Measuring child exposure to violence and mental health reactions in epidemiological studies: challenges and current issues

Duarte, Cristiane S.; Bordin, Isabel Altenfelder Santos; Green, Genevieve Rachel; Hoven, Christina W.

doi:10.1590/s1413-81232009000200017

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“…ETV can happen on an individual scale with someone familiar or a stranger, a social scale (such as schoolyard bullying or athletic team loyalties), a neighborhood or community scale, or a national scale, which could include political strife, terrorism, and war. Several studies outside of the inclusion criteria for this review indicated that drug and alcohol misuse, mental health status, and behavior of adolescents and adults are influenced by early life exposures to violence [183,184,185,186,187,188].…”

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State-of-the-Science Review of Non-Chemical Stressors Found in a Child’s Social Environment

Hibbert

Tulve

2019

IJERPH

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Background: Children are exposed to chemical and non-chemical stressors from their built, natural, and social environments. Research is needed to advance our scientific understanding of non-chemical stressors, evaluate how they alter the biological response to a chemical stressor, and determine how they impact children’s health and well-being. To do this, we conducted a state-of-the-science review of non-chemical stressors found in a child’s social environment. Methods: Studies eligible for inclusion in this review were identified through a search of the peer-reviewed literature using PubMed and PsycINFO. Combinations of words associated with non-chemical stressors and children were used to form search strings. Filters were used to limit the search to studies published in peer-reviewed journals from 2000–2016 and written in English. Publications found using the search strings and filters went through two rounds of screening. Results: A total of 146 studies met the inclusion criteria. From these studies, 245 non-chemical stressors were evaluated. The non-chemical stressors were then organized into 13 general topic areas: acculturation, adverse childhood experiences, economic, education, family dynamics, food, greenspace, neighborhood, social, stress, urbanicity, violence, and other. Additional information on health outcomes, studies evaluating both chemical and non-chemical stressors, and animal studies are provided. This review provides evidence that non-chemical stressors found in a child’s social environment do influence their health and well-being in both beneficial (e.g., salutatory effects of greenspace and social support) and adverse (e.g., poor relationships between health and selected non-chemical stressors such as economics, educational attainment, exposure to violence, stress) ways. Conclusions: This literature review identified a paucity of studies addressing the combined effects of chemical and non-chemical stressors and children’s health and well-being. This literature review was further complicated by inconsistencies in terminology, methodologies, and the value of non-chemical stressor research in different scientific disciplines. Despite these limitations, this review showed the importance of considering non-chemical stressors from a child’s social environment when addressing children’s environmental health considerations.

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State-of-the-Science Review of Non-Chemical Stressors Found in a Child’s Social Environment

Hibbert

Tulve

2019

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“…Although Duarte et al (2009) argue that the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) is the most widely used instrument to identify mental health problems, we used the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI). The BSI has good levels of reliability and validity, and can be applied directly to the subject in question while the CBCL is intended for adults, questioning them about a particular child or adolescent as an indirect measure.…”

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Psychopathology and Sibling Violence in a Sample of Portuguese Adolescents

Lopes

Relva

Fernandes

2017

Journ Child Adol Trauma

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siblings set their first horizontal relationships, providing a preparation for the social context adaptation. According to Dunn (1983), sibling relationships are formed and strengthened in childhood, which is the period in which siblings spend more time together, influencing themselves reciprocally and decisively. In adolescence, siblings undergo major changes and experiences that cause a normalized distance, as young people leave home and create new extra-familial relationships, particularly with pairs or loving figures. In adulthood, and especially in old age, after children leave home and/or individuals become widowed, siblings may return together, and became the mainstay in this phase of life. Siblings allow the sharing of experiences, affection, support, guidance and mutual protection, as well as it enables the development of intimacy (Fernandes 2005). Button and Gealt (2010) also indicate that healthy sibling relationships support the growth of social, cognitive and emotional skills, which lead to positive and healthy results. Volling (2003), however, argues that sibling relationships may favor or condition emotional and social development of individuals, both in childhood and in adolescence. Fernandes, in 2002, clarifies that, in fact, besides the positive feelings that exist between siblings, it may also arise a great destructive potential within that relationship of deep intimacy. In this sense, when the interactions between siblings are ruled by conflicts, being conducted by a negative interaction, they may give rise to the manifestation of maladaptive or even violent behaviors (Goldsmid and Féres-Carneiro 2007).

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“…É fundamental avaliar a criança com o seu contexto de desenvolvimento em mente, devido às peculiaridades que a sintomatologia pós-traumática apresenta de acordo com os estágios desenvolvimentais (Drake, Bush, & van Gorp, 2001;Kaminer, Seedat, & Stein, 2005). Assim, as estratégias de avaliação serão diferentes de acordo com cada etapa de desenvolvimento da criança; de forma geral, quanto mais jovens são as crianças, mais limitados os recursos de avaliação da saúde mental (Duarte, Bordin, Green, & Hoven, 2009).…”

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“…Para que isto seja possível, é necessário vasto conhecimento das reações pós-traumáticas descritas na literatura e dos instrumentos disponíveis para a avaliação (Cook-Cottone, 2004;Duarte, Bordin, Green, & Hoven, 2009). Por isso, este artigo tem como objetivo discutir a avaliação clínica das reações pós-traumáticas em crianças e adolescentes, incluindo questões relacionadas à manifestação dos sintomas, às consequências a longo prazo e aos instrumentos disponíveis na literatura nacional e internacional.…”

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Reações Pós-Traumáticas em Crianças: Como, Por Que e Quais Aspectos Avaliar?

Schaefer

Kristensen

2016

Inter. Psicol.

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A vivência de eventos traumáticos nos primeiros anos de vida impacta o desenvolvimento infanto-juvenilem diferentes níveis, com repercussões psicológicas, neurobiológicas e sociais. Este artigo discutiu aavaliação clínica das reações pós-traumáticas em crianças e adolescentes, incluindo questões relacionadasà manifestação dos sintomas, às consequências a longo prazo e aos instrumentos de avaliaçãodisponíveis. Foi apresentado um modelo ilustrativo dos fatores de risco para o Transtorno de EstressePós-Traumático em crianças. Concluiu-se que a avaliação precoce é fundamental para a detecção defatores de risco e indicação de diferentes intervenções, servindo como fonte de prevenção secundária.

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Measuring child exposure to violence and mental health reactions in epidemiological studies: challenges and current issues

Abstract: Measuring child exposure to violence and mental health reactions in epidemiological studies: challenges and current issuesCriança, violência e saúde: desafios e questões atuais

Cited by 9 publications

References 77 publications

State-of-the-Science Review of Non-Chemical Stressors Found in a Child’s Social Environment

State-of-the-Science Review of Non-Chemical Stressors Found in a Child’s Social Environment

Psychopathology and Sibling Violence in a Sample of Portuguese Adolescents

Reações Pós-Traumáticas em Crianças: Como, Por Que e Quais Aspectos Avaliar?

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