Lifetime Prevalence of Multiple Victimizations and Its Impact on Children’s Mental Health

Cyr, Katie; Clément, Marie-Ève; Chamberland, Claire

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“…Proximal family relationships are more strongly associated with adolescent NSSI than are peer relationships (Hallab & Covic, 2010), despite the fact that adolescents who engage in NSSI are more likely to turn to their peers for support than to any other available source (Evans, Hawton, & Rodham, 2005). Moreover, having one strong source of social support may moderate the impact of dysfunctional relationships in another domain (Hazel, Oppenheimer, Technow, Young, & Hankin, 2014), and the combined effects of dysfunction in both family and peer relationships may be multiplicatively deleterious (Cyr, Clément, & Chamberland, 2014). Thus, positive family and/or peer environment in adolescence would reduce the effect of CFA (Aspelmeier, Elliott, & Smith, 2007; Collishaw et al., 2007), either because the adolescent would have found social supports from their positive family and/or peer interactions, or because the family members who previously contributed to adversity are now more positive supports.…”

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Poor family functioning mediates the link between childhood adversity and adolescent nonsuicidal self‐injury

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Harmelen

Neufeld

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Child Psychology Psychiatry

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BackgroundNon‐suicidal self‐injury (NSSI) is a common harmful behavior during adolescence. Exposure to childhood family adversity (CFA) is associated with subsequent emergence of NSSI during adolescence. However, the pathways through which this early environmental risk may operate are not clear.AimsWe tested four alternative hypotheses to explain the association between CFA and adolescent‐onset NSSI.MethodsA community sample of n = 933 fourteen year olds with no history of NSSI were followed up for 3 years.ResultsPoor family functioning at age 14 mediated the association between CFA before age 5 and subsequent onset of NSSI between 14 and 17 years.ConclusionsThe findings support the cumulative suboptimal environmental hazards (proximal family relationships as a mediator) hypothesis. Improving the family environment at age 14 may mitigate the effects of CFA on adolescent onset of NSSI.

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Poor family functioning mediates the link between childhood adversity and adolescent nonsuicidal self‐injury

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Harmelen

Neufeld

et al. 2018

Child Psychology Psychiatry

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“…Victims of PV are at a considerably higher risk for poor mental health, as well as emotional, behavioural and developmental problems compared with those exposed to violence in a single context [17–19]. It has, however, not been clearly established whether the impact of PV on mental health varies by gender in these settings.…”

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Intersections between polyvictimisation and mental health among adolescents in five urban disadvantaged settings: the role of gender

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BackgroundPolyvictimisation (PV) – exposure to violence across multiple contexts – causes considerable morbidity and mortality among adolescents. Despite high levels of violence in urban disadvantaged settings, gender differences in associations between PV and mental health have not been well established.MethodsWe analysed data from a survey with 2393 adolescents aged 15-19 years, recruited using respondent-driven sampling from urban disadvantaged settings in Baltimore (USA), Delhi (India), Ibadan (Nigeria), Johannesburg (South Africa) and Shanghai (China). PV was defined as exposure to two or more types of violence in the past 12 months with family, peers, in the community, or from intimate partners and non-partner sexual violence. Weighted logistic regression models are presented by gender to evaluate whether PV is associated with posttraumatic stress, depression, suicidal thoughts and perceived health status.ResultsPV was extremely common overall, but ranged widely, from 74.5% of boys and 82.0% of girls in Johannesburg, to 25.8 and 23.9% respectively in Shanghai. Community violence was the predominant violence type, affecting 72.8–93.7% across the sites. More than half of girls (53.7%) and 45.9% of boys had at least one adverse mental health outcome. Compared to those that did not report violence, boys exposed to PV had 11.4 higher odds of having a negative perception of health (95%CI adjusted OR = 2.45-53.2), whilst this figure was 2.58 times in girls (95%CI = 1.62-4.12). Among girls, PV was associated with suicidal thoughts (adjusted OR = 4.68; 95%CI = 2.29-9.54), posttraumatic stress (aOR = 4.53; 95%CI = 2.44-8.41) and depression (aOR = 2.65; 95%CI = 1.25-5.63). Among boys, an association was only detected between PV and depression (aOR = 1.82; 95%CI = 1.00-3.33).ConclusionThe findings demonstrate that PV is common among both sexes in urban disadvantaged settings across the world, and that it is associated with poor mental health outcomes in girls, and with poor health status in both girls and boys. Clearly, prevention interventions are failing to address violence exposure across multiple contexts, but especially within community settings and in Johannesburg. Interventions are needed to identify adolescents exposed to PV and link them to care, with services targeting a range of mental health conditions among girls and perhaps focusing on depression among boys.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12889-017-4348-y) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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“…De plus, un cheminement scolaire irrégulier, chez l'enfant, est associé à la présence d'au moins un trouble anxieux 28 . Également, le fait de subir plusieurs formes de violence est lié à la présence de symptômes anxieux à un seuil clinique chez les enfants âgés de moins de 12 ans dans l'Enquête de Polyvictimisation 30 . Chez les adolescents, le fait de vivre au moins deux évènements stressants est relié à un plus haut risque de présenter au moins un trouble anxieux 28 .…”

