Longitudinal predictors of children's self-blame appraisals among military families reported for family violence.

Autor: Rancher C; National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA. Electronic address: rancher@musc.edu., Hanson R; National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA., Williams LM; Wellesley Centers for Women, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA, USA., Saunders BE; National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA., Smith DW; National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Child abuse & neglect [Child Abuse Negl] 2024 Jan; Vol. 147, pp. 106596. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Dec 09.
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106596
Abstrakt: Background: Although children's self-blame appraisals are recognized as important sequelae of child victimization that contribute to subsequent adjustment problems, little is known about the factors that predict their development and longitudinal course.
Objective: The current study examines the stability and longitudinal predictors of children's self-blame appraisals among a sample of children reported for family violence.
Participants and Setting: Children (N = 195; 63 % female) aged 7 to 17 years (M age  = 12.17) were recruited as part of a longitudinal assessment of families referred to the United States Navy's Family Advocacy Program due to allegations of child physical abuse, sexual abuse, or intimate partner violence.
Methods: Children completed assessments on self-blame at 3 time points (baseline, 9-12 months, and 18-24 months) and baseline measures of their victimization experience, caregiver-child conflict, and depression.
Results: In univariate analyses, victimization that involved injury (r = 0.29, p < .001), the number of perpetrators (r = 0.23, p = .001), the number of victimization types (r = 0.32, p < .001), caregiver-child conflict (r = 0.36, p < .001), and depression (r = 0.39, p < .001) were each positively associated with baseline self-blame. When examined in a single longitudinal multilevel model, results indicated only caregiver-child conflict (b = 0.08, p = .007) and baseline depression (b = 0.06, p = .013) predicted increases in self-blame.
Conclusion: Findings suggest clinicians and researchers may consider assessment of victimization characteristics, caregiver-child relationships, and depression symptoms to identify children most at risk for developing self-blame appraisals.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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