Cumulative Experiences of Violence among High-Risk Urban Youth

Autor/inn/en	Taylor, Catherine A.; Boris, Neil W.; Heller, Sherryl Scott; Clum, Gretchen A.; Rice, Janet C.; Zeanah, Charles H.
Titel	Cumulative Experiences of Violence among High-Risk Urban Youth
Quelle	In: Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 23 (2008) 11, S.1618-1635 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0886-2605
DOI	10.1177/0886260508314323
Schlagwörter	Child Abuse; Housing; Victims of Crime; Urban Youth; Violence; Experience; At Risk Persons; Homeless People; Intimacy; Incidence; Sexual Abuse; Gender Differences; Emergency Shelters; Adolescents; Young Adults + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Unterkunft; Victim; Victims; Crime; Opfer; Verbrechen; Urban area; Urban areas; Youth; Stadtregion; Stadt; Jugend; Gewalt; Erfahrung; Risikogruppe; Homeless person; Homeless persons; Obdachloser; Intimität; Vorkommen; Sexueller Missbrauch; Geschlechterkonflikt; Notunterkunft; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener
Abstract	This study examines type-specific and cumulative experiences of violence among a vulnerable population of youth. Sixty high-risk, shelter-dwelling, urban youth were interviewed regarding their history of childhood maltreatment, exposure to community violence (ECV), and experience with intimate partner violence (IPV). Results show a high prevalence and high degree of overlap among multiple types of violence exposure. Childhood physical, sexual (CSA), and emotional (CEA) abuse were interrelated and were associated with ECV. Cumulative experiences of childhood abuse (CCA) had a graded association with IPV victimization. In multivariate analyses, CCA and ECV were independently associated with IPV victimization. Gender moderated the effect of one association: CEA raised the risk of IPV victimization for girls but not for boys. Only CSA predicted IPV perpetration. Findings suggest that cumulative exposures to violence create cumulative risk for experiencing more violence. Shelter-dwelling, urban youth may be particularly vulnerable to this additive effect. (Contains 5 tables, 1 figure and 1 note.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10