Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7337508 | Social Science & Medicine | 2013 | 13 Pages |
Abstract
⺠Reports U.S. national rates of seven different forms of child victimization. ⺠Children living with single parents and stepparents had higher victimization rates than those living with two biological parents. ⺠Victimization risk was associated parental conflict, drug/alcohol problems, family adversity, and community disorder. ⺠Multiple victimization was the strongest predictor of child psychological distress.
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Authors
Heather A. Turner, David Finkelhor, Sherry L. Hamby, Anne Shattuck,