Childhood violence and mental health among indigenous Sami and non-Sami populations in Norway: a SAMINOR 2 questionnaire study
The main objectives of this study were to investigate the association between childhood violence and psychological distress and post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTS) among Sami and non-Sami adults, and to explore a possible mediating effect of childhood violence on any ethnic differences in mental he...
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ftoslouniv:oai:www.duo.uio.no:10852/66337 2023-05-15T15:55:25+02:00 Childhood violence and mental health among indigenous Sami and non-Sami populations in Norway: a SAMINOR 2 questionnaire study ENEngelskEnglishChildhood violence and mental health among indigenous Sami and non-Sami populations in Norway: a SAMINOR 2 questionnaire study Eriksen, Astrid Hansen, Ketil Lenert Schei, Berit Sørlie, Tore Stigum, Hein Bjertness, Espen Javo, Cecilie 2018-09-12T10:52:11Z http://hdl.handle.net/10852/66337 http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-69543 https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2018.1508320 EN eng University of Oulu http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-69543 Eriksen, Astrid Hansen, Ketil Lenert Schei, Berit Sørlie, Tore Stigum, Hein Bjertness, Espen Javo, Cecilie . Childhood violence and mental health among indigenous Sami and non-Sami populations in Norway: a SAMINOR 2 questionnaire study. International Journal of Circumpolar Health. 2018, 77(1) http://hdl.handle.net/10852/66337 1608792 info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.jtitle=International Journal of Circumpolar Health&rft.volume=77&rft.spage=&rft.date=2018 International Journal of Circumpolar Health 77 1 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2018.1508320 URN:NBN:no-69543 Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/66337/2/AE.pdf Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ CC-BY-NC 1239-9736 Journal article Tidsskriftartikkel Peer reviewed PublishedVersion 2018 ftoslouniv https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2018.1508320 2020-06-21T08:52:28Z The main objectives of this study were to investigate the association between childhood violence and psychological distress and post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTS) among Sami and non-Sami adults, and to explore a possible mediating effect of childhood violence on any ethnic differences in mental health. This study is part of a larger questionnaire survey on health and living conditions in Mid- and Northern Norway (SAMINOR 2) which included 2116 Sami and 8674 non-Sami participants. A positive association between childhood violence and psychological distress and PTS in adulthood was found regardless of ethnicity. For women, childhood violence may have mediated some of the ethnic differences in psychological distress (53.2%) and PTS (31.4%). A similar pattern was found for men as to psychological distress (45.5%) and PTS (55.5%). The prevalence of psychological distress was significantly higher in the Sami than in the non-Sami group: 15.8% vs. 13.0% for women, and 11.4% vs. 8.0% for men. Likewise, PTS showed a higher prevalence in the Sami group, both for women (16.2% vs. 12.4%) and for men (12.2% vs. 9.1). Conclusion: A positive association between childhood violence and adult mental distress was found for both Sami and Norwegian adults. More mental problems were found among the Sami. Childhood violence may have mediated some of the ethnic differences. Article in Journal/Newspaper Circumpolar Health International Journal of Circumpolar Health Northern Norway sami Universitet i Oslo: Digitale utgivelser ved UiO (DUO) Norway International Journal of Circumpolar Health 77 1 1508320 |
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The main objectives of this study were to investigate the association between childhood violence and psychological distress and post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTS) among Sami and non-Sami adults, and to explore a possible mediating effect of childhood violence on any ethnic differences in mental health. This study is part of a larger questionnaire survey on health and living conditions in Mid- and Northern Norway (SAMINOR 2) which included 2116 Sami and 8674 non-Sami participants. A positive association between childhood violence and psychological distress and PTS in adulthood was found regardless of ethnicity. For women, childhood violence may have mediated some of the ethnic differences in psychological distress (53.2%) and PTS (31.4%). A similar pattern was found for men as to psychological distress (45.5%) and PTS (55.5%). The prevalence of psychological distress was significantly higher in the Sami than in the non-Sami group: 15.8% vs. 13.0% for women, and 11.4% vs. 8.0% for men. Likewise, PTS showed a higher prevalence in the Sami group, both for women (16.2% vs. 12.4%) and for men (12.2% vs. 9.1). Conclusion: A positive association between childhood violence and adult mental distress was found for both Sami and Norwegian adults. More mental problems were found among the Sami. Childhood violence may have mediated some of the ethnic differences. |
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Eriksen, Astrid Hansen, Ketil Lenert Schei, Berit Sørlie, Tore Stigum, Hein Bjertness, Espen Javo, Cecilie Childhood violence and mental health among indigenous Sami and non-Sami populations in Norway: a SAMINOR 2 questionnaire study |
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Eriksen, Astrid Hansen, Ketil Lenert Schei, Berit Sørlie, Tore Stigum, Hein Bjertness, Espen Javo, Cecilie |
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Childhood violence and mental health among indigenous Sami and non-Sami populations in Norway: a SAMINOR 2 questionnaire study |
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Childhood violence and mental health among indigenous Sami and non-Sami populations in Norway: a SAMINOR 2 questionnaire study |
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Childhood violence and mental health among indigenous Sami and non-Sami populations in Norway: a SAMINOR 2 questionnaire study |
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Childhood violence and mental health among indigenous Sami and non-Sami populations in Norway: a SAMINOR 2 questionnaire study |
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Childhood violence and mental health among indigenous Sami and non-Sami populations in Norway: a SAMINOR 2 questionnaire study |
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childhood violence and mental health among indigenous sami and non-sami populations in norway: a saminor 2 questionnaire study |
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