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Child and Family Victimisation

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Global Health".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 2772

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Ko-Ling Chan

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Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China
Interests: child maltreatment; intimate partner violence; child and family poly-victimisation; chinese migration and child welfare
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Dr. Camilla Kin Ming Lo

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Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China
Interests: child maltreatment; intimate partner violence; parent-child attachment; addiction
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Child and family victimisation, referring to the victimisation experienced by various forms of violence including but not limited to child abuse and neglect, violence and bullying by peer and siblings, intimate partner violence, and elder abuse, continue to be a prevalent problem that leads to lasting negative consequences on victims and families. Recent research efforts have been focused on combating child and family victimisation through early screening and identification, addressing co-occurrence and commonalities of different types of victimisation, and multi-level (individual, family, community, and policy levels) prevention and intervention strategies. In light of the complexity of the problem, comprehensive and innovative approaches are needed to strengthen the protection of children and families.

This Special Issue on Child and Family Victimisation seeks high-quality original articles related to the following areas: (i) child polyvictimisation and family polyvictimisation; (ii) associations between child and family victimisation and other types of extrafamilial violence; (iii) cultural-specific issues on the problem, and (iv) prevention or intervention strategies addressing the problem, particularly those involving innovative approaches. Empirical studies, systematic reviews, and meta-analytic studies will be considered. The keywords listed below provide an outline of some possible areas of interest.

Prof. Dr. Ko-Ling Chan
Dr. Camilla Kin Ming LO
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • Child victimisation
  • Child abuse and neglect
  • Child maltreatment
  • Family victimisation
  • Intimate partner violence
  • Elder abuse and neglect
  • Sibling violence
  • In-law violence
  • Parent abuse
  • Polyvictimisation
  • Bullying and cyberbullying
  • Prevention
  • Intervention

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13 pages, 325 KiB  
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Sex Differences in the Relationships between Forms of Peer Victimization and Reactive and Proactive Aggression in Schoolchildren
by Annis Lai-Chu Fung
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18(10), 5443; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18105443 - 19 May 2021
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Abstract
The original study investigated sex differences in the relationships between multiple forms of peer victimization (physical victimization, verbal victimization, and social exclusion) and subtypes of aggression (reactive aggression and proactive aggression) in schoolchildren. A self-report questionnaire assessing levels of peer victimization and aggression [...] Read more.
The original study investigated sex differences in the relationships between multiple forms of peer victimization (physical victimization, verbal victimization, and social exclusion) and subtypes of aggression (reactive aggression and proactive aggression) in schoolchildren. A self-report questionnaire assessing levels of peer victimization and aggression was administered to 3790 schoolchildren (1916 males and 1874 females) aged 11 to 17 (M = 13.19; SD = 1.17) from 10 middle schools in Hong Kong. The pure effect of each subtype of aggression were evaluated by statistically controlling for another subtype of aggression in analyses. Furthermore, participants were classified as non-aggressors, reactive aggressors, proactive aggressors, and reactive–proactive aggressors to investigate their differences in specific forms of peer victimization. Data were analyzed by hierarchical linear regression and ANOVA. The results showed: (1) Sex significantly moderated the relationship between specific forms of peer victimization and subtypes of aggression; (2) In males, reactive aggression was positively predicted by verbal victimization; proactive aggression was positively predicted by physical victimization and social exclusion, and negatively predicted by verbal victimization; (3) In females, reactive aggression was positively predicted by physical victimization and social exclusion; proactive aggression was negatively predicted by social exclusion; and (4) Reactive–proactive aggressors reported more physical victimization than other types of aggressors. The findings have significant implications for distinctive functions of reactive and proactive aggression and the need to develop differentiated interventions for male and female schoolchildren. Full article
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