The Association Between Familial Homelessness, Aggression, and Victimization Among Children
The Association Between Familial Homelessness, Aggression, and Victimization Among Children
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jadohealth.2016.07.014
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发表时间：
2016-12-01
影响因子：
7.6
通讯作者：
Schuster, Mark A.
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作者：
Jetelina, Katelyn K.;Gonzalez, Jennifer M. Reingle;Schuster, Mark A.
目的：本研究的目的是评估儿童暴露于家庭无家可归和儿童期的攻击和victimization.Methods的数量之间的关系：调查数据来自4,297五年级儿童和他们的照顾者在美国三个城市。在7年级和10年级对儿童和主要照顾者进行了纵向调查。家庭无家可归，在每一波衡量为不稳定的住房，是由照顾者自我报告。儿童被分为四个相互排斥的群体：受害者，只有侵略者，受害者侵略者，既不是受害者，也不是侵略者在每个时间点使用验证措施。多项，多层次的混合模型被用来评估无家可归和纵向受害，侵略，受害者侵略期间之间的关系相比，儿童谁是nonvictims和nonaggressor.Results：结果表明，谁经历了家庭无家可归的儿童更有可能比martiled儿童报告侵略和受害者侵略，但不受害。多变量分析表明，与从未无家可归的儿童相比，即使是短暂的无家可归也与侵略和受害者侵略（相对于两者都没有）呈正相关。此外，儿童受害和受害者的侵略显着下降，从第5级到第10级，而侵略显着增加，在10 th grade.Conclusions：儿童谁经历了家庭无家可归的短暂时间显着更有可能是一个受害者，侵略者或侵略者相比，那些谁从来没有无家可归。预防工作应针对住房安全和其他可能减少儿童遭受攻击和相关伤害的可能性的重要因素。(C)2016年青少年健康和医学协会。All rights reserved.
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between the number of periods children were exposed to familial homelessness and childhood aggression and victimization.Methods: Survey data were obtained from 4,297 fifth-grade children and their caregivers in three U.S. cities. Children and primary caregivers were surveyed longitudinally in 7th and 10th grades. Family homelessness, measured at each wave as unstable housing, was self-reported by the caregiver. Children were categorized into four mutually exclusive groups: victim only, aggressor only, victim-aggressor, and neither victim nor aggressor at each time point using validated measures. Multinomial, multilevel mixed models were used to evaluate the relationship among periods of homelessness and longitudinal victimization, aggression, and victim aggression compared to children who were nonvictims and nonaggressors.Results: Results suggest that children who experienced family homelessness were more likely than domiciled children to report aggression and victim aggression but not victimization only. Multivariate analyses suggested that even brief periods of homelessness were positively associated with aggression and victim aggression (relative to neither) compared to children who were never homeless. Furthermore, childhood victimization and victim aggression significantly decreased from 5th grade to 10th grade while aggression significantly increased in 10th grade.Conclusions: Children who experienced family homelessness for brief periods of time were significantly more likely to be a victim-aggressor or aggressor compared to those who were never homeless. Prevention efforts should target housing security and other important factors that may reduce children's likelihood of aggression and associated victimization. (C) 2016 Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine. All rights reserved.