The Role of Adverse Childhood Experiences and Corporal Punishment in Early Adulthood Depression and Substance Use among Ukrainian College Students

Violence against children is a worldwide problem, and a large body of research demonstrates both short-term and long-term negative outcomes. The present study employs structural equation modeling to examine the pathways from parents’ use of corporal punishment and childhood adverse experiences to de...

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Published in:Journal of family violence 2020-04, Vol.35 (3), p.285-295
Main Authors: Burlaka, Viktor, Hong, Jun Sung, Churakova, Iuliia, Serdiuk, Oleksii, Proskura, Volodymyr, Shvets, Dmytro
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adults
Adverse
Adverse childhood experiences
Child abuse & neglect
Child sexual abuse
Childhood
Childhood experiences
Childhood factors
Children
Clinical Psychology
College students
Corporal punishment
Criminology and Criminal Justice
Depression, Mental
Drug use
Emotional abuse
Health aspects
Influence
Law and Psychology
Life change events
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Mental depression
Original Article
Psychological aspects
Psychotherapy and Counseling
Punishment
Quality of Life Research
Risk factors
Structural equation modeling
Substance abuse
Young adults
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Summary:Violence against children is a worldwide problem, and a large body of research demonstrates both short-term and long-term negative outcomes. The present study employs structural equation modeling to examine the pathways from parents’ use of corporal punishment and childhood adverse experiences to depression and substance use in adulthood. Cross-sectional data were collected from a sample of 944 students ( M age  = 19.16, 69% females) attending ten public universities in 27 Ukrainian regions. The model provided a good fit for the data: χ 2 (59, N  = 944) = 189.49, p  
ISSN:0885-7482
1573-2851
DOI:10.1007/s10896-019-00110-x