OBJECTIVE:: To assess the utility and performance of the 34-item Juvenile Victimization
Questionnaire (JVQ) in eliciting the recent victimization experiences of a national sample of …

OBJECTIVE: Children who experience multiple victimizations (referred to in this paper as
poly-victims) need to be identified because they are at particularly high risk of additional …

OBJECTIVE: This study presents evaluative data on the Childhood Experiences of Violence
Questionnaire (CEVQ), a brief, self-report measure of youth victimization. METHODS …

The study and treatment of juvenile victimization would greatly benefit from instruments that
are comprehensive, methodologically sound, and relevant to settings such as health and …

Objective: To provide the first validity evidence for the Juvenile Victimization Questionnaire
(JVQ) under the causal indicators approach, using lifetime experiences of victimization in a …

Youth service professionals are increasingly expected to monitor local child victimization
trends and evaluate the effectiveness of prevention and treatment programs. The use of …

Research examining childhood abuse has shown an association between victimization and
psychiatric diagnoses (eg, posttraumatic stress disorder, depression). Historically …

OBJECTIVE: To use a lifetime assessment of victimization experiences to identify children
and youth with high cumulative levels of victimization (poly-victims). Also to compare such …

Objective To assess trends in children's exposure to abuse, violence, and crime
victimizations. Design An analysis based on a comparison of 2 cross-sectional national …

OBJECTIVE: The goal of this study is to examine the role of psychological distress in
predicting child re-victimization across various forms including conventional crime …