Genetic and environment influences on childhood victimization: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT: Childhood victimization is a key risk factor for poor mental and physical health. In order to prevent childhood victimization, it is important to better understand its underlying etiological factors. Childhood victimization is not randomly distributed in the population but occurs more often in the context of certain characteristics of the child, the family, and the broader environment. These characteristics may be both genetically and environmentally influenced, making genetically informative designs valuable to disentangle the etiological factors. Here we performed meta-analyses of the genetic and environmental influences on childhood victimization based on twin studies. We also tested whether genetic and environmental influences on childhood victimization vary depending on key features o

SUBMITTER: Dahoun T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12014478 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature