Physical violence experienced and witnessed by siblings of persons with schizophrenia in Japan

• Kageyama, Masako

• Solomon,Phyllis

抄録

This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of Mental Health on 8th March 2019, available online: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00207411.2018.1563462.

Violence committed by patients with mental illness is mostly perpetuated against family members, not strangers. The present study aimed to clarify the rate of violence that is experienced and/or witnessed by siblings of patients with schizophrenia and factors related to sibling’s experiencing and/or witnessing violence committed by patients. A self-administered survey was completed by family members of patients with schizophrenia, including siblings. The final sample consisted of 113 siblings. Of the 113 siblings, 52 (46.0%) had experienced and 56 (49.6%) had witnessed physical violence at some point. A logistic regression revealed that siblings tended to experience physical violence by patients with younger age of onset of the disorder. Witnessing physical violence was significantly related to being a female sibling, a male patient, younger age of patient, and younger age of onset of schizophrenia. Crisis intervention and respite services for female siblings in particular need to be developed in Japan.

収録刊行物

• International Journal of Mental Health

  International Journal of Mental Health 48 (1), 2-13, 2019-03-08

  Routledge

キーワード

• family caregiving
• family violence
• schizophrenia
• severe mental illness
• siblings

詳細情報

• CRID: 1050581168902003840
• NII論文ID: 120006844403
• NII書誌ID: AA00680567
• HANDLE: 11094/75875
• ISSN: 00207411
• 本文言語コード: en
• 資料種別: journal article
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