Rachel E Siciliano, Marta Korom, Zack Adams, Jason E Chapman, Kayla E Hall, Gretchen R Perhamus, Nadia Bounoa, Donte Bernard, Stephanie Amaya, Carla Kmett Danielson
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Abstract
Polyvictimization, exposure to multiple potentially traumatic events (PTEs), is prevalent and has profound mental health implications. Investigating the patterns and impact of co-occurring PTEs during childhood is essential to design and deliver tailored clinical services. This study included a diverse community sample of 326 youth (ages 7-16). Latent class analysis (LCA) of DSM-5 posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) criterion A events was conducted to identify PTE classes. Classes were further characterized using race-related, peer, and dating victimization, and psychopathology symptoms (PTSD, anxiety, depression). Three classes emerged: (1) low trauma, (2) interpersonal and community violence (IPV/CV), and (3) emotional abuse, neglect, and interpersonal violence in familial relationships (EA/N/IPVFam). Demographics, total PTEs, age at first exposure, race-related events, PTSD, anxiety, and depression symptoms varied across classes, indicating functional significance of identified profiles. Results underscore the importance of considering PTE profiles and person-centered approaches to understand and address trauma-related sequelae in youth.
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Child Maltreatment is the official journal of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC), the nation"s largest interdisciplinary child maltreatment professional organization. Child Maltreatment"s object is to foster professional excellence in the field of child abuse and neglect by reporting current and at-issue scientific information and technical innovations in a form immediately useful to practitioners and researchers from mental health, child protection, law, law enforcement, medicine, nursing, and allied disciplines. Child Maltreatment emphasizes perspectives with a rigorous scientific base that are relevant to policy, practice, and research.