; 45% practiced sports; 23,4% reported child abuse; 20,5%, 67,5% and 5.5% consume tobacco, alcohol, or drugs respectively. Resilience showed average of 77,7 (SD = 10,7); family functionality average of 39,9 (SD = 10,4); bullying average of 22,9 (SD = 18,0); current violence average of 11,1 (SD = 9,6). Women who reported a history of child abuse showed less resilience (p = 0.030), less family functioning (p = 0,000), more bullying (p = 0,000), and more violence (p = 0,000) than those who denied this history. Child abuse, substance use, resilience, family functionality and bullying explained 27% of current violence (F = 89,34; p = 0,000). Conclusions: It is necessarily to strengthen the protective factors against violence and, to identify and treat the risk factors to reduce the negative impact on the physical and mental health of university women.
- Yolanda Bañuelos-Barrera
- Patricia Bañuelos-Barrera
- Alicia Álvarez-Aguirre
- Lubia del Carmen Castillo-Arcos
- Patricia Enedina Miranda-Félix