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Background: Child abuse and lack of emotional support experienced in childhood or even adolescents has long term costs affecting the capacity to fulfill life. Objective: The principal goal of this article was to study the extent to which the consequences of different forms of abuse are reflected in youth subjectively evaluated happiness and satisfaction with life. Method: Data were drawn from a large-scale, national representative longitudinal sample of 3524 senior high school students, who reported on their child...

Background: Abuse experienced in childhood including physical and emotional neglect, has been identified as a major risk factor for a variety of negative outcomes for mental and physical health. Objective: We aimed to find out whether history of family violence experienced in childhood and adolescents predicts affective disorders in Romanian youth assessed by depression, anxiety (GAD) and risk for suicide. Method: Data were drawn from a large-scale, national representative sample of 1497 young adults (Mean Age 21,...