Ansiedad Manifiesta

Document 1 of 1
| |
|Cuevas C., Finkelhor D., Clifford C., Ormrod R., Turner H.. Psychological distress as a risk factor for re-victimization in |
|children. Child Abuse &Neglect. 2010 Apr 1;34(4):  235.  In: Academic Research Library [database on the Internet] [cited 2010 |
|Dec 9]. Available from: http://www.proquest.com/; Document ID: 2016782551.|


Abstract (Summary)

The goal of this study is to examine the role of psychological distress in predicting child re-victimization across various forms including conventional crime,peer/sibling violence, maltreatment, sexual violence, and witnessed violence. Longitudinal data from the Developmental Victimization Survey, which surveyed children between the ages of 2 and 17 usingrandom digit dial (RDD) methodology, was used to ask about child victimization and psychological distress. The sample for this analysis was 1,025 children who had experienced at least one form ofvictimization in the first wave of data collection. Results show that psychological distress (defined as a composite score of the depression, anger, and anxiety scales) was a unique significant predictorof subsequent overall victimization, as well as victimization across the different categories of victimization (conventional crime, maltreatment, peer and sibling victimization, sexual victimization,and witnessed/indirect victimization), while controlling for demographic variables and prior year victimization. These results suggest that the psychological consequences of victimization may alsoserve as precipitants for re-victimization. We discuss the implications this may have on the understanding of the psychological sequelae of victimization and its role in the risk of future victimization.This research suggests that practitioners should expand the forms of victimization that are assessed when working with victimized children. Treatment should not only focus on alleviating...