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Zhao Y, Huebner ES, Liu W, Tian L. Longitudinal associations between childhood victimization and neuroticism from middle childhood to early adolescence. Child Abuse Negl 2024; 152:106797. [PMID: 38636154 DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2024.106797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2023] [Revised: 04/01/2024] [Accepted: 04/06/2024] [Indexed: 04/20/2024]
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BACKGROUND Previous cross-sectional and unidirectional longitudinal studies have identified positive associations between childhood victimization and neuroticism in children. However, these studies have not simultaneously examined multiple common sources of childhood victimization (family abuse, teacher abuse, and peer victimization) in relation to neuroticism nor have they distinguished between- and within-person effects. Moreover, the moderating role of child sex in their associations has yet to be fully evaluated. OBJECTIVE This study examined the within-person longitudinal associations between three common sources of childhood victimization and neuroticism in Chinese children and whether these effects differed between boys and girls. PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING The sample included 4315 children (55.1 % boys) with an average age of 9.93 (SD = 0.73) years from a large city in China. METHODS Participants completed self-report measures on five occasions across two years, employing six-month intervals. Random Intercept Cross-Lagged Panel Models (RI-CLPMs) were used to distinguish between-person and within-person effects. RESULTS Results included: (a) Family abuse (excluding sexual abuse) and peer victimization directly predicted subsequent increases in neuroticism at the within-person level and vice versa, whereas teacher abuse and neuroticism did not reveal significant longitudinal relations at the within-person level; (b) The effect of family abuse on neuroticism at the within-person level was stronger in boys, while the effect of peer victimization on neuroticism at the within-person level was stronger in girls. CONCLUSIONS Prevention and intervention strategies targeting high neuroticism and childhood victimization should consider the roles of both family and peer systems.
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- Yinqiu Zhao
- Philosophy and Social Science Laboratory of Reading and Development in Children and Adolescents (South China Normal University), Ministry of Education, Guangzhou 510631, People's Republic of China; School of Psychology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
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- School of Marxism, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, People's Republic of China.
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- Philosophy and Social Science Laboratory of Reading and Development in Children and Adolescents (South China Normal University), Ministry of Education, Guangzhou 510631, People's Republic of China.
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Chopin J, Fortin F, Paquette S. Childhood victimization and poly-victimization of online sexual offenders: A developmental psychopathology perspective. Child Abuse Negl 2022; 129:105659. [PMID: 35525035 DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2021] [Revised: 04/20/2022] [Accepted: 04/26/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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BACKGROUND Research on childhood victimization of individuals involved in online sexual offending during adulthood is scarce. Studies focusing on adverse childhood of individuals involved in offline child abuse suggested that childhood trauma was associated with an increased probability of sexual offending during adulthood. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study is to explore the role that childhood victimization may have in the development of risk factors that increase the likelihood of being involved in online sexual offending. PARTICIPANTS This comparative study analyzed the characteristics of 127 individuals involved in online sexual offending who did not experience childhood victimization and 77 individuals involved in online sexual offending who experienced childhood victimization. METHODS Bivariate and regression analyses were conducted to identify variables associated with the presence of victimization and polyvictimization during childhood. Next, structural equation modeling analysis was used to identify the direct and indirect relationships between childhood (poly)victimization and the development of risk factors. RESULTS Results showed that individuals who experienced childhood victimization presented different risk factors and cognitions compared to those who did not. Depending on the type of victimization experienced, criminogenic cognitions, antisocial behaviors, and sexual interests for children were more likely to be developed. CONCLUSIONS For individuals involved in online sexual offending during adulthood, childhood abuse is directly associated with the development of offense-supportive cognitions, substance abuse, and youth engagement in sexual offending, while sexual interests for children and sense of loneliness are indirect consequences of childhood trauma.
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- Julien Chopin
- University of Montreal, International Centre for Comparative Criminology, Simon Fraser University, School of Criminology, Canada; Laval University, School of Social Work and Criminology, Canada.
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- Sex Offenders Coordination Section, Sûreté du Québec, Laval University, School of Social Work and Criminology, Canada.
