The Developmental Epidemiology of Childhood Victimization

Autor/inn/en	Finkelhor, David; Ormrod, Richard K.; Turner, Heather A.
Titel	The Developmental Epidemiology of Childhood Victimization
Quelle	In: Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 24 (2009) 5, S.711-731 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0886-2605
DOI	10.1177/0886260508317185
Schlagwörter	Child Abuse; Females; Telephone Surveys; Epidemiology; Victims of Crime; Children; Adolescents; Incidence; Siblings; Sibling Relationship; Age Differences; Developmental Stages; Gender Differences; Racial Differences; Family Structure; Peer Relationship; Sexual Abuse; Bullying; Family Relationship + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Weibliches Geschlecht; Telephone interview; Telefoninterview; Epidemiologie; Victim; Victims; Crime; Opfer; Verbrechen; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Vorkommen; Sibling; Geschwister; Sibling relations; Geschwisterbeziehung; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Geschlechterkonflikt; Rassenunterschied; Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem; Peer-Beziehungen; Sexueller Missbrauch; Mobbing
Abstract	This article examines developmental trends in the rates of different kinds of victimization across the span of childhood. The Developmental Victimization Survey was a national telephone survey of the victimization experiences of 2,030 children from ages 2 to 17. The overall mean number of victimizations during a single year increased with age, as did the percentage of children with polyvictimizations (4 or more different kinds of victimization). However, some specific types of victimization, physical bullying and sibling assaults, were highest prior to adolescence and then declined. Other types had different developmental patterns by gender. Peer assaults increased in adolescence for boys but not for girls. Child maltreatment and sexual victimization increased in adolescence for girls but not for boys. The complex and diverse patterns of developmental vulnerability to different kinds of victimization at different ages need more exploration and explanation in order to better target prevention and intervention policies. (Contains 8 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10