ผู้วิจัย/Authors: Supatra Skunphan

ชื่อเรื่อง/Title: Mental Health Status of Physically and/or Sexually Abused in Senior Primary School Students : Bangkok noi, Bangkok metropolitan

แหล่งที่มา/Source: The First International Annual Mental Health Conference on "Mental Health and Substance Dependence" 2002. P 214

รายละเอียด / Details:

Background and Significance of the Study : Child abuse constitutes a prevalence and severe form of environmental Stress in a child's physical health, mental health status and development, especially in children, which are still developing. Objective : This research is to explore the mental health status of abused students, the types of abuse, and the relationship between the student's mental health status and types of abuse. Method : The samples were 387 senior primary school students of the primary school in Bangkok Noi District, Bangkok Metropolitan in academic year 2000. The sample was selected by stratified random sampling and simple random sampling. Data was collected through questionnaires on demographic data, physical and sexual abuse, and mental health status. The data was analyzed by frequency distribution, percentage, and chi-square test. Results : The results of this research shoe that 84% of the sample have a good level of the mental health status, whereas 16% have a poor level of the mental health status. Anxiety (17.1%) is found to be the most common dimension in those at a poor level. 83.7% of the sample were involved in physical abuse. The most common physical abuse was hitting with an abject, however, the frequency of it was rare (once in a while). 16.3% were involved in sexual abuse. The most common form of sexual; abuse was persuasion to use obscene language. However, the frequency of it was rare once in a while). Mental health status is significantly related to types of abuse at the level of .05. Depression, anxiety and aggression are significantly related to types of abuse at the level of .05. Conclusion : The results of this research suggest that the psychiatric nurses should realize the importance of assessing the mental health status of abused students, especially sexually abused students. Family and teachers should be encouraged to offer help and caring on order to support the students in living normal lives. They can also help by screening and referring students for proper treatment.

Keywords: sexual abuse, sexual, abuse, psychology, mental health, students, senior primary school

ปีที่เผยแพร่/Year: 2002

Address: Department of Mental Health, Ministry of Public Health.

Code: 000291

ISSN/ISBN: 974-90572-3-6

Country of publication: Thailand.

Language: English.

Category: Paper.

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