@article{ref1,
title="Longitudinal effects of violent victimization during adolescence on adverse outcomes in adulthood: a focus on prosocial attachments",
journal="Journal of pediatrics",
year="2015",
author="Turanovic, Jillian J. and Pratt, Travis C.",
volume="166",
number="4",
pages="1062-9.e1",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To assess how prosocial attachments to school and family may diminish the effects of violent victimization during adolescence on adverse outcomes in adulthood. STUDY DESIGN: We analyzed secondary data on 13 555 participants from waves 1 (1994-1995) and 3 (2001-2002) of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, a nationally representative sample of US high school and middle school students. Adverse outcomes in adulthood included offending, alcohol problems, drug use, risky sexual behavior, violent victimization, depression, low self-esteem, suicidality, hospitalizations, sexually transmitted infections, extreme weight control, and obesity. Analyses were conducted separately for males and females. <br><br>RESULTS: Our multivariate regression analyses demonstrated that adolescent victimization is a significant predictor of a host of problems in adulthood. Nevertheless, attachment to school and to family meaningfully reduced the effect of victimization on nearly every adult outcome we assessed. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Strong attachments to school and family in adolescence can reduce the long-term harms of violence on the lives of young persons. Incorporating this insight into regular clinical assessment could yield significant behavioral, health, and psychoemotional benefits for victims of violence.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-3476",
doi="10.1016/j.jpeds.2014.12.059",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2014.12.059"
}