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Latham RM, Meehan AJ, Arseneault L, Stahl D, Danese A, Fisher HL. Development of an individualized risk calculator for poor functioning in young people victimized during childhood: A longitudinal cohort study. Child Abuse Negl 2019; 98:104188. [PMID: 31563702 PMCID: PMC6905153 DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2019.104188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2019] [Revised: 07/24/2019] [Accepted: 09/10/2019] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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BACKGROUND Childhood victimization elevates the average risk of developing functional impairment in adulthood. However, not all victimized children demonstrate poor outcomes. Although research has described factors that confer vulnerability or resilience, it is unknown if this knowledge can be translated to accurately identify the most vulnerable victimized children. OBJECTIVE To build and internally validate a risk calculator to identify those victimized children who are most at risk of functional impairment at age 18 years. PARTICIPANTS We utilized data from the Environmental Risk (E-Risk) Longitudinal Twin Study, a nationally-representative birth cohort of 2232 UK children born in 1994-95. METHODS Victimization exposure was assessed repeatedly between ages 5 and 12 years along with a range of individual-, family- and community-level predictors. Functional outcomes were assessed at age 18 years. We developed and evaluated a prediction model for psychosocial disadvantage and economic disadvantage using the Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator (LASSO) regularized regression with nested 10-fold cross-validation. RESULTS The model predicting psychosocial disadvantage following childhood victimization retained 12 of 22 predictors, had an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.65, and was well-calibrated within the range of 40-70% predicted risk. The model predicting economic disadvantage retained 10 of 22 predictors, achieved excellent discrimination (AUC = 0.80), and a high degree of calibration. CONCLUSIONS Prediction modelling techniques can be applied to estimate individual risk for poor functional outcomes in young adulthood following childhood victimization. Such risk prediction tools could potentially assist practitioners to target interventions, which is particularly useful in a context of scarce resources.
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- Rachel M Latham
- King's College London, Social, Genetic & Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, London, UK
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- King's College London, Social, Genetic & Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, London, UK
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- King's College London, Social, Genetic & Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, London, UK
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- King's College London, Department of Biostatistics, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, London, UK
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- King's College London, Social, Genetic & Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, London, UK; King's College London, Department of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, London, UK; National and Specialist CAMHS Trauma, Anxiety, and Depression Clinic, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- King's College London, Social, Genetic & Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, London, UK.
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Reid GM, Holt MK, Felix ED, Greif Green J. Perceived consequences of hazing exposure during the first year of college: Associations with childhood victimization. J Am Coll Health 2019; 67:402-409. [PMID: 29979939 DOI: 10.1080/07448481.2018.1484363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2017] [Revised: 04/19/2018] [Accepted: 05/29/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Objective: This study investigates the association between histories of childhood victimization and perceived consequences of college hazing. Participants: First-year college students at four US universities (N = 120). Method: Participants completed Web-based surveys asking about childhood victimization (eg, child maltreatment), peer victimization, and perceived consequences of hazing during college. Results: Results indicated that college students with childhood victimization histories perceived hazing to be negative. In particular, physical dating violence and a greater total number of childhood victimization exposures were related to a higher number of perceived negative consequences. Conclusion: Past victimization exposures confer risk on college students who experience hazing, in that these students are more likely to perceive negative consequences of hazing. Hazing-related policies and outreach efforts should consider these potential negative consequences, and counselors should be aware of the link between past victimization and how hazing might be experienced.
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- Gerald M Reid
- a Boston University School of Education , Boston , MA , USA
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- a Boston University School of Education , Boston , MA , USA
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- b Santa Barbara Gevirtz School of Education , University of California , Santa Barbara , CA , USA
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Feng JY, Hsieh YP, Hwa HL, Huang CY, Wei HS, Shen ACT. Childhood poly-victimization and children's health: A nationally representative study. Child Abuse Negl 2019; 91:88-94. [PMID: 30852428 DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2019.02.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2018] [Revised: 01/25/2019] [Accepted: 02/25/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND Although research on the negative effects of childhood poly-victimization is substantial, few studies have examined the relationship between poly-victimization and younger children's physical health and diseases. OBJECTIVE This study examines the associations between poly-victimization and children's health problems requiring medical attention. METHODS A national stratified cluster random sampling was used to select and approach 25% of the total primary schools in Taiwan, and 49% of the approached schools agreed to participate in this study. We collected data with a self-report questionnaire from 6233 (4th-grade) students aged 10-11, covering every city and county in Taiwan. RESULTS Logistic regression analyses demonstrate a significant dose-response relationship between children's poly-victimization exposure and their health problems including hospitalization, serious injury, surgery, daily-medication requirements, heart murmurs, asthma, dizziness or fainting, allergies, kidney disease, therapies for special needs, smoking, and alcohol use. The results indicate that children's risk of having a health problem grew significantly with each increase in the number of victimization types that children experienced. CONCLUSIONS These research findings underscore the effect of poly-victimization on children's health problems requiring medical attention, and stress the need for both proper screening methods for children's exposure to poly-victimization and stronger awareness of poly-victimization's effects on health conditions in healthcare clinics.
