Abstract
Introduction: Verbal abuse is a form of child abuse that is rarely studied. It is a global problem with long-term consequences and has increased risk for behavioural, physical and mental health problems. This study aimed to investigate the relationship of verbal abuse at home and depression among adolescents in Malaysia.
Methodology: Secondary data from the Malaysia Adolescent Health Survey 2017 was analysed using complex sample multiple logistic regression. It is a cross sectional survey involving 26,845 school-going adolescents aged 13-17 years across Malaysia. Verbal abuse at home is defined as when someone said insulting things or hurtful to them (at least once) in the past 30 days. While depression was determine using the standardized Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scale (DASS-21) questionnaire.
Results: The overall prevalence of verbal abuse in adolescent was 43.2% with estimated population of 924,222 adolescents in Malaysia. Adolescents who had verbal abuse has higher prevalence of depression (24.6%) compared to adolescents with no verbal abuse (13.4%). Verbal abused adolescent (aOR : 2.215; 95% CI 2.03-2.42) were more likely to be depressed compared to adolescents without verbal abuse after controlling other sociodemographic factors such as gender, education level, ethnic and parent 's marital status. Conclusion: Adolescents who had verbal abuse at home would have a higher risk of depression. Early prevention and intervention are important for the benefit of the child and society such as peer support and awareness programmes. Public health effort in educating parents regarding consequences of verbal abuse at home can helps in reducing depression among children and adolescents.
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@proceedings{APCPH2022-P-95,
title = {Relationship Between Verbal Abuse at Home and Depression among the Malaysian Adolescents},
author = {Sharifah Nazeera Syed Anera and Nor Anita Affandi and Nor Farahdila Hairoman and Zuraida Che Hassan and Nik Noor Syamimi Ismail and Tan Lay Kim and Mohd Azahadi Omar},
url = {https://apcph.cphm.my/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/APCPH2022-P-95.pdf
https://apcph.cphm.my/wp-content/uploads/wpforms/1176-1e04940bb5d885bf8711ed19095a89ed/Poster-Verbal-Abuse-Depression_Nazeera_P95-94c859fc5e212280b7f9b014f75d5aad.pdf},
year = {2022},
date = {2022-08-02},
urldate = {2022-08-02},
issue = {7},
abstract = {Introduction: Verbal abuse is a form of child abuse that is rarely studied. It is a global problem with long-term consequences and has increased risk for behavioural, physical and mental health problems. This study aimed to investigate the relationship of verbal abuse at home and depression among adolescents in Malaysia.
Methodology: Secondary data from the Malaysia Adolescent Health Survey 2017 was analysed using complex sample multiple logistic regression. It is a cross sectional survey involving 26,845 school-going adolescents aged 13-17 years across Malaysia. Verbal abuse at home is defined as when someone said insulting things or hurtful to them (at least once) in the past 30 days. While depression was determine using the standardized Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scale (DASS-21) questionnaire.
Results: The overall prevalence of verbal abuse in adolescent was 43.2% with estimated population of 924,222 adolescents in Malaysia. Adolescents who had verbal abuse has higher prevalence of depression (24.6%) compared to adolescents with no verbal abuse (13.4%). Verbal abused adolescent (aOR : 2.215; 95% CI 2.03-2.42) were more likely to be depressed compared to adolescents without verbal abuse after controlling other sociodemographic factors such as gender, education level, ethnic and parent 's marital status. Conclusion: Adolescents who had verbal abuse at home would have a higher risk of depression. Early prevention and intervention are important for the benefit of the child and society such as peer support and awareness programmes. Public health effort in educating parents regarding consequences of verbal abuse at home can helps in reducing depression among children and adolescents.},
howpublished = {published online at https://apcph.cphm.my},
note = {Type: POSTER PRESENTATION; Organisation: Sector for Biostatistics \& Data Repository, Office of NIH Manager, National Institutes of Health, Ministry of Health Malaysia},
keywords = {Adolescents, Depression, verbal abuse},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {proceedings}
}