Risk and protective profiles among never exposed, single form, and multiple form violence exposed youth.
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2009
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Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma
Abstract
This investigation integrated violence exposure with critical risk and protective factors linked to healthy adolescent adaptation and transition into early adulthood. A racially diverse sample of 848 adolescents identified as at-risk for school drop-out were assessed for no, single, or multiple forms of violence exposure. MANOVA tests revealed that youth with single form victimization fared more poorly than never-exposed youth, and that multiple-form victimization held the greatest jeopardy to development. Youth with multiple-form victimization reported significantly elevated risk factors (emotional distress, life stress, suicide risk, risky behaviors) and lower protective factors (social support, school engagement, family structure) than both single-form and never-exposed youth. Implications are discussed for preventive and early intervention programming and for examining the transition of at-risk youth into young adulthood.
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child abuse, polyvictimization, multi-victimization, treatment, prevention
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Nurius, P. S., Russell, P. L., Herting, J. R., Hooven, C., & Thompson, E. A. (2009). Risk and protective profiles among never exposed, single form, and multiple form violence exposed youth. Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma, 2(2), 106-123.