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- Jui-Ying Feng
- Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University and Hospital, No. 1, University Road, Tainan City 701, Taiwan.
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- Department of Social Work, University of North Dakota, 225 Centennial Drive, Stop 7135, Grand Forks, ND, 58202, USA.
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- Department and Graduate Institute of Forensic Medicine, National Taiwan University, No.1, Jen Ai Rd., Section 1, Taipei 100, Taiwan.
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- Department of Psychology, Bournemouth University, Fern Barrow, BH12 5BB, UK.
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- Department of Social Work, National Taipei University, 151, University Rd., San Shia District, New Taipei City 23741, Taiwan.
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- Department of Social Work, National Taiwan University, 1, Roosevelt, Rd. Sec. 4, Taipei 106, Taiwan.
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Merrick MT, Henly M, Turner HA, David-Ferdon C, Hamby S, Kacha-Ochana A, Simon TR, Finkelhor D. Beyond residential mobility: A broader conceptualization of instability and its impact on victimization risk among children. Child Abuse Negl 2018; 79:485-494. [PMID: 29558715 PMCID: PMC6007809 DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2018.01.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2017] [Revised: 01/22/2018] [Accepted: 01/30/2018] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Predictability in a child's environment is a critical quality of safe, stable, nurturing relationships and environments, which promote wellbeing and protect against maltreatment. Research has focused on residential mobility's effect on this predictability. This study augments such research by analyzing the impact of an instability index-including the lifetime destabilization factors (LDFs) of natural disasters, homelessness, child home removal, multiple moves, parental incarceration, unemployment, deployment, and multiple marriages--on childhood victimizations. The cross-sectional, nationally representative sample of 12,935 cases (mean age = 8.6 years) was pooled from 2008, 2011, and 2014 National Surveys of Children's Exposure to Violence (NatSCEV). Logistic regression models controlling for demographics, socio-economic status, and family structure tested the association between excessive residential mobility, alone, and with LDFs, and past year childhood victimizations (sexual victimization, witnessing community or family violence, maltreatment, physical assault, property crime, and polyvictimization). Nearly 40% of the sample reported at least one LDF. Excessive residential mobility was significantly predictive of increased odds of all but two victimizations; almost all associations were no longer significant after other destabilizing factors were included. The LDF index without residential mobility was significantly predictive of increased odds of all victimizations (AOR's ranged from 1.36 to 1.69), and the adjusted odds ratio indicated a 69% increased odds of polyvictimization for each additional LDF a child experienced. The LDF index thus provides a useful alternative to using residential moves as the sole indicator of instability. These findings underscore the need for comprehensive supports and services to support stability for children and families.
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- Melissa T Merrick
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Division of Violence Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States.
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- Crimes Against Children Research Center, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United States
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- Crimes Against Children Research Center, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United States
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Division of Violence Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- Sewanee: The University of the South, Sewanee, TN, United States
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Division of Violence Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- Crimes Against Children Research Center, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United States
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Baldwin JR, Arseneault L, Caspi A, Fisher HL, Moffitt TE, Odgers CL, Pariante C, Ambler A, Dove R, Kepa A, Matthews T, Menard A, Sugden K, Williams B, Danese A. Childhood victimization and inflammation in young adulthood: A genetically sensitive cohort study. Brain Behav Immun 2018; 67:211-7. [PMID: 28867281 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2017.08.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2017] [Revised: 08/15/2017] [Accepted: 08/24/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Childhood victimization is an important risk factor for later immune-related disorders. Previous evidence has demonstrated that childhood victimization is associated with elevated levels of inflammation biomarkers measured decades after exposure. However, it is unclear whether this association is (1) already detectable in young people, (2) different in males and females, and (3) confounded by genetic liability to inflammation. Here we sought to address these questions. METHOD Participants were 2232 children followed from birth to age 18years as part of the Environmental Risk (E-Risk) Longitudinal Twin Study. Childhood victimization was measured prospectively from birth to age 12years. Inflammation was measured through C-reactive protein (CRP) levels in dried blood spots at age 18years. Latent genetic liability for high inflammation levels was assessed through a twin-based method. RESULTS Greater exposure to childhood victimization was associated with higher CRP levels at age 18 (serum-equivalent means were 0.65 in non-victimized Study members, 0.74 in those exposed to one victimization type, and 0.81 in those exposed to poly-victimization; p=0.018). However, this association was driven by a significant association in females (serum-equivalent means were 0.75 in non-victimized females, 0.87 in those exposed to one type of victimization, and 1.19 in those exposed to poly-victimization; p=0.010), while no significant association was observed in males (p=0.19). Victimized females showed elevated CRP levels independent of latent genetic influence, as well as childhood socioeconomic status, and waist-hip ratio and body temperature at the time of CRP assessment. CONCLUSION Childhood victimization is associated with elevated CRP levels in young women, independent of latent genetic influences and other key risk factors. These results strengthen causal inference about the effects of childhood victimization on inflammation levels in females by accounting for potential genetic confounding.
