Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/11499/50380
Title: The unique contribution of childhood maltreatment types to risk-tAkıng behavior and self-esteem
Authors: Kızıltepe, Rukiye
Ebeoğlu-Duman, Melisa
Sagel-Çetiner, Ece
Hecker, Tobias
Keywords: Child maltreatment
Unique effects
Risk-tAkıng behaviors
Self-esteem
Posttraumatic-Stress-Disorder
Sexual-Abuse
Substance Use
Developmental Traumatology
Physical Abuse
Prevalence
Impact
Neglect
Reliability
Validity
Publisher: Springer
Abstract: Child maltreatment is a pervasive public health problem. Evidence from numerous studies suggests that child maltreatment leads to both short-term and long-term detrimental effects. However, only few studies investigated the differential effects of specific child maltreatment types on mental health. In the current study, we aimed to detect the frequency of child maltreatment and determine specific associations of different types of child maltreatment with risk-tAkıng behavior and self-esteem among college students. A total of 421 university students from Turkey aged between 18 and 26 years (M-age = 21.16, SD = 1.79) participated in the study. Among the participants, 323 (76.7%) were females. The Childhood Trauma Questionnaire-Short Form, the Risk-tAkıng Behavior Scale, and the Self-Esteem Scale were used to assess childhood maltreatment, risk-tAkıng behavior, and self-esteem, respectively. In total, 58.7% (n = 247) of the participants reported experiencing at least one type of child maltreatment throughout their childhood. Moreover, a path analysis showed that emotional abuse (beta = -0.23, p < .001) and emotional neglect (beta = -0.28, p < .001) were negatively associated with self-esteem, whereas sexual abuse (beta = 0.16, t = 3.37, p < .001) was positively linked with risk-tAkıng behavior after controlling for other types of childhood maltreatment and sociodemographic variables. The findings emphasize the importance of understanding the unique associations and effects of childhood maltreatment on self-esteem and risk-tAkıng behavior. Prevention and intervention efforts should consider these potential impacts of specific childhood maltreatment types.
URI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-023-04300-1
https://hdl.handle.net/11499/50380
ISSN: 1046-1310
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