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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
Psychological problems, protective factors and health‐related quality of life in youth affected by violence: The burden of the multiply victimised
Contributor:
Schlack, Robert;
Ravens‐Sieberer, Ulrike;
Petermann, Franz
imprint:
Wiley, 2013
Published in:Journal of Adolescence
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1016/j.adolescence.2013.03.006
ISSN:
0140-1971;
1095-9254
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
<jats:title>ABSTRACT</jats:title><jats:p>This study investigates self‐rated mental health in terms of psychological problems, protective factors and health‐related quality of life (HRQOL) in a nationally representative sample of adolescents (<jats:italic>n</jats:italic> = 6813) aged 11–17 involved in violence with varying frequency. Using MANCOVA and ANCOVA, youth with single and multiple histories of violent victimisation and violence perpetration were contrasted with non‐involved comparisons. The results show that even low levels of violence involvement were associated with more problems, fewer protective factors and impaired HRQOL. Multiply victimised youth – not perpetrating victims – stood out with internalising, peer and hyperactivity/inattention problems. Discriminant function analysis separated non‐involved from violence‐affected youth, and multiply victimised from not multiply victimised youth. Externalising behaviours, family issues, male sex and school functioning predicted group separation on the first function (proportion variance explained 80.0%), while internalising and peer issues were predictive for the second function (PVE 14.2%). Implications for prevention, intervention and research are discussed.</jats:p>