Relationship between junior high school students’ witnessing of parental domestic violence and their behavior problems

Abstract

Objective To investigate the relationship between witness of parental domestic violence and behavior problems among middle school students, and to provide reference for furthur promote the research in this area. Methods A total of 1 820 junior high school students from 5 middle schools selected from Wenzhou city, Haidian district in Beijing, Jinan city, Wuhu city and Qujing city were administered with Child Exposure to Domestic Violence (CEDV) Scale and the Youth Self-Report-1991. Results Totally 69.5% junior high school students have witnessed their parents’ quarrel, 39.0% students have witnessed their parents’ verbal abuse and threats, 25.1% students have witnessed their parents’ having broken something at home, and 13.8% have witnessed their parents’ hurting bodies. The total level of students’ witnessing of parental domestic violence had a significant positive correlation with internalizing syndromes, externalizing syndromes, total problem scores ( r = 0.39, 0.39, 0.44, P <0.01). There were significant differences in YSR introverted symptom group, extroverted symptom group and total score among double no group, only witnessing parental domestic violence group, direct domestic violence group and double violence group ( χ 2 = 215.27, 203.23, 252.24, P < 0.01). Conclusion The proportion of witness of parental domestic violence among middle school students is relatively high, which has significant impact on junior high school students’ behavior problems. 【摘要】 目的 讨论初中生目睹父母间家庭暴力情况与行为问题之间关系, 为相关领域开展深人研究提供参考。 方法 采用儿童暴露在家庭暴力中量表 (Child Exposure to Domestic Violence, CEDV)和青少年自评量表 (the Youth Self-Report, YSR-1991), 对整群抽取的温州市、北京市海淀区、济南市、芜湖市、曲靖市5所中学1 820 名初中生进行问卷调查。 结果 69.5%的初中生目睹过父母争吵, 39.0%目睹过父母间辱骂、威胁, 25.1%目睹过父母破坏家里的东西, 13.8%目睹过父母伤 害另一方身体。初中生目睹父母间家庭暴力总水平与YSR的内向症状群、外向症状群、总分存在正相关 ( r 值分别为0.39, 0.39,0.44, P 值均<0.01)。双无组、仅目睹父母间家庭暴力组、仅遭受直接家庭暴力组、双重暴力组在YSR内向症状群、外 向症状群、总分间的差异均有统计学意义 ( χ 2 值分别为 215.27,203.23,252.24, P 值均<0.01)。 结论 初中生目睹父母间家 庭暴力较为普遍, 目睹父母间家庭暴力会对初中生的行为问题产生显著影响。