Exposure to types of interpersonal violence by gender and age

Exposure to types of interpersonal violence by gender and age

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Background Interpersonal violence (IPV) is found to be associated with mental health problems and pain disorders such as headache among children and adolescents. It is well-known that adolescents in need of mental health services have experienced IPV more often than adolescents in the general population. However, there has not been much focus on pa...

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... expected, exposure to interpersonal violence was unequally distributed among the sexes (Table 2). Overall, about one in five girls and boys reported exposure to physical violence. ...