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01-02-2017 | Original Article

Victimization and Poly-Victimization in Adolescent Outpatients from Mental Health Centers: A Case-Control Study

Authors: M. Soledad Álvarez-Lister, Noemí Pereda, Georgina Guilera, Judit Abad, Anna Segura

Published in: Journal of Family Violence | Issue 2/2017

Abstract

The aims of the present study were to establish interpersonal victimization rates in a clinical sample and to analyze this sample’s risk of victimization relative to the general population. The sample was composed of 472 adolescents (12–17 years of age): 118 outpatients from public mental health centers and 354 students who were matched by age and sex. Following previous studies, this research defined poly-victimization as four or more victimization types occurring during the previous year. The clinical group was more likely to report sexual victimization (OR = 9.540), conventional crime (OR = 3.120), caregiver victimization (OR = 3.469), witnessing and indirect victimization (OR = 3.466), electronic victimization (OR = 2.809), and poly-victimization (OR = 4.319) compared with the control group. Clinical samples present an increased risk of interpersonal poly-victimization compared with the general population. The influence of poly-victimization on mental health should be considered in the evaluation and treatment of adolescent outpatients.

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Title: Victimization and Poly-Victimization in Adolescent Outpatients from Mental Health Centers: A Case-Control Study
Authors: M. Soledad Álvarez-Lister
Noemí Pereda
Georgina Guilera
Judit Abad
Anna Segura
Publication date: 01-02-2017
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Family Violence / Issue 2/2017
Print ISSN: 0885-7482
Electronic ISSN: 1573-2851
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-016-9831-1

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