Childhood poly-victimization and children’s health: A nationally representative study |
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| Institution: | 1. Grup de Recerca en Victimització Infantil i Adolescent (GReVIA), Universitat de Barcelona, Spain;2. Departament de Psicologia Clínica i Psicobiologia, Facultat de Psicologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain;3. Departament de Psicologia Social i Psicologia Quantitativa, Facultat de Psicologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain;4. Institut de Neurociències (IR3C), Universitat de Barcelona, Spain |
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| Abstract: | BackgroundAlthough research on the negative effects of childhood poly-victimization is substantial, few studies have examined the relationship between poly-victimization and younger children’s physical health and diseases.ObjectiveThis study examines the associations between poly-victimization and children’s health problems requiring medical attention.MethodsA national stratified cluster random sampling was used to select and approach 25% of the total primary schools in Taiwan, and 49% of the approached schools agreed to participate in this study. We collected data with a self-report questionnaire from 6233 (4th-grade) students aged 10–11, covering every city and county in Taiwan.ResultsLogistic regression analyses demonstrate a significant dose-response relationship between children’s poly-victimization exposure and their health problems including hospitalization, serious injury, surgery, daily-medication requirements, heart murmurs, asthma, dizziness or fainting, allergies, kidney disease, therapies for special needs, smoking, and alcohol use. The results indicate that children’s risk of having a health problem grew significantly with each increase in the number of victimization types that children experienced.ConclusionsThese research findings underscore the effect of poly-victimization on children’s health problems requiring medical attention, and stress the need for both proper screening methods for children’s exposure to poly-victimization and stronger awareness of poly-victimization’s effects on health conditions in healthcare clinics. |
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| Keywords: | Childhood victimization Poly-victimization Adverse childhood experiences Pediatric health outcome Health |
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