RT Article
T1 Developmental stage of onset, poly-victimization, and persistence of childhood victimization: impact on adult well-being in a rural community-based study
JF Child maltreatment
VO 25
IS 1
SP 20
OP 31
A1 Mitchell, Kimberly J.
A2 Moschella, Elizabeth A.
A2 Hamby, Sherry L.
A2 Banyard, Victoria L.
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1859419305
AB The current study examines the persistence of victimization and poly-victimization (i.e., count of multiple types of victimization) across various stages of development (ages 0?5, 6?12, and 13?18) and the related impact on adult well-being. Participants were 2,098 adults from the Appalachian region of three Southern states. Eighty-two percent of participants reported at least one type of victimization during childhood. Among adult victims, 22.6% reported one victimization in one developmental stage (i.e., one stage, but no poly-victimization), 45.8% reported one victimization in more than one stage (i.e., persistent victimization, but no poly-victimization), 20.5% reported multiple types of victimization in one stage (i.e., poly-victimization), and 11.2% reported multiple types of victimization at more than one stage (i.e., persistent poly-victimization). Results indicated a linear decline in subjective well-being, mental health, and number of healthy days as victimization becomes more persistent across childhood and more diverse in types (i.e., poly-victimization). Study findings provide support for models of victimization that take both developmental trajectories and poly-victimization into account.
NO Literaturverzeichnis
K1 Child Abuse
K1 Child victims
K1 Exposure to violence
K1 long-term effects
K1 poly-victimiation
K1 psychosocial issues
K1 Repeat victimization
DO 10.1177/1077559519859080