Journal of Interpersonal Violence,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
38(13-14), P. 8114 - 8135
Published: Feb. 16, 2023
Childhood
adversity
is
a
risk
factor
for
poor
health
in
late
life
and
includes
economic
hardship
family
violence,
whose
prevalence
high
among
offspring
of
military
conscripted
father.
We
assessed
the
association
between
paternal
conscription
(PMC)
war
death
(PWD)
during
Second
World
War
self-rated
(SRH)
older
adults
Japan.
Data
were
obtained
from
population-based
cohort
functionally
independent
people
aged
65
years
or
39
municipalities
across
Japan
2016.
Information
on
PMC
SRH
was
through
self-report
questionnaire.
A
total
20,286
participants
analyzed
with
multivariate
logistic
regression
to
investigate
PMC,
PWD,
health.
Causal
mediation
analysis
performed
see
whether
childhood
violence
mediated
association.
Among
participants,
19.7%
reported
(including
3.3%
PWD).
In
age-
sex-adjusted
model,
showed
higher
(odds
ratio
[OR]:
1.16,
95%
confidence
interval
[CI]
[1.06,
1.28]),
while
those
PWD
not
associated
(OR:
0.96,
CI
[0.77,
1.20]).
effect
exposure
(proportion
mediated:
6.9%).
Economic
did
mediate
but
increased
age,
which
partially
explained
by
childhood.
There
appears
be
transgenerational
impact
continues
affect
as
they
age.
