2015
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-2311-3
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Lifetime co-occurrence of violence victimisation and symptoms of psychological ill health: a cross-sectional study of Swedish male and female clinical and population samples

Abstract: BackgroundLifetime co-occurrence of violence victimisation is common. A large proportion of victims report being exposed to multiple forms of violence (physical, sexual, emotional violence) and/or violence by multiple kinds of perpetrators (family members, intimate partners, acquaintances/strangers). Yet much research focuses on only one kind of victimisation. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between symptoms of psychological ill health, and A) exposure to multiple forms of violence, an… Show more

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“…Finkelhor and colleagues use the term poly-victim to refer to those children who experience high levels of multiple forms of victimisation (Finkelhor et al, 2011). Not only do poly-victims experience high numbers of victimisations, but they also experience victimisation in different contexts Simmons, Wijma, & Swahnberg, 2015). For this reason, poly-victims have a higher likelihood of maladjustment given the more severe symptomatology associated with the co-occurrence of victimisation (Cyr, Clement, & Chamberland, 2014;Voith et al, 2014).…”
Section: Poly-victimisation In South Africamentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Finkelhor and colleagues use the term poly-victim to refer to those children who experience high levels of multiple forms of victimisation (Finkelhor et al, 2011). Not only do poly-victims experience high numbers of victimisations, but they also experience victimisation in different contexts Simmons, Wijma, & Swahnberg, 2015). For this reason, poly-victims have a higher likelihood of maladjustment given the more severe symptomatology associated with the co-occurrence of victimisation (Cyr, Clement, & Chamberland, 2014;Voith et al, 2014).…”
Section: Poly-victimisation In South Africamentioning
confidence: 99%
“…There is urgent need to consider how health is affected by the accumulation of co-occurring and interconnecting multiple experiences of violence across the lifespan as perpetrator and target [2][3][4]. Yet measurement primarily relies on presence/absence or frequency of one or two types (i.e., physical, psychological, sexual) or contexts (intimate partner relationships, workplaces, families) at a particular point in time (e.g., childhood, adulthood) and ignores other dimensions of violence severity [5,6]. We did not find any comprehensive measure of cumulative lifetime violence severity as target and perpetrator for use in studies of violence and men's health.…”
Section: Cumulative Lifetime Violence Severity Scale: Development Andmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Some scales have pre-classified specific acts as more or less severe based on independent assessment of potential to cause harm, or egregiousness, by persons who may never have had similar experiences [20][21][22]. When measures of violence severity do not consider the perspective of the target or perpetrator, the classification of severity is arbitrary because it is not made relative to an individual's context [6]. Severity is a complex construct with potential to reflect a continuum in problem magnitude through multiple dimensions including frequency and multiplicity of behaviors, subjective appraisal of the problem seriousness, polyvictimization, and intrusiveness of behavior [5].…”
Section: Severitymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…physical, sexual, or psychological) is common and can be perpetrated by more than one person during the lifetime of the women exposed (14,15). The patterns of polyvictimization are though not yet fully understood.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%