Childhood Abuse and Mental Health Problems: Does Gender Matter?

Chen, Gila; Gueta, Keren

doi:10.1007/s11126-015-9371-5

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“…More females report current mental health needs than males in our study. While this finding corroborates those of previous studies [52, 53], literature also suggests that males are less likely than females to recognize and report their mental health needs and, as a result, rarely access mental health services and treatment [54–56]. It is critical to further understand gender-specific mental health needs as well as help-seeking patterns and decision process, so that targeted strategies that encourage service utilization can be developed.…”

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Social support, mental health needs, and HIV risk behaviors: a gender-specific, correlation study

2019

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Background The HIV/AIDS epidemic continues to threaten the health and wellbeing of millions in the United States and worldwide. Syndemic theory suggests that HIV/AIDS can cooccur with other afflictions. As close to 20% of US adults live with a mental health condition, it is critical to understand the correlation between HIV risk behaviors and mental health needs, as well as protective factors such as social support in intervening the association between mental distress and HIV risk behaviors. Furthermore, as past research has shown mixed results concerning the function of social support on HIV risks by gender, it is important to conduct a gender-specific analysis. Methods To assess the relationship between mental health needs, social support, and HIV risk behaviors, and to assess if social support can be a buffer, weakening the effect of mental health needs on HIV risk, in 2018, we analyzed representative, cross-sectional data from 2016 BRFSS collected from 33,705 individuals from four states in the United States, stratified by gender. Weighted logistic regression analyses, adjusted for age, race, marital status, education, and annual income, assessed the correlation between mental health needs, social support, and HIV risk behaviors. Furthermore, interaction analyses were performed to see if social support modifies the slope of mental health needs as a function of HIV risk behaviors. Results For both genders, the odds of participating in HIV risk behaviors increase with mental health needs and decrease with the level of social support. Furthermore, social support mitigates the association between mental health needs and HIV risk behavior involvement for males, as males receiving high level of social support have least odds of HIV risk behaviors relative to males receiving low level of social support. Notably, for females, social support does not serve as a buffer against HIV risk behaviors when their mental health needs increase. Conclusion The study contributes to the knowledge base of HIV prevention and highlights the important role of mental health and social support against HIV risk behaviors when developing gender-specific prevention strategies.

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Social support, mental health needs, and HIV risk behaviors: a gender-specific, correlation study

2019

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“…The prevalence of emotional abuse and neglect were higher among women (7.5% and 31.1% respectively) than men (4.5% and 24.0% respectively). Previous reports indicated that female alcohol abusers (Bailey, Baker, Mcelduff, & Kavanagh, 2016) and female inmates (Chen & Gueta, 2016) were more likely than males to experience emotional abuse or neglect. A study also found that female high school students who experienced emotional/sexual abuse had a higher prevalence of lifetime opioid use than male students in China (Lei et al, 2018).…”

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confidence: 99%

The relationship between childhood abuse and depression in a sample of Chinese people who use methamphetamine

Chen

Zhang

Sun

2019

International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology

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Background/Objective Previous studies have shown that childhood abuse is associated with symptoms of depression. This study aims to examine the prevalence of childhood abuse or neglect and its correlation with depression among a sample of Chinese people who use methamphetamine. Method People who use methamphetamine (MA) ( N = 1,173) were recruited from government-operated drug rehabilitation centres in Anhui province, China. Participants were assessed using the short form of Childhood Trauma Questionnaire and the Beck Depression Inventory-II for childhood abuse or neglect and depression symptoms. Results A total of 44.6% of people who use MA reported moderate/severe childhood abuse or neglect, and 56.9% of this sample were diagnosed with depression. Emotional abuse, sexual abuse, emotional neglect and physical neglect were revealed to increase the risk of depression. Multivariable regression analyses showed that depression scores were significantly predicted by gender, duration of drug use, sexual abuse and emotional neglect (model R 2 = .08, p < .001). The interaction between emotional neglect and duration of drug use on the depression was statistically significant. Conclusions These analyses indicate that sexual abuse and emotional neglect increase the severity of depression in individuals who use MA in drug rehabilitation centres of China.

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“…The current research was part of a larger project conducted by the authors that included mixed methods research in Israeli prisons (Chen and Gueta 2016). The committee of the Israel Prison Service approved the project and instructed the prison directors to collaborate with the researchers.…”

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Men and Women Inmates’ Accounts of Their Pathways to Crime: A Gender Analysis

Gueta

Chen

2016

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Most of the research on gender differences in crime has been based on quantitative methods and focused on either women or men, but not both. In this qualitative study, we explored the association between gender and perceived pathways to crime. We employed a thematic analysis of 20 interviews with inmates, focusing on how they negotiated notions about femininity and masculinity while constructing their own pathways to crime. Men and women presented different pathways, but both oscillated between pathways guided by victimization and by power seeking. The findings suggest possible new directions regarding the use of gender binaries in criminology research and indicate the heavy toll of gender essentialism on both genders. ARTICLE HISTORY

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Childhood Abuse and Mental Health Problems: Does Gender Matter?

Cited by 19 publications

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Social support, mental health needs, and HIV risk behaviors: a gender-specific, correlation study

Social support, mental health needs, and HIV risk behaviors: a gender-specific, correlation study

The relationship between childhood abuse and depression in a sample of Chinese people who use methamphetamine

Men and Women Inmates’ Accounts of Their Pathways to Crime: A Gender Analysis

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