Not exact matches
In this myth the Paraiyars, firstly, presented as being a helpful community; they are even willing to suffer persecution in the service of protecting a refugee.28 Secondly, this remythologised version of the emergence of the goddess reinforces the notion that the Paraiyars are the recipients of undeserved
violence; they are caught within the various subtle conflicts of the caste community and they are affected because of it spilling over onto the Dáevas.29 What is most interesting in this regard is the association of this
victimization with symbolic figures of Women.
However, among those girls who had higher rates of previous dating
violence victimization, completion of «My Voice, My Choice» was associated
with lower rates of psychological
victimization — being yelled at or called names, having a boy try to frighten or spread rumors about her — and lower rates of psychological distress.
In dealing
with victims of crime cases, for example, algorithms are being developed to identify the type of
victimization, e.g. sexual assault, domestic
violence, financial fraud, etc. and then determine whether a case is eligible for funding under the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA).
Measures developed in delinquency research and in other fields should be used or adapted for use
with JSOs to assess parenting skills / style, criminal behavior, peer culture, social bonding, empathy, impulsiveness, exposure to
violence, and
victimization history.
A review of twenty studies on the adult lives of antisocial adolescent girls found higher mortality rates, a variety of psychiatric problems, dysfunctional and violent relationships, poor educational achievement, and less stable work histories than among non-delinquent girls.23 Chronic problem behavior during childhood has been linked
with alcohol and drug abuse in adulthood, as well as
with other mental health problems and disorders, such as emotional disturbance and depression.24 David Hawkins, Richard Catalano, and Janet Miller have shown a similar link between conduct disorder among girls and adult substance abuse.25 Terrie Moffitt and several colleagues found that girls diagnosed
with conduct disorder were more likely as adults to suffer from a wide variety of problems than girls without such a diagnosis.26 Among the problems were poorer physical health and more symptoms of mental illness, reliance on social assistance, and
victimization by, as well as
violence toward, partners.
Measuring adverse experiences is important for urban economically distressed children, who, in addition to experiencing poverty as an adversity, may be subjected to the experiences of abuse, neglect, and family dysfunction, along
with a host of other stressors, including community
violence, discrimination, and peer
victimization.9, 37 The large percentage of racial minorities comprising low - income urban populations makes having an understanding of cultural norms key to conceptualizing adversity in these communities.
Aggression, bullying and
violence in children and youth are major public and population health problems internationally (Craig and Pepler 2003, 2007; Glew et al. 2005; Murray 2006; Nansel et al. 2001, 2004; Smith - Khuri et al. 2004; Williams et al. 2007),
with Canada ranking dismally on bullying (26th) and
victimization (27th) among 35 countries (Craig and Pepler 2007).
I have worked
with women, teens and children impacted by physical abuse, domestic
violence, sexual abuse and secondary
victimization.
These included peer
victimization, property
victimization, parents always arguing, having no good friends, having someone close
with a bad illness or accident, SES, and exposure to community
violence.
Results revealed that girls
with a higher level of affiliation
with deviant peers were more likely to endorse a risky lifestyle and reported higher rates of all forms of dating
violence victimization.
Community
violence is correlated
with victimization, but the relationship remains significant only for emotional IPV
victimization once early behaviors are controlled.
Regarding indirect effects
with bias - correct confidence intervals, an indirect effect is observed in the relationship between school
violence and depression through loneliness (CI = -LSB-.021,.134]-RRB-; p = 0.01); and between school
violence and bullying behavior through
victimization (CI = -LSB-.029,.044]-RRB-; p = 0.05).
Of the nine factors included in the meta - analysis, depression was the second largest correlate of
victimization,
with the first being a woman's
violence towards her partner.
Results confirmed that children who experienced any type of family
violence victimization had higher mean externalizing behavior scores compared to children
with no history of family
violence; however, few differences in externalizing behavior scores were found as the number of family
violence types increased.
Implications for
violence prevention are discussed, including the importance of addressing community health, as well as individual patterns of behavior, associated
with multiple forms of
violence victimization and perpetration.
We identified four distinct subgroups of intimate partner
violence perpetration and
victimization,
with 22 % of individuals identified in a
violence perpetration and
victimization subgroup.
This study examined gender differences in cross-gender
violence perpetration and
victimization (ranging from mild, e.g., push, to severe, e.g., assault
with a knife or gun) and attitudes toward dating conflict, among an urban sample of 601 early adolescents (78 % African - American).
According to socio - ecological theory, 18,19 sibling relationships, as
with other relationships, vary as a function of family, peer, and individual factors that may also increase risk of psychiatric disorder.11, 18 Such factors include high levels of stress, 20 — 22 family
violence, 22,23 peer
victimization, 6 and children's internalizing and externalizing difficulties.23 A multivariate approach that adjusts for such factors is needed.