Multiple Victimization Experiences of Urban Elementary School Students: Associations with Psychosocial Functioning and Academic Performance

Autor/inn/en	Holt, Melissa K.; Finkelhor, David; Kantor, Glenda Kaufman
Titel	Multiple Victimization Experiences of Urban Elementary School Students: Associations with Psychosocial Functioning and Academic Performance
Quelle	In: Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 31 (2007) 5, S.503-515 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0145-2134
DOI	10.1016/j.chiabu.2006.12.006
Schlagwörter	Victims of Crime; Elementary School Students; Grade 5; Urban Youth; Psychological Patterns; Academic Achievement; Bullying; Child Abuse; Classification; Measurement Techniques; Multivariate Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Victim; Victims; Crime; Opfer; Verbrechen; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; Urban area; Urban areas; Youth; Stadtregion; Stadt; Jugend; Schulleistung; Mobbing; Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Messtechnik; Multivariate Analyse
Abstract	Objective: This study explored the victimization experiences of urban elementary school students to determine whether subsets of youth emerged with similar victimization profiles (e.g., no victimization, multiple types of victimization). It also evaluated whether multiple victimization was associated with greater psychological distress and lower academic performance. Methods: Participants were 689 fifth grade students from an urban, ethnically diverse school district in the Northeast. Youth completed self-report measures in school about bullying victimization, victimization in the home and community, and psychosocial functioning. Results: Cluster analysis suggested the existence of three distinct youth profiles: those with minimal victimization, those victimized primarily by their peers, and those with multiple types of victimizations. As hypothesized, youth with multiple victimizations experienced more psychological distress and earned lower grades than their peers. Conclusions: Findings highlight the heterogeneity of youth victimization experiences and their relations to functioning, and have implications for treatment planning among practitioners working with youth. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10