Thesis
Poly-Victimization and Delinquency Behaviors: Consequences of Childhood Trauma
(2018)
Abstract
In this secondary analysis study of Developmental Victimization Survey (DVS) data, interactions between childhood poly-victimizations, delinquency behaviors, and trauma symptoms were examined to discover if poly-victimization had a predictive relationship with both adverse responses, in comparison to non-poly-victimization, when mediated by socioeconomic status (SES). Victimizations were operationalized based on low to moderate levels of severity, excluding highly severe victimizations. This focus was meant to explore the idea that less severe victimizations may cause harmful effects for children and that those effects may lead to further trauma, as mediated. Mediation analyses were divided by age groups and results showed that there is a moderately significant SES-mediated relationship between specified victimizations, delinquency behaviors, and trauma symptoms for teens. A slightly significant SES-mediated relationship between poly-victimization and trauma symptoms for children was also noted.
Keywords
- poly-victimization,
- developmental trauma,
- delinquency behaviors
Disciplines
Publication Date
Spring April, 2018
Degree
BA
Field of study
Psychology
Department
Psychology
Advisor
Reed M. Mueller, PhD
Citation Information
Christa N McCutchen. "Poly-Victimization and Delinquency Behaviors: Consequences of Childhood Trauma" (2018) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/r-mueller/50/