Polyvictimization and Risk for Suicidal Phenomena in a Community Sample of Spanish Adolescents

Soler, Laia; Segura, Anna; Kirchner, Teresa; Forns, María

doi:10.1891/0886-6708.vv-d-12-00103

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“…An important distal risk factor often related to suicide behavior is exposure to various childhood adversities, including childhood victimization (Ystgaard, Hestetun, Loeb, & Mehlum, 2004;Soler, Segura, Kirchner, & Forns, 2013). In a study based on the National Comorbidity Survey (NCS), Joiner et al (2007) found that adults with childhood physical and/or sexual abuse were more likely to have a higher number of lifetime suicide attempts, when compared to those with childhood verbal abuse or assault experiences.…”

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Latent classes of childhood poly-victimization and associations with suicidal behavior among adult trauma victims: Moderating role of anger

Charak

Byllesby

Roley

et al. 2016

Child Abuse & Neglect

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The aims of the present study were first to identify discrete patterns of childhood victimization experiences including crime, child maltreatment, peer/sibling victimization, sexual violence, and witnessing violence among adult trauma victims using latent class analysis; second, to examine the association between class-membership and suicidal behavior, and third to investigate the differential role of dispositional anger on the association between class-membership and suicidal behavior. We hypothesized that those classes with accumulating exposure to different types of childhood victimization (e.g., poly-victimization) would endorse higher suicidal behavior, than the other less severe classes, and those in the most severe class with higher anger trait would have stronger association with suicidal behavior. Respondents were 346 adults (N=346; M=35.0years; 55.9% female) who had experienced a lifetime traumatic event. Sixty four percent had experienced poly-victimization (four or more victimization experiences) and 38.8% met the cut-off score for suicidal behavior. Three distinct classes emerged namely, the Least victimization (Class 1), the Predominantly crime and sibling/peer victimization (Class 2), and the Poly-victimization (Class 3) classes. Regression analysis controlling for age and gender indicated that only the main effect of anger was significantly associated with suicidal behavior. The interaction term suggested that those in the Poly-victimization class were higher on suicidal behavior as a result of a stronger association between anger and suicidal behavior in contrast to the association found in Class 2. Clinical implications of findings entail imparting anger management skills to facilitate wellbeing among adult with childhood poly-victimization experiences.

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confidence: 99%

Latent classes of childhood poly-victimization and associations with suicidal behavior among adult trauma victims: Moderating role of anger

Charak

Byllesby

Roley

et al. 2016

Child Abuse & Neglect

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“…In the Spanish context, recent research by Soler, Paretilla, Kirchner, and Forns [26] found that adolescents from a community sample suffered a mean number of 3.9 (SD = 3.95) different kinds of victimization during a one-year period. This is of particular relevance because interpersonal violence is considered a major stressor and has been widely associated with several psychiatric disorders including post-traumatic stress [6,8,21,23,26], externalizing symptoms [13,27,29], internalizing symptoms [5,22,28], and total psychological symptoms [16].…”

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Relationship between particular areas of victimization and mental health in the context of multiple victimizations in Spanish adolescents

Soler

Forns

Kirchner

et al. 2014

Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry

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The main objective of this paper is to study the relationship between different areas of victimization (e.g., sexual victimization) and psychological symptoms taking into account the full range of victimizations adolescents suffer. The final aim is to contribute further evidence regarding the bias that those studies which focus on just one area of victimization may be introducing into our psychological knowledge. A total of 923 adolescents (62.4% girls) between 14 and 18 years old were recruited from seven secondary schools in Catalonia, Spain. The Youth Self-report and the Juvenile Victimization Questionnaire were employed to assess psychological problems (internalizing and externalizing symptoms) and victimization, respectively. The large majority of adolescents reported having experienced more than one area of victimization. However, Conventional Crime area was the one that was more reported in isolation. Overall, the explicative power of a particular area of victimization was greatly reduced or even lost its significance when the other areas were taken into account. However, some areas remained significant and were different by gender. Clinicians and researchers should take into account the whole range of victimizations adolescents suffer when intending to understand the psychological aftermaths of victimization. Some areas of victimization appear to be more important at explaining particular psychological symptoms, those being Peer and Sibling Victimization in the case of boys, and both Conventional Crime and Internet Victimization in the case of girls.

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“…Sexual abuse is not transmitted directly from the victim to the next generation, but rather relates to the dynamics of family functioning against sexual abuse 33,[36][37][38][39] . A girl or a woman who was raped, expected support from her closest ones.…”

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Victimization in childhood as a suicide risk factor in adults

2019

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Background/Aim. There is a burgeoning literature on the association between childhood victimization and the risk of suicidal behavior in early adolescence, while there is significantly less research showing this association in adults. The aim of our study was to examine whether victimization in childhood increased the likelihood of suicide attempt in adults. Methods. The sample consisted of 90 patients, 71 females and 19 males, aged 37.92 ± 11.04 years on average, hospitalized in the Day Hospital of the Clinic of Psychiatry Military Medical Academy, Belgrade, Serbia. The Juvenile Victimization Questionnaire (JVQ), Defense Style Questionnaire (DSQ-40) and Beck Depression Inventory were used for 50 patients following suicide attempt and in 40 patients who were on psychotherapeutic treatment due to various life crises not resulting in suicide attempt. According to the indications, we excluded the patients with psychosis (F20-F29, F30-31 and F 32.3), substances abuse (F10-F19) and dementia (F00-F09), satisfying International Classification of Diseases-10 version (ICD-10) (the World Health Organization criteria). The examinees of both groups were matched by age, education and marital status. Comparison of the patient groups was done by the Students' t-test for the parametric features and Mann-Whitney U test for nonparametric data. Results. The suicide attempters had moderate depression (19.76 ± 10.52) and used immature defense mechanisms (p < 0.001). The JVQ established statistical differences in the Total score (p < 0.005) and in two modules: Peer and Sibling Victimization (p < 0.005) and Sexual victimization (p < 0.005). Conclusion. The adults who were more likely to attempt suicide during their lifetime were more often victims of peer and sexual abuse in their childhood. Data on victimization in early childhood provide opportunities for early detection of persons with suicide risk that could help in the psychotherapeutic work with these patients, but also in the suicide prevention in a wider population. Apstrakt VOJNOSANITETSKI PREGLEDVol. 76, No 7Dedić G, et al. Vojnosanit Pregl 2019; 76 (7): 667-674.češće tokom života pokušale samoubistvo su bile žrtve vršnjačkog i seksualnog zlostavljanja u detinjstvu. Podaci o zlostavljanju u ranom detinjstvu pružaju mogućnosti rane detekcije osoba sa suicidnim rizikom što može pomoći u psihoterapijskom radu sa ovim osobama, kao i u prevenciji suicida u široj populaciji.

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Polyvictimization and Risk for Suicidal Phenomena in a Community Sample of Spanish Adolescents

Cited by 38 publications

References 30 publications

Latent classes of childhood poly-victimization and associations with suicidal behavior among adult trauma victims: Moderating role of anger

Latent classes of childhood poly-victimization and associations with suicidal behavior among adult trauma victims: Moderating role of anger

Relationship between particular areas of victimization and mental health in the context of multiple victimizations in Spanish adolescents

Victimization in childhood as a suicide risk factor in adults

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