Does witnessing family violence influence sexual and reproductive health of adolescents and young adults? A systematic review.

Rosmalen-Nooijens, K.A.W.L. van; Lahaije, Fleur A. H.; Wong, Sylvie Lo Fo; Prins, Judith B.; Lagro-Janssen, Antoine L. M.

doi:10.1037/vio0000113

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“…When comparing adolescent offenders with sexual offenses versus nonsexual offenses, both with histories of sexual victimization, adolescents with sexual offenses were more likely to have been abused by both men and women, by a perpetrator who was related to them and used violence, suffered abuse that included penetration, and took place for a longer duration of time (i.e., over several years; Burton et al, 2002). Additional risk factors for sexual offending among adolescents with a history of CSA include material neglect, lack of supervision, more frequent witnessing of intrafamilial violence, and sexual abuse by a female perpetrator (Burton, 2003; Salter et al, 2003; Van Rosmalen-Nooijens et al, 2017). Although some of the findings are incongruent, such as whether having a male or female perpetrator is more common among adolescents with sexually abusive behaviors with histories of CSA, the findings nonetheless highlight the role that trauma plays in the development of sexually abusive behavior among adolescents with a CSA history.…”

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Understanding Sexually Victimized Male Adolescents With Sexually Abusive Behaviors: A Narrative Review and Clinical Implications

Lateef

Jenney

2020

Trauma, Violence, & Abuse

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A high percentage of adolescents with sexually abusive behaviors have been found to have a history of childhood sexual abuse (CSA). The purpose of this review is to synthesize literature specific to adolescents with sexually abusive behaviors who have histories of CSA. This review will explore characteristics of this subset of adolescents with sexually abusive behaviors, risk factors, etiological theories that aim to explain the pathway from childhood sexual victimization to sexually abusive behavior in adolescence, and the clinical implications of this literature. Using Kiteley and Stogdon’s narrative review framework, findings from 66 peer-reviewed articles published between 1990 and 2017 that included male adolescent participants with sexually abusive behaviors were integrated to inform the purpose of this review. The literature presented that different characteristics of CSA experiences, such as a younger age at the time of abuse and a longer period of abuse, were more prevalent among adolescents with sexually abusive behaviors. The CSA experiences of these adolescents could act as triggers for their sexual offenses, and the Trauma Outcome Process Assessment model addresses the importance of processing past trauma in treatment with adolescents with sexually abusive behaviors. This review concludes with clinical recommendations for how the reviewed literature could be applied within trauma-informed interventions with adolescents with sexually abusive behaviors with a history of CSA.

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confidence: 99%

Understanding Sexually Victimized Male Adolescents With Sexually Abusive Behaviors: A Narrative Review and Clinical Implications

Lateef

Jenney

2020

Trauma, Violence, & Abuse

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“…The World Health Organization (WHO) describes the different types of child maltreatment in the Report of the Consultation on Child Abuse Prevention (1999). This report differentiates between the following types of maltreatment: child sexual abuse, physical abuse, emotional abuse, neglect including physical neglect, emotional neglect and educational neglect, and witnessing family violence which has recently been added to the catalogue of maltreatment types, and suggested to carry possibly serious developmental consequences (Van Rosmalen‐Nooijens et al, ). Most studies do not differentiate between the various types of child maltreatment, making it difficult to discover their discrete antecedents, correlates, and consequences.…”

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Annual Research Review: Umbrella synthesis of meta‐analyses on child maltreatment antecedents and interventions: differential susceptibility perspective on risk and resilience

