Testing whether multi-level factors protect poly-victimised children against psychopathology in early adulthood: a longitudinal cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Exposure to multiple forms of victimisation in childhood (often referred to as poly-victimisation) has lifelong adverse effects, including an elevated risk of early-adulthood psychopathology. However, not all poly-victimised children develop mental health difficulties and identifying what protects them could inform preventive interventions. The present study investigated whether individual-, family- and/or community-level factors were associated with lower levels of general psychopathology at age 18, among children exposed to poly-victimisation. Additionally, it examined whether these factors were specific to poly-victimised children or also associated with fewer mental health difficulties in young adults regardless of whether they had been poly-victimised.

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SUBMITTER: Blangis F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11561683 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature