Predictors of physical assault victimization: Findings from the National Survey of Adolescents

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• 作者：Ananda B. Amstadter^a ; ^{abamstadter@vcu.edu"" rel=""nofollow} ; Lisa S. Elwood^b ; Angela Moreland Begle^c ; Berglind Gudmundsdottir^a ; Daniel W. Smith^c ; Heidi S. Resnick^c ; Rochelle F. Hanson^c ; Benjamin E. Saunders^c ; Dean G. Kilpatrick^c
• 关键词：Risk ; PTSD ; Physical assault ; Adolescence ; Substance use
• 刊名：Addictive Behaviors
• 出版年：2011
• 出版时间：August 2011
• 年：2011
• 卷：36
• 期：8
• 页码：814-820
• 全文大小：200 K

文摘

Exposure to interpersonal victimization during childhood and adolescence is prevalent and has been found to be associated with negative physical and mental health outcomes. The present study examined the relations between childhood violence exposure and mental health on subsequent exposure to new physical assault in young adults using longitudinal nationally representative, prospective data from the initial (Wave I) and follow-up interviews (Wave II) of the National Survey of Adolescents (NSA). Among the 1,753 participants who completed both assessment time points, 15.8 % reported a new physical assault experience at Wave II. Results indicated that racial/ethnic status, gender, history of child physical abuse, witnessed violence drug use, and family drug problems reported at Wave I were all significant predictors of new physical assault. Implications are discussed.