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Cromer KD, Villodas MT. Post-traumatic stress as a pathway to psychopathology among adolescents at high-risk for victimization. Child Abuse Negl 2017; 67:182-192. [PMID: 28279865 DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2017.02.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2016] [Revised: 02/11/2017] [Accepted: 02/17/2017] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Victimization by violence elevates adolescents' risk for developing internalizing and externalizing psychopathology. Recent findings suggest that disruptions in developmental processes associated with post-traumatic stress (PTS) reactions may partially account for the relationship between victimization and the subsequent development of psychopathology during adolescence. The present study tested the temporal sequencing of these associations using multi-informant measurements in a large, diverse sample of adolescents at high-risk for victimization. METHOD Data were collected from a multi-site consortium of prospective studies, the Longitudinal Studies of Child Abuse and Neglect (LONGSCAN). Information about 833 youth's victimization experiences (i.e., direct, indirect, familial, and non-familial violence), PTS, and affective, anxiety, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), and conduct disorder (CD) symptoms were gathered from youth and their caregivers during biannual face-to-face interviews when youth were between the ages of 4 and 14 years, and continuously from official child protective services records. RESULTS Structural equation modeling revealed that cumulative victimization contributed to elevations in youth and caregiver reported late childhood and early adolescent psychopathology. While PTS mediated the association between victimization and youth reported ADHD, ODD, CD, major depressive, and generalized anxiety symptoms during adolescence, it only mediated the association between victimization and caregiver reported affective symptoms. CONCLUSIONS PTS reactions following childhood victimization partially accounted for escalations in psychopathology during the transition to adolescence. These findings underscore the importance of integrating trauma-informed assessment and intervention approaches with at-risk adolescents. Researchers should determine whether trauma-focused interventions sufficiently ameliorate other psychopathology among victimized adolescents or if additional interventions components are necessary.
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- Kelly D Cromer
- Florida International University, Center for Children and Families, Main Office DM 256, 11200 S.W. 8th Street, Miami, FL 33199, United States; Florida International University, United States.
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- Florida International University, Center for Children and Families, Main Office DM 256, 11200 S.W. 8th Street, Miami, FL 33199, United States; Florida International University, United States.
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Charak R, Byllesby BM, Roley ME, Claycomb MA, Durham TA, Ross J, Armour C, Elhai JD. Latent classes of childhood poly-victimization and associations with suicidal behavior among adult trauma victims: Moderating role of anger. Child Abuse Negl 2016; 62:19-28. [PMID: 27780110 DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2016.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2016] [Revised: 09/30/2016] [Accepted: 10/13/2016] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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The aims of the present study were first to identify discrete patterns of childhood victimization experiences including crime, child maltreatment, peer/sibling victimization, sexual violence, and witnessing violence among adult trauma victims using latent class analysis; second, to examine the association between class-membership and suicidal behavior, and third to investigate the differential role of dispositional anger on the association between class-membership and suicidal behavior. We hypothesized that those classes with accumulating exposure to different types of childhood victimization (e.g., poly-victimization) would endorse higher suicidal behavior, than the other less severe classes, and those in the most severe class with higher anger trait would have stronger association with suicidal behavior. Respondents were 346 adults (N=346; Mage=35.0years; 55.9% female) who had experienced a lifetime traumatic event. Sixty four percent had experienced poly-victimization (four or more victimization experiences) and 38.8% met the cut-off score for suicidal behavior. Three distinct classes emerged namely, the Least victimization (Class 1), the Predominantly crime and sibling/peer victimization (Class 2), and the Poly-victimization (Class 3) classes. Regression analysis controlling for age and gender indicated that only the main effect of anger was significantly associated with suicidal behavior. The interaction term suggested that those in the Poly-victimization class were higher on suicidal behavior as a result of a stronger association between anger and suicidal behavior in contrast to the association found in Class 2. Clinical implications of findings entail imparting anger management skills to facilitate wellbeing among adult with childhood poly-victimization experiences.
