Abstract
The current study is based on data collected from Jewish and Arab 6th, 8th and 10th grade students (age range 12-17) within the Israeli national school system (N = 12,035). Data collection for the study utilized two complementary instruments: the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ) and the Juvenile Victimization Questionnaire (JVQ). Study results revealed that the lifetime prevalence of child maltreatment in contemporary Israeli society is within the range of estimates from other countries. However, contrary to others, Israeli boys reported higher rates of abuse, including sexual abuse, compared to girls. Additionally, Arab compared to Jewish children and youth reported higher rates of all types of abuse. The need for widely accepted, uniform definitions of the various child maltreatment types, a standardized methodology of data collection, and regularly updated national and international data bases is discussed.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 141-150 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Jun 2018 |
Bibliographical note
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Keywords
- Child abuse
- Child maltreatment
- Domestic violence
- Emotional abuse
- Israel
- Neglect
- Physical abuse
- Sexual abuse
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Emergency Medicine
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine
