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CHILD ABUSE & NEGLECT
Volume 31, Issue 1, Pages 7-26Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2006.06.008
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child victimization; symptomatology; multiple victimization
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Objective: To assess the role of multiple victimization, or what is termed in this article poly-victimization, in explaining trauma symptomatology. Method: In a nationally representative sample of 2,030 children ages 2-17, assessment was made of the past year's victimization experiences and recent trauma symptoms. Results: Children experiencing four or more different kinds of victimization in a single year (poly-victims) comprised 22% of the sample. Poly-victimization was highly predictive of trauma symptoms, and when taken into reduced or eliminated the association between individual victimizations (e.g., sexual abuse) and Poly-victims were also more symptomatic than children with only repeated episodes of the same kind of victimization. Conclusion: Researchers and practitioners need to assess for a broader range of victimizations, and avoid studies and assessments organized around a single form of victimization. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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