The Combination of Sibling Victimization and Parental Child Maltreatment on Mental Health Problems and Delinquency
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2018
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Child Maltreatment
Abstract
This study examined how the combination of sibling victimization and parental child maltreatment is related to mental health
problems and delinquency in childhood and adolescence. Co-occurrence, additive associations, and interactive associations of
sibling victimization and parental child maltreatment were investigated using a sample of 2,053 children aged 5–17 years from the
National Survey of Children’s Exposure to Violence. The results provide primarily evidence for additive associations and only
suggest some co-occurrence and interactive associations of sibling victimization and child maltreatment. Evidence for cooccurrence
was weak and, when controlling for the other type of maltreatment, only found for neglect. Sibling victimization
was related to more mental health problems and delinquency over and above the effect of child abuse and neglect. Moderation by
sibling victimization depended on child age and was only found for the relation between both types of child maltreatment by
parents and delinquency. For mental health, no interactive associations were found. These results highlight the unique and
combined associations between sibling victimization on child development.
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sibling victimization, child maltreatment, delinquency, mental health, neglect, physical abuse
Citation
van Berkel, S. R., Tucker, C. J., & Finkelhor, D. (2018). The Combination of Sibling Victimization and Parental Child Maltreatment on Mental Health Problems and Delinquency. Child maltreatment, 1077559517751670.