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01.07.2011 | Original Article

Comparison of childhood adversities and their possible consequences in Poland and Germany

verfasst von: Jochen Hardt, Malgorzata Dragan, Sonja Schultz, Katarzyna Schier

Erschienen in: Journal of Public Health | Sonderheft 1/2011

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Abstract

Aim

How children grow up differs from country to country. The aim of the present investigation was to compare childhood experiences, family characteristics and psychological features during the post-World War II period in Poland and Germany.

Subject and methods

A questionnaire regarding various childhood experiences and family circumstances was administered to two samples, one each in Poland and Germany (n = 500 each) via the Internet. Comparisons between Poland and Germany were performed using analysis of variance (ANOVA) and χ² tests, and logistic regressions were performed to compare the effects of risk factors.

Results

Probands from Poland described almost all aspects of their lives, their families and their childhoods as having been better than did probands from Germany. Risk factors for suicide attempts were childhood physical abuse, and for alcohol abuse gender and childhood sexual abuse in both countries.

Conclusion

There is some evidence for idealisation of the past in Poland, which might be due to the fact that almost 90% of the Poles were Christians. Germans seem to be more realistic in their views of the past but possibly deny their personal weaknesses.

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Titel: Comparison of childhood adversities and their possible consequences in Poland and Germany
verfasst von: Jochen Hardt
Malgorzata Dragan
Sonja Schultz
Katarzyna Schier
Publikationsdatum: 01.07.2011
Verlag: Springer-Verlag
Erschienen in: Journal of Public Health / Ausgabe Sonderheft 1/2011
Print ISSN: 2198-1833
Elektronische ISSN: 1613-2238
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10389-010-0375-1

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