Strong association between earlier abuse and revictimization in youth

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dc.contributor.authorBlom, H., Högberg, U., Olofsson, N., & Danielsson, I.
dc.date.accessioned2017-11-29T16:24:35Z
dc.date.available2017-11-29T16:24:35Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractBackground: Violence victimization among youth is recognized as a public health problem. The objective was to analyze the risk pattern of emotional, physical, and sexual abuse during the past 12 months by gender, sociodemographic factors, health risk behaviors, and exposure to abuse before the age of 15, among young men and women attending youth health centers in Sweden. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted using a nationally representative sample of youth health centers. A total of 2,250 young women and 920 young men aged 15–23 completed a self-administered questionnaire. Odds ratios (OR) and adjusted odds ratios (AOR) with 95% CI were calculated. Results: A consistent and strong association was noted between exposure to all types of violence during the past year and victimization before the age of 15 for all types of violence for both women and men. The only exceptions were childhood sexual victimization and sexual violence during the past year for men. Younger age was associated with all violence exposure for the women and with emotional violence for the men. For the women, drug use was associated with all types of violence, while the association with hazardous alcohol use and not living with parents was restricted to physical and sexual violence exposure, present smoking was restricted to emotional and physical violence exposure, and partnership and living in urban areas were restricted to sexual violence. For men, not being partnered, hazardous alcohol consumption, and drug use meant increased risk for physical violence, while smoking and living in urban areas were associated with sexual violence. After adjustment, immigration had no association with violence exposure. Conclusions: Violence victimization in young men and women is often not a single experience. Findings underline the importance of early interventions among previously abused youth. (Author Abstract)en_US
dc.identifier.citationBlom, H., Högberg, U., Olofsson, N., & Danielsson, I. (2014). Strong association between earlier abuse and revictimization in youth. BMC Public Health, 14, 715. http://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-715en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/1471-2458-14-715
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/3609
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherBMC Public Healthen_US
dc.subjectchild abuseen_US
dc.subjectsexual abuseen_US
dc.subjectphysical abuseen_US
dc.subjectadolescentsen_US
dc.subjectrisk factorsen_US
dc.subjectteensen_US
dc.subjectInternational Resourcesen_US
dc.subjectSwedenen_US
dc.titleStrong association between earlier abuse and revictimization in youthen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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