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Proclivity to elder abuse: a community study on Hong Kong Chinese.
- Source :
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Journal of interpersonal violence [J Interpers Violence] 2003 Sep; Vol. 18 (9), pp. 999-1017. - Publication Year :
- 2003
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Abstract
- This study aimed to provide preliminary estimates on proclivity to elder abuse and to determine the efficacy of the intergenerational transmission of violence and ecological theories in predicting elder abuse in contemporary Chinese societies. A total of 464 (225 males and 239 females) Chinese residing in Hong Kong completed questionnaires on attitudes toward elderly people, modernity, and filial piety as well as childhood experiences of abuse and proclivity to elder abuse. Results indicated that proclivity to verbal elder abuse was the most common among the three depicted types of abuse, accounting for 20% of the sample, whereas proclivity to physical and social elder abuse was less common, each accounting for 2.4%. A high level of childhood experience of abuse consistently emerged as the single most salient predictor for participants' endorsement of proclivity to elder abuse, while negative attitudes toward elderly people and modernity were the second and third most salient predictors.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Aged
Attitude to Health ethnology
Caregivers statistics & numerical data
Female
Hong Kong epidemiology
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Parents
Risk Factors
Socioeconomic Factors
Young Adult
Crime Victims statistics & numerical data
Cultural Characteristics
Elder Abuse ethnology
Intergenerational Relations
Parent-Child Relations ethnology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0886-2605
- Volume :
- 18
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Journal of interpersonal violence
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 19771706
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260503254461