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Association of attachment with parents and abusive experiences during childhood

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dc.contributor.author Chandraratne, N.K.
dc.contributor.author Fernando, A.D.
dc.contributor.author Gunawardena, N.S.
dc.date.accessioned 2017-09-12T09:14:22Z
dc.date.available 2017-09-12T09:14:22Z
dc.date.issued 2016
dc.identifier.citation Sri Lanka Medical Association, 129th Anniversary International Medical Congress. 2016: 131 en_US
dc.identifier.issn 0009-0895
dc.identifier.uri http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/17411
dc.description Oral Presentation Abstract (OP 49), 129th Anniversary International Medical Congress, Sri Lanka Medical Association, 25-27 July 2016 Colombo, Sri Lanka en_US
dc.description.abstract INTRODUCTION: Improving parent-child attachment is considered to be an effective intervention in preventing child abuse. OBJECTIVES: This study is aimed at determining the association between parent-child attachment and experience of abuse during childhood. METHOD: A cross sectional analytical study was conducted among a representative sample of 1479 schooling young adults aged 18-20 years in Gampaha District, selected using a multi-stage cluster sampling method. Experience of abuse during childhood were determined using the self-administered locally validated tool SICAST-R. Parent-child attachment was determined using Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment (IPPA), a self-administered tool, which measures the attachment to parents during childhood in the dimensions of communication, trust and alienation. RESULTS: The prevalence rates for abusive experience during childhood were 45.4% (95% CI=42.9–47.9), 9.1% (95% CI=7.6-10.5) and 27.9% (95% CI=25.7–30.2) for physical, sexual and emotional abuse respectively. All three dimensions that describe the attachment with the mother were significantly associated with being physically (poor trust:OR=3.71, 95% CI=1.52-9.05; poor communication: OR=1.72, 95%CI=0.89-3.35; presence of alienation: OR=2.63, 95%CI=1.72-4.00), sexually (poor trust: OR=3.62, 95%CI=1.07-12.25; poor communication :OR=2.44, 95% CI=1.01-5.92; presence of alienation: OR=3.89, 95% CI=2.22-6.81) and emotionally (poor trust: OR=6.56, 95% CI=2.88-14.91; poor communication: OR=3.19, 95% CI=1.78-5.71; presence of alienation: OR=3.32, 95% CI=2.21-4.98) abused during childhood. Similarly, aall three dimensions that describe the attachment with the father were significantly associated with being physically (poor trust: OR =3.16, 95%CI = 1.92-5.19; poor communication: OR=2.72, 95%CI=1.57-4.72; presence of alienation: OR=2.53, 95%CI=1.80-3.56), sexually (poor trust: OR=2.49, 95%CI = 1.18-5.29; poor communication: OR = 3.28, 95%CI = 2.27-4.74; presence of alienation: OR = 2.55, 95%CI = 1.54-4.22) and emotionally (poor trust: OR = 3.29, 95%C I= 2.00-5.39; poor communication:OR = 4.47, 95%CI = 2.05-9.73; presence of alienation: OR=3.21, 95%CI = 2.30-4.48) abused during childhood. CONCLUSIONS: Poor attachment with parents is associated with abusive experience during childhood. Public Health Programmes should focus on improving parent-child attachment. en_US
dc.language.iso en_US en_US
dc.publisher Sri Lanka Medical Association en_US
dc.subject parent-child attachment en_US
dc.title Association of attachment with parents and abusive experiences during childhood en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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