Child abuse and aggressiveness in individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia in Lebanon

Fekih‐Romdhane, Feten; Abboud, Cedric; Kossaify, Mikhael; Khoury, Nour El; Sleiman, Yara Bou; Hachem, Dory; Haddad, Georges; Hallit, Souheil

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“…All these dimensions are accounted for, regardless of whether there was injury or damage caused [ 33 ]. The CASRS has previously been translated by our team using the forward and backward method [ 34 ], and has exhibited excellent psychometric properties in both Arabic-speaking clinical [ 35 ] and non-clinical populations [ 34 , 36 ]. However, in the specific context of abuse and trauma, all these scales may be challenging to administer due to their length.…”

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Development and validation of a shortened version of the Child Abuse Self Report Scale (CASRS-12) in the Arabic language

Fekih‐Romdhane

Dabbous

Hallit

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Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health

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Background All available scales to screen for child abuse may be challenging to administer due to their length. Indeed, a higher number of items is associated with more administration time and less motivation to engage in responding. We aimed through this study to examine the psychometric properties of a brief Arabic version of the Child Abuse Self Report Scale (CASRS-12) in terms of factorial structure, internal consistency, divergent validity, and correlations with measures of bullying victimization, eating attitudes and perceived social support. Methods We performed a cross-sectional, web-based study among Community Lebanese adolescents; where two samples have been used (Sample 1: N = 852, aged 15.34 ± 1.18 years, 54.8% females; Sample 2: N = 404, aged 16.60 ± 1.51 years, 57.2% females). The construct validity was tested using both exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses. Results Results revealed that both EFA and CFA yielded a four-factor structure for the CASRS-12 that mirrors the original four factors captured by the original CASRS. The scale also showed a good internal consistency as evidenced through McDonald’s ω values ranging from 0.87 to 0.93 for the four subscales; and configural, metric, and scalar invariance across gender. Finally, we found that all CASRS-12 dimensions were significantly and positively correlated with more inappropriate eating attitudes and lower social support; and that psychological, physical, and sexual abuse correlated with higher bullying victimization Conclusion In light of these findings, we potentially encourage clinicians and researchers to use this scale as a valid and reliable measure of child abuse among Arabic-speaking populations.

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Development and validation of a shortened version of the Child Abuse Self Report Scale (CASRS-12) in the Arabic language

Fekih‐Romdhane

Dabbous

Hallit

et al. 2022

Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health

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“…Another cross-sectional study examined a sample of Lebanese patients with schizophrenia to identify clinical risk factors for aggressiveness including child abuse. They found that higher physical and sexual abuse, alcohol drinking, having a history of head trauma, and male gender were significantly associated with higher mean aggression scores [ 57 ]. Thus, studying the factors that may affect positive symptoms of schizophrenia among the Lebanese population is crucial to provide better ways of treatment.…”

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Exploring the association between lifetime traumatic experiences and positive psychotic symptoms in a group of long-stay patients with schizophrenia: the mediating effect of depression, anxiety, and distress

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Kadri

Haddad

et al. 2023

BMC Psychiatry

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Background Positive psychotic symptoms of schizophrenia are generally characterized by hallucinations and delusions. We propose to assess the relationship between total composite trauma and positive psychotic symptoms, along with the mediation effect of cognition, fear of COVID-19, insomnia, anxiety, distress, and depression of Lebanese patients with schizophrenia. Methods A cross-sectional study was carried out, between June and July 2021, by deriving data from 155 long-stay in-patients diagnosed with schizophrenia. Results Depression, anxiety, and distress but not cognitive impairment, insomnia, and fear of COVID-19) mediated the association between lifetime traumatic experiences and positive psychotic symptoms. Higher traumatic experiences were associated with greater depression, anxiety, and distress, indicating a significant positive total effect on positive psychotic scores. Moreover, higher depression, anxiety, and distress were significantly associated with higher positive psychotic symptoms. Conclusion Our results contribute to the existing knowledge by suggesting other possible intervention paths through mediating factors. Interventions that improve anxiety, depression, and distress severity may be effective in reducing positive psychotic symptoms among patients with schizophrenia having experienced lifetime trauma.

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Child abuse and aggressiveness in individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia in Lebanon

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Development and validation of a shortened version of the Child Abuse Self Report Scale (CASRS-12) in the Arabic language

Development and validation of a shortened version of the Child Abuse Self Report Scale (CASRS-12) in the Arabic language

Exploring the association between lifetime traumatic experiences and positive psychotic symptoms in a group of long-stay patients with schizophrenia: the mediating effect of depression, anxiety, and distress

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