IJzendoorn

Bakermans‐Kranenburg

Coughlan

et al. 2019

Child Psychology Psychiatry

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Child maltreatment in the family context is a prevalent and pervasive phenomenon in many modern societies. The global perpetration of child abuse and neglect stands in stark contrast to its almost universal condemnation as exemplified in the United Nation’s Convention on the Rights of the Child. Much work has been devoted to the task of prevention, yet a grand synthesis of the literature is missing. Focusing on two core elements of prevention, that is, antecedents for maltreatment and the effectiveness of (preventative) interventions, we performed an umbrella review of meta‐analyses published between January 1, 2014, and December 17, 2018. Meta‐analyses were systematically collected, assessed, and integrated following a uniform approach to allow their comparison across domains. From this analysis of thousands of studies including almost 1.5 million participants, the following risk factors were derived: parental experience of maltreatment in his or her own childhood (d = .47), low socioeconomic status of the family (d = .34), dependent and aggressive parental personality (d = .45), intimate partner violence (d = .41), and higher baseline autonomic nervous system activity (d = .24). The effect size for autonomic stress reactivity was not significant (d = −.10). The umbrella review of interventions to prevent or reduce child maltreatment showed modest intervention effectiveness (d = .23 for interventions targeting child abuse potential or families with self‐reported maltreatment and d = .27 for officially reported child maltreatment cases). Despite numerous studies on child maltreatment, some large gaps in our knowledge of antecedents exist. Neurobiological antecedents should receive more research investment. Differential susceptibility theory may shed more light on questions aimed at breaking the intergenerational transmission of maltreatment and on the modest (preventive) intervention effects. In combination with family‐based interaction‐focused interventions, large‐scale socioeconomic experiments such as cash transfer trials and experiments with vouchers to move to a lower‐poverty area might be tested to prevent or reduce child maltreatment. Prevalence, antecedents, and preventive interventions of prenatal maltreatment deserve continuing scientific, clinical, and policy attention.

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“…Exposure to violence between parents is shown to be associated with involvement in the juvenile justice system (Herrera & McCloskey, 2001), behavioral problems (Romito & Grassi, 2007), and health symptoms (Djikanovic et al, 2013) among adolescents. Youth who frequently witness violence between parents in their home are also likely to engage in risky sexual activities (van Rosmalen-Nooijens et al, 2017;Voisin, 2005).…”

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Sex Differences in the Pathways from Exposure to Parental Fighting to Risky Sexual Activities Among Adolescents in Urban Neighborhoods

Hong

Kim

Lee

et al. 2021

Matern Child Health J

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Objectives Adolescents' exposure to violence between parents acts as a precursor to risky behaviors; however, empirical studies that examined the potential pathways from exposure to violence between parents to risky behaviors are rare. Consequently, the prevention and intervention strategies for risky sexual activities are limited without the identification of malleable mediators. Methods Mediators on the association between adolescent exposure to parental fighting and risky sexual activities are examined, which include internalizing behaviors, running away from home, and affiliation with risky peers. Relationships between these variables are examined for males and females separately. The sample consists of 673 adolescents in a neighborhood located in Chicago's Southside who completed a survey. Results Exposure to parental fighting was not directly associated with risky sexual activities for either males or females. However, among females, exposure to parental fighting was significantly and positively related to internalizing behaviors and running away from home, and internalizing behaviors were also positively associated with running away from home. For males, however, only the association between internalizing behaviors and running away from home was found to be significant. Further, the relationship between exposure to parental fighting and risky sexual activities was mediated by running away from home. Conclusions Targeted strategies for prevention are critical for improving sexual health outcomes among adolescents in low-resourced urban neighborhoods. Keywords Adolescents • Violence between parents • Mental health • Risky sexual activities • Urban

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Does witnessing family violence influence sexual and reproductive health of adolescents and young adults? A systematic review.

Cited by 8 publications

References 124 publications

Understanding Sexually Victimized Male Adolescents With Sexually Abusive Behaviors: A Narrative Review and Clinical Implications

Understanding Sexually Victimized Male Adolescents With Sexually Abusive Behaviors: A Narrative Review and Clinical Implications

Annual Research Review: Umbrella synthesis of meta‐analyses on child maltreatment antecedents and interventions: differential susceptibility perspective on risk and resilience

Sex Differences in the Pathways from Exposure to Parental Fighting to Risky Sexual Activities Among Adolescents in Urban Neighborhoods

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