Violence, health and revictimization; a longitudinal study
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Main objective
The primary aim of the project is to establish knowledge of factors that are associated with the risk of being revictimized for adolescents and young adults. Furthermore the study will produce knowledge concerning the associative factors between being exposed to violence and abuse, revictimization and health. The findings of this research can be used for preventative measures.
Method
This is a follow-up study of individuals that participated in the 2013 “Safety, violence and quality of life in Norway” (T1) survey. Participants that reported severe violence during their childhood (before the age of 18 years) are selected from the T1 data collection. A control group will be chosen from respondents of T1 that are of the same sex and age, yet who have not reported similar exposure to violence. All participants that are re-contacted have already agreed to be re-contacted during the T1 survey (91% answered positively to being re-contacted).
The telephone interviews, will be conducted by Ipsos MMI for the subsequent data collections T2 and T3.
The following variable groups will be investigated: introduction and exposure to violence, health, health behavior, social support, childhood living conditions and environment, present life situation and demography.
Publications
Aakvaag, H. F., & Strøm, I. F. (Red.) (2019). Vold i oppveksten: Varige spor? En longitudinell undersøkelse av reviktimisering, helse, rus og sosiale relasjoner hos unge utsatt for vold i barndommen [Does childhood exposure to violence have a lasting impact? A longitudinal study of revictimization, health, substance use, and social relations among young people who were subjected to violence during childhood] Norwegian only. Oslo: Nasjonalt kunnskapssenter om vold og traumatisk stress. (Rapport 1/2019).
Birkeland, M. S., Strøm, I. F., Myhre, M. C., & Thoresen, S. (2019). Am I an island? A network analysis exploring aspects of social landscapes after childhood violence. Psychological Trauma. doi:10.1037/tra0000483
Rueness, J., Myhre, M. C., Strøm, I. F., Wentzel-Larsen, T., Dyb, G., & Thoresen, S. (2019). Child abuse and physical health: A population-based study on physical health complaints among adolescents and young adults. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. doi:10.1177/1403494819848581
Rueness, J., Myhre, M. C., Strøm, I. F., Wentzel-Larsen, T., Dyb, G., & Thoresen, S. (2019). The mediating role of posttraumatic stress reactions in the relationship between child abuse and physical health complaints in adolescence and young adulthood. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 10(1). doi:10.1080/20008198.2019.1608719
Strøm, I. F., Aakvaag, H. F., Birkeland, M. S., & Thoresen, S.Felix, E. (2018). The mediating role of shame in the relationship between childhood bullying victimization and adult psychosocial adjustment. [El papel mediador de la verguenza en la relacion entre la victimizacion por acoso en la infancia y el ajuste psicosocial de los adultos]. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 9(1). doi:10.1080/20008198.2017.1418570
Thoresen, S., Aakvaag, H. F., Strøm, I. F., Wentzel-Larsen, T., & Birkeland, M. S. (2018). Loneliness as a mediator of the relationship between shame and health problems in young people exposed to childhood violence. Social Science and Medicine, 211, 183-189. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.06.002
Aakvaag, H. F., Thoresen, S., Strøm, I. F., Myhre, M. C., & Hjemdal, O. K. (2018). Shame predicts revictimization in victims of childhood violence. A prospective study of a general Norwegian population sample. Psychological Trauma, 11(1), 43-50. doi:10.1037/tra0000373
Strøm, I. F., Hjemdal, O. K., Myhre, M. C., Wentzel-Larsen, T., & Thoresen, S. (2017). The social context of violence: A study of repeated victimization in adolescents and young adults. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 35(11-12), 2210-2235. doi:10.1177/0886260517696867
Aakvaag, H. F., Thoresen, S., Wentzel-Larsen, T., & Dyb, G. (2017). Adult victimization in female survivors of childhood violence and abuse: the contribution of multiple types of violence. Violence against Women, 23(13), 1601-1619. doi:10.1177/1077801216664427
Thoresen, S., & Myhre, M. C. (2016). Tiden leger ikke alle sår. Vold og traumer i et livsløpsperspektiv. In C. Øverlien, M. I. Hauge & J. H. Schultz (Red.) Barn, vold og traumer. Møter med unge i utsatte livssituasjoner. (pp. 150-166). Universitetsforlaget.