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Understanding “Childhood Poly-Victimization” to help uncover abuse during child investigative interviewing: a systematic review [PDF]

Frontiers in Psychology
IntroductionIt is well established that child victims are some of the most challenging populations to interview. Indeed, children tend to feel ashamed, scared or in denial, leading to difficulties for law enforcement when gathering information, and ...
Pantxika Victoire Morlat, Laurence Alison   +1 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Barriers to accessing and engaging in healthcare as potential modifiers in the association between polyvictimization and mental health among Black transgender women.

PLoS ONE, 2022
BackgroundBlack transgender women endure pervasive polyvictimization (experiencing multiple forms of violence throughout the lifespan). Polyvictimization is associated with poor mental health.
Athena D F Sherman, Monique S Balthazar, Gaea Daniel, Kalisha Bonds Johnson, Meredith Klepper, Kristen D Clark, Glenda N Baguso, Ethan Cicero, Kisha Allure, Whitney Wharton, Tonia Poteat   +10 more
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Lifetime prevalence of polyvictimization among older adults in Sweden, associations with ill-heath, and the mediating effect of sense of coherence

BMC Geriatrics, 2021
Background Experiences of violence and abuse is a prominent part of the life history of many older adults and is known to have negative health effects.
Johanna Simmons, Katarina Swahnberg
doaj   +1 more source

Child and Adolescent Multiple Victimization and/or Polyvictimization: A Portuguese Comparative Study

Societies, 2021
Worldwide, children and adolescents are exposed to violence every day and in countless contexts, whether in the family, at school, or in the community. Child multiple victimization has been the subject of extensive international research because of the ...
Ana Isabel Sani, Daniela Bastos, Maria Alzira Pimenta Dinis   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The prevalence of childhood bullying and violence victimization and subsequent risk of adult revictimization in the Norwegian population: A cross-sectional study. [PDF]

J Trauma Stress
Abstract Revictimization research has largely ignored bullying victimization, and knowledge of the association between childhood bullying and adulthood revictimization is scarce. Research is also needed to explore whether bullying exposure in combination with childhood violence exacerbates the risk of revictimization. This study sought to address these
Strøm IF, Aakvaag HF, Nissen A, Skauge AD, Seifert LC, Nielsen MB, Dale MTG.   +6 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Distinctive factors contributing to psychological distress in second-generation offspring of Holocaust survivors: Posttraumatic stress and sense of coherence. [PDF]

J Trauma Stress
Abstract The psychological impact of historical trauma can be passed on to future generations. The simultaneous presence of historical and individual trauma may increase psychological distress, especially in older adults. Older age potentially represents a phase of life with increased challenges, distress, life review, and reminiscence.
Nohr L, Nesterko Y, Specht F, Stammel N, Sotelo I, Böttche M.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Polyvictimization in Developmental Context [PDF]

Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma, 2011
Polyvictimization (i.e., exposure to multiple forms of victimization) appears highly correlated with indicators of traumatic stress in children. In this study, a national sample of children and youth were assessed for 36 different kinds of victimization using the Juvenile Victimization Questionnaire.
Finkelhor, David, Shattuck, Anne M., Turner, Heather A., Ormrod, Richard, Hamby, Sherry L   +4 more
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Cumulative trauma, adversity, and loss among juvenile justice–involved girls: Implications for health disparities

Journal of Traumatic Stress, Volume 36, Issue 6, Page 1015-1030, December 2023., 2023
Abstract Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are social determinants of health that increase morbidity and mortality and are prevalent among juvenile justice–involved (JJI) youth. ACEs drive health‐risk behaviors (e.g., substance use) that reflect maladaptive coping, increase arrest risk, and overlap with posttraumatic risk‐seeking theoretically and ...
Amy E. Lansing, Jane Park, Audrey N. Beck   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Promoting positive development among refugee adolescents

Journal of Research on Adolescence, Volume 33, Issue 4, Page 1064-1084, December 2023., 2023
Abstract Of the estimated 35.3 million refugees around the world (UNHCR, Figures at a Glance, 2022), approximately 50% are children under the age of 18. Refugee adolescents represent a unique group as they navigate developmental tasks in an unstable and often threatening environment or in resettlement contexts in which they often face marginalization ...
Saida Abdi, Adeyinka M. Akinsulure‐Smith, Anna Sarkadi, Mina Fazel, B. Heidi Ellis, Sarah Gillespie, Linda P. Juang, Theresa S. Betancourt   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Problematic alcohol use in young adults exposed to childhood trauma: The Trøndelag Health (HUNT) Study

Journal of Traumatic Stress, Volume 36, Issue 5, Page 968-979, October 2023., 2023
Abstract Problematic alcohol use (PAU) severely impacts the health, functioning, and long‐term prospects of young people. Prior research indicates that childhood trauma exposure may be an important risk factor for PAU, but few longitudinal studies have looked at how specific trauma types influence this risk. The aim of this study was to investigate the
Helle Stangeland, Helene Flood Aakvaag, Monica Baumann‐Larsen, Tore Wentzel‐Larsen, Kjersti Storheim, John Anker Zwart, Grete Dyb, Synne Øien Stensland   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source