A Backpack of Burdens - Investigating Polyvictimization in a multidisciplinary Child Protection Context
Ida Haahr-Pedersen
Trinity College
Ida Haahr-Pedersen is a doctoral researcher in the CONTEXT-programme: The COllaborative Network for Training and EXcellence in psychoTraumatology.
Ida Haahr-Pedersen is based at Trinity College Dublin and is conducting her research on polyvictimization among children in the partner organization of the research project: The Danish Children Centers. Ida Haahr-Pedersen graduated with an MSc in Sociology from the University of Copenhagen, completing additional training in the Department of Social Sciences at the Humboldt University of Berlin. Before joining the CONTEXT programme, Ida worked as a research assistant in a psychological clinic for children with sexual behaviour problems.
The international CONTEXT-programme is a three-year doctoral training programme and has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 722523.
Abstract
Background: Research has documented how children and adolescents exposed to one type of maltreatment are likely to having experienced additional forms of victimizations. Exposure to multiple types of victimizations, also... [ view full abstract ]
Background: Research has documented how children and adolescents exposed to one type of maltreatment are likely to having experienced additional forms of victimizations. Exposure to multiple types of victimizations, also defined as polyvictimization, has shown to be highly predictive of negative psychological outcomes and research indicates that polyvictimized children and youth are at particularly high risk for long-term mental health problems.
The complex concept of polyvictimization also calls into question the planning of prevention and treatment programs, which are often arranged around distinct victimization types. Polyvictimization is, therefore, a highly relevant concept to discuss in relation to cross-sectoral prevention and treatment organization in child abuse cases.
Objectives: To investigate the role of polyvictimization in relation to explaining adverse psychological outcomes among children in a multidisciplinary child protection context: The Danish Children Centers (DCC).
To understand how the analytical findings on polyvictimization can inform the
interdisciplinary work processes of The DCC in order to create more effective referral and treatment planning for children and adolescents exposed to multiple types of victimizations.
Methods: Latent class analysis and regression modeling will identify subgroups of children and youth characterized by similar abuse patterns and investigate associations between polyvictimization and negative outcomes. Focus group discussions with cross-sectoral child welfare representatives and interviews with survivors of childhood polyvictimization will create recommendations for future prevention and treatment planning.
Expected outcomes: Identification of distinct polyvictimization profiles in a clinical child sample, linking trauma exposures to negative outcomes and recommendations for how to improve multidisciplinary prevention and treatment interventions for polyvictimized children and youth.
Authors
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Ida Haahr-Pedersen
(Trinity College)
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Maj Hansen
(University of Southern Denmark)
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Rikke Holm Bramsen
(University of Southern Denmark)
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Pernille Spitz
(The Danish Children Centers)
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Philip Hyland
(National College of Ireland, Centre For Global Health, Trinity College Dublin)
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Frédérique Vallières
(Centre For Global Health, Trinity College Dublin)
Topic Area
Voice of the Child
Session
Daily » Poster Sessions (14:00 - Wednesday, 4th October, King Willem Alexander Foyer)
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