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- Ruby Charak
- Department of Psychological Science, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, TX, United States.
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- Department of Psychiatry, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, OH, United States
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- Department of Psychology, University of Toledo, OH, United States
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- Psychology Research Institute, Ulster University, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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- Psychology Research Institute, Ulster University, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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- Department of Psychology and Department of Psychiatry, University of Toledo, OH, United States
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OBJECTIVE The goal of the current study was to examine the direct relationship between diverse types of childhood victimization and physical health problems in early adulthood, controlling for other common factors that contribute to physical health problems, including psychopathology and health risk behaviors. The associations between types of victimization (e.g., physical assault) and specific health problems (e.g., pain) were also examined. METHODS 2500 Swedish young adults reported on their exposure to victimization in childhood and their current mental and physical health as adults. RESULTS Using multiple regression, results indicated that the amount of childhood victimization was a significant predictor of health problems in adulthood, controlling for the significant negative effects of health risk behaviors and mental health problems on physical health. Logistic regressions indicated that physical assaults and sexual abuse were associated with all types of health problems assessed. Sleep problems were associated with almost all types of victimization history. CONCLUSIONS The long-term effects of childhood victimization on physical health in adulthood are serious and warrant significant attention. Primary care providers should include assessments of past victimization as one way of screening for health risk. Health providers should also consider multiple points of intervention that may help to reduce physical illness. For example, providing a mental health intervention or social service support related to victimization experiences may not only address these difficulties, but also more broadly impact physical health as well.
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- Laura E Miller-Graff
- Department of Psychology, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame, 107 Haggar Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556, United States.
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- School of Law, Psychology and Social Work, Örebro University, 701 82 Örebro, Sweden
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- Department of Psychology, University of Memphis, 202 Psychology Building, Memphis, TN 38152, United States
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- Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, 530 Church Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1043, United States
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Feng JY, Chang YT, Chang HY, Fetzer S, Wang JD. Prevalence of different forms of child maltreatment among Taiwanese adolescents: a population-based study. Child Abuse Negl 2015; 42:10-19. [PMID: 25477233 DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2014.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2014] [Revised: 11/14/2014] [Accepted: 11/18/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Reported cases of child maltreatment are increasing in Taiwan. Yet, comprehensive epidemiological characteristics of adolescents' exposure over the wide spectrum of violence are still lacking. The purpose of this study was to estimate the prevalence and magnitude of child maltreatment among Taiwanese adolescents. A population-based study was conducted with 5,276 adolescents aged 12-18 from 35 schools in 17 cities and townships to determine the prevalence of five forms of child maltreatment in Taiwan. A total of 5,236 adolescents completed anonymous, self-report, structured questionnaires. Most adolescents (91%, n=4,788) experienced at least one form of maltreatment with 83% (n=4,347) exposed during the previous year. Violence exposure was the most common type of child maltreatment experienced, followed by psychological abuse, physical abuse, neglect, and sexual abuse. Adolescents reported an average of 7.4 (SD=5.87) victimizations over their lifetime and 4.8 (SD=4.82) victimizations during the past year. Females reported a higher rate of neglect, while males reported a higher rate of sexual abuse. Most of the sexual abuse perpetrators were known by their victims. Adolescents' victimization and polyvictimization from child maltreatment in Taiwan deserves a review and modification of national control and prevention policies.
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- Jui-Ying Feng
- Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University and Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Nursing, University of New Hampshire, NH, USA
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- Department of Public Health, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University and Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
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Complex trauma refers to traumatic events that are chronic, interpersonal, and occur within the context of caregiving relationships; the term also describes the pattern of symptoms associated with such experiences. This article explores the prevalence, causes, and phenomenology of complex trauma in children and adolescents. The investigators also describe family-related and system-related issues, assessment strategies, diagnostic challenges, and clinical intervention options.
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- Matthew Kliethermes
- Children's Advocacy Services of Greater St Louis, Department of Psychology, University of Missouri-St Louis, Weinman Building, 1 University Boulevard, St Louis, MO 63121, USA.
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- Children's Advocacy Services of Greater St Louis, Department of Psychology, University of Missouri-St Louis, Weinman Building, 1 University Boulevard, St Louis, MO 63121, USA
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- Children's Advocacy Services of Greater St Louis, Department of Psychology, University of Missouri-St Louis, Weinman Building, 1 University Boulevard, St Louis, MO 63121, USA
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