Not exact matches
Denise Dowd, MD, MPH, FAAP Dr Dowd provides a brief overview
of the prevalence
of children experiencing multiple
types of violence, labeled as polyvictimization by researcher Dr David Finkelhor and how this relates to health
across the lifep.
Findings from the NSCAW indicate that substance abuse was much more highly associated with «neglect, failure to provide basic necessities» than with «neglect, failure to supervise» or any
type of abuse.11 Finally,
violence may be more likely to erupt in homes where stimulant drugs and alcohol are used.12 The interplay between substance abuse and child maltreatment within family dynamics and
across children's developmental periods is gradually becoming clearer.
Adolescents who reported low levels
of exposure to historical parental aggression (aggregated
across types) were much less likely to exhibit all
types of adolescent - to - parent
violence (3.2 % physical, 29.0 % property damage, 38.7 % verbal) relative to those who reported medium or high total levels
of exposure (22 % physical, 74.2 % property damage, 77.4 % verbal)(Margolin and Baucom 2014).
With considerable literature establishing how separate
types of violence disrupt the lives
of children, there is emerging interest in examining
violence across multiple interpersonal domains.
These results highlight the importance
of examining
violence longitudinally,
across multiple
types, and with attention to contextual factors.