Zachary W. Adams|Angela D. Moreland|Joseph R. Cohen|Robert C. Lee|Rochelle F. Hanson|Carla Kmett Danielson|Shannon Self-Brown|Ernestine C. Briggs
Polyvictimization: Latent profiles and mental health outcomes in a clinical sample of adolescents.
exposure multiple traumatic events polyvictimization reliable predictor deleterious health outcomes risk behaviors adolescence current study extends literature prevalence consequences adolescent trauma exposure empirically identifying characterizing trauma exposure profiles large ethnically diverse multisite clinical sample adolescents b evaluating relations among identified profiles demographic characteristics clinical correlatesdata national child traumatic stress network core data set used identify characterize victimization profiles using latent class analysis sample 3485 adolescents ages 1318 63 female 357 white 232 blackafrican american 350 hispaniclatino multiple measures psychological distress risk behaviors evaluated covariates trauma exposure classesfive trauma exposure classes profiles identified four classesrepresenting approximately half samplewere characterized polyvictimization polyvictimization classes differentiated number trauma types whether emotional abuse occurred whether emotional abuse occurred single multiple developmental epochs unique relations demographic characteristics mental health outcomes observedresults suggest polyvictimization unidimensional phenomenon diverse set trauma exposure experiences unique correlates among youth research prevention polyvictimization mechanisms linking chronic trauma exposure gender ethnicity negative outcomes warranted