@article{ref1,
title="Psychological problems, protective factors and health-related quality of life in youth affected by violence: The burden of the multiply victimised",
journal="Journal of Adolescence",
year="2013",
author="Schlack, Robert and Ravens-Sieberer, Ulrike and Petermann, Franz",
volume="36",
number="3",
pages="587-601",
abstract="This study investigates self-rated mental health in terms of psychological problems, protective factors and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in a nationally representative sample of adolescents (n=6813) aged 11-17 involved in violence with varying frequency. Using MANCOVA and ANCOVA, youth with single and multiple histories of violent victimisation and violence perpetration were contrasted with non-involved comparisons. The results show that even low levels of violence involvement were associated with more problems, fewer protective factors and impaired HRQOL. Multiply victimised youth - not perpetrating victims - stood out with internalising, peer and hyperactivity/inattention problems. Discriminant function analysis separated non-involved from violence-affected youth, and multiply victimised from not multiply victimised youth. Externalising behaviours, family issues, male sex and school functioning predicted group separation on the first function (proportion variance explained 80.0%), while internalising and peer issues were predictive for the second function (PVE 14.2%). Implications for prevention, intervention and research are discussed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0140-1971",
doi="10.1016/j.adolescence.2013.03.006",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2013.03.006"
}