OBJECTIVES: To document the prevalence of physical, emotional and @entity458 during childhood among college students. METHODS: The study was conducted among college students of Puducherry, South India. Stratified random sampling was done to select colleges. Data were gathered using the adapted 'Ministry of @entity1 and @entity1 Development Questionnaire on @entity1 Abuse for Young adults'. RESULTS: A total of 936 college students completed the questionnaire. Mean        SD age of the @entity1 was 19.2        1.1 years. Half (48%) of the @entity1 reported being mocked because of their physical appearance. In all, 56% (524/936) of the @entity1 reported that they were beaten during their childhood, of which 13.4% (70/524) required medical treatment. Around 10% reported someone exposing his/her private parts to them, while in 6.4% of the cases, the perpetrator forced the study @entity1 to expose their private parts. CONCLUSIONS: Emotional, physical and @entity458 is common in childhood and demands prompt interventions at the familial, community and political levels.

Childhood Experiences of Physical, Emotional and XXXX among College Students in South India.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['participants', 'Child', 'Women'] @entity458 :: ('MESH:D020018', 'Disease') :: ['sexual abuse']
@entity458 :: (MESH:D020018,Disease) :: ['Sexual Abuse']