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“…Lorsque l'enfant est l'informateur, la présence de troubles dépressifs est significativement associée à la séparation ou le divorce des parents et la naissance d'un frère ou d'une soeur, alors que chez l'adolescent, il s'agit du décès du père. Dans l'Enquête de Polyvictimisation, le fait de subir plusieurs formes de violence est lié à la présence de symptômes dépressifs chez les enfants et chez les adolescents 30,31 . 33 : n = 1167 adolescents en 7e année, de cinq écoles secondaires de la région montréalaise ; les symptômes dépressifs ont été mesurés avec le questionnaire Inventory to Diagnose Depression -Lifetime Version (IDD-L) 43 .…”

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Épidémiologie des troubles dépressifs et anxieux chez les enfants et les adolescents québécois

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L’épidémiologie de la santé mentale des enfants et des adolescents est une discipline relativement récente et souvent méconnue, notamment au Québec. Certains travaux ont cependant permis d’estimer la prévalence des troubles mentaux les plus fréquents chez les jeunes, tels que les troubles anxieux et dépressifs, ainsi que les caractéristiques individuelles, familiales et socioéconomiques qui y sont associées. Cet article poursuit deux objectifs : présenter une recension des principaux résultats de recherche en épidémiologie pédopsychiatrique au Québec et mettre en évidence l’apport de ces résultats pour la santé publique. Afin d’atteindre ces objectifs, cet article présente les résultats de recherche en lien avec trois thématiques : 1) la mesure et l’identification des troubles anxieux et dépressifs chez les enfants et les adolescents ; 2) la prévalence de ces troubles et la comorbidité ; 3) les variables associées aux troubles anxieux et dépressifs identifiées dans les études épidémiologiques. Les auteurs souligneront les implications futures de ces résultats à travers les politiques québécoises dans le domaine de la santé publique.Epidemiology of child and adolescent mental health is a relatively new discipline, particularly in the province of Quebec. Some work has however estimated the prevalence of the most common mental disorders among young people, such as anxiety and depression, as well as identified associated individual, family and socio-economic variables. This article has two objectives: to present a review of major epidemiological research findings in child psychiatry conducted in the province of Quebec and highlight the contribution of these findings for public health. To achieve these objectives, this article presents the results of research related to three themes: 1) measurement and identification of anxiety and depressive disorders in children and adolescents, 2) the prevalence of these disorders and comorbidity, 3) the correlates of anxiety and depressive disorders identified in epidemiological studies. The authors will then highlight future implications of these results across Québec policies in the field of public health

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Lifetime Prevalence of Multiple Victimizations and Its Impact on Children’s Mental Health

Cited by 61 publications

References 51 publications

Poor family functioning mediates the link between childhood adversity and adolescent nonsuicidal self‐injury

Poor family functioning mediates the link between childhood adversity and adolescent nonsuicidal self‐injury

Intersections between polyvictimisation and mental health among adolescents in five urban disadvantaged settings: the role of gender

Épidémiologie des troubles dépressifs et anxieux chez les enfants et les adolescents québécois

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