Epidemiological study on the incidence of childhood abuse experiences among high school students of Sisačko-moslavačka county

Childhood abuse experiences were assessed on a sample of 310 high school students from the Sisačko-Moslavačka County in Croatia, using The Child Abuse Experience Inventory. Internal reliability is satisfactory high (0,950). It is possible to conclude that between 10% and 20% of participants experienced some forms of abuse in childhood, depending on the severity of the child abuse definition used. Very often, children experience several forms of abuse.