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Printable life size pd ruler3/9/2024 We further found parents’ psychological distress to be a significant moderator of the indirect pathways of the intergenerational effect of child maltreatment on adolescents’ anxiety and depression (95% CI ). Current paternal, but not maternal, psychological distress mediated this intergenerational association of maltreatment experiences (95% CI ). ![]() Adolescents of parents with a history of child abuse and neglect also reported higher exposure to maltreatment themselves ( p < 0.001). Fifty-one percent and 42% of adolescents had borderline to clinical levels of anxiety and depression symptoms, respectively. The frequencies of child maltreatment exposure were 68% for adolescents and 65% for their parents (when they were a child). Using a cross-sectional design, participants completed a set of questionnaires assessing child maltreatment (in adolescence and own past history in parents), parental psychological distress, youth depression and anxiety, and sociodemographic factors. MethodsĪ total of 231 adolescents (age: 13–21 years) and 185 of their parents ( n = 90 fathers and n = 95 mothers) were recruited from secondary schools in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia. The goal of this study was to test intergenerational associations of child abuse and neglect and to examine how these experiences are in turn associated with youth anxiety and depression in an LIC. This cascade has been reported in young children but has rarely been studied in parent-adolescent dyads or in low-income countries (LICs). Research in high- and middle-income countries shows the cascading effect of parental history of child abuse and neglect on adolescents’ maltreatment and, in turn, on mental health problems. ![]() Child abuse is widespread around the world, and one continent with particularly high rates is Africa.
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