Guzmán Danice B, Miller-Graff Laura E, Scheid Caroline R
University of Notre Dame, IN, USA.
J Interpers Violence. 2022 Jan;37(1-2):NP1125-NP1146. doi: 10.1177/0886260520917514. Epub 2020 May 19.
This study examined typologies of childhood polyvictimization and the associations of profiles with demographic characteristics at the levels of child, household, and primary caregiver. This study evaluated a sample of children aged 4 to 17 years residing in San Juan de Lurigancho District, an urban setting on the edge of Lima, Peru ( = 384). An in-person interview of the primary caregiver of each child was conducted in June 2018, assessing the victimization of the child, the caregiver's exposure to trauma and abuse, and general socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of the household. Latent class analysis was used to identify typologies of child victimization. Follow-up analysis was conducted to quantify differences between the classes which emerged, in terms of the child, caregiver, and household. Five classes emerged: High Peer victimization, Moderate Community victimization; High Community victimization; Verbal Abuse; High victimization across domains; and Low victimization across domains. Caregiver exposure to trauma was positively associated with membership in the high-exposure classes. This study offers a unique opportunity to more deeply understand childhood exposure to violence in Latin America, specifically in an urban setting in Peru, and to further understand how childhood victimization is associated with various characteristics of the child, caregiver, and household. These findings could inform interventions supporting children and families at risk of exposure to violence in Peru or globally.
本研究考察了儿童多重受害的类型，以及在儿童、家庭和主要照料者层面上不同受害类型与人口统计学特征之间的关联。本研究评估了居住在秘鲁利马边缘城市地区圣胡安德卢里甘乔区的384名4至17岁儿童的样本。2018年6月对每个儿童的主要照料者进行了面对面访谈，评估儿童的受害情况、照料者遭受创伤和虐待的经历，以及家庭的一般社会经济和人口统计学特征。采用潜在类别分析来确定儿童受害的类型。进行了后续分析，以量化所出现的不同类别在儿童、照料者和家庭方面的差异。出现了五类情况：高同伴受害型、中度社区受害型、高社区受害型、言语虐待型、跨领域高受害型和跨领域低受害型。照料者遭受创伤与属于高暴露类别呈正相关。本研究提供了一个独特的机会，能更深入地了解拉丁美洲儿童遭受暴力的情况，特别是在秘鲁的城市环境中，并进一步了解儿童受害情况如何与儿童、照料者和家庭的各种特征相关联。这些研究结果可为支持秘鲁或全球面临暴力风险的儿童和家庭的干预措施提供参考。
