Multiple victimization types cluster and predict trauma better than any single type
Evidence
The central finding: 22 percent of children experienced four or more distinct types of victimization in a single year, and polyvictimization was the strongest predictor of trauma symptomatology — stronger than any single victimization type. Children who had experienced physical assault by caregivers were 4.8 times more likely to have experienced sexual victimization than children with no victimization history. — , The Rod and the Child, 10864
Categorization
- XREF: The 4.8x caregiver-assault link to sexual victimization corroborates the home corporal punishment mechanism in Wurtele’s body-safety finding at 10866. — connects to: Polyvictimization, not any single abuse type, best predicts trauma symptoms — , The Rod and the Child: A Global History…, 7928