Association between sibling violence experience and emotional and behavioral problemsamong children and adolescents aged 9-18 years in rural areas / 中国心理卫生杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To explore the association between sibling violence experience and emotional and behavioral problems.Methods:A Multistage stratified cluster sampling was used in Hunan province, 1735 participants from multiple-child family were recruited to survey the prevalence of sibling violence and the occurrence of emotional and behavioral problems with the Strength and Difficulties Questionnaires (SDQ).Results:According to SDQ total score, the rate of abnormal emotion and behavior in children and adolescents involved in sibling violence was higher than that in students who were not experienced sibling violence [45.6％ (236/518) vs.26.8％ (326/1217) ], the rate in bully-victim was higher than that in pure-victim and pure-bully [52.8％ (132/250) vs.37.9％ (74/195) vs.41.1％ (30/73) ].The rates in children and adolescents who were bullied and perpetrated more than 4 sub-types of sibling violence were 63.4％ (53/93) and 76.9％ (60/78).Conclusion:There is an association between sibling violence experience and emotional and behavioral problems among children and adolescents in rural areas.