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| Titre de l’article | Exploring trajectories of different types of maltreatment in young adults formerly in youth residential care – Results from the Swiss-wide cohort study ‘Youth Welfare Trajectories: Learning from Experience (JAEL)’ |
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| Code d’article | P23 |
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| Forme de présentation | Poster |
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Exploring trajectories of different types of maltreatment in young adults formerly in youth residential care – Results from the Swiss-wide cohort study ‘Youth Welfare Trajectories: Learning from Experience (JAEL)’ David Bürgin1,2, Laura Gurri1, Cyril Boonmann1,3, Nils Jenkel1, Klaus Schmeck1 & Marc Schmid1 1) Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Research Department, University Psychiatric Hospitals, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland 2) Jacobs Center for Productive Youth Development, Department of Psychology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland 3) LUMC Curium Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands Introduction: Children placed in out-of-home care report high rates of childhood maltreatment, trauma, and accumulation of stressors. This presentation aims to explore the cumulation, duration, gender-differences, and incidence-trajectories of different types of childhood maltreatment in formerly out-of-home placed young adults. Methods: The ‘Maltreatment-and-Abuse-Chronology-of-Exposure’ (MACE-X) scale was filled-out by 184 young adult Swiss care-leaver (Mage = 26.6, 33.2% women). The MACE allows to retrospectively examine exposure to ten types of maltreatment. For each of the 75 items, years of exposure are reported. Results: Overall, 87.5% of participants reported at least one type of childhood maltreatment before the age of 18. Severity of maltreatment was highest at the age of 12 and was higher for girls across all years of childhood. Different types of maltreatment showed distinct incidence-trajectories. For instance, emotional and physical neglect showed the highest stability. Witnessing intra-familiar violence peaked at age 8, whereas peer abuse was more prevalent in the ages of 12-14. Discussion: Childhood maltreatment is common in children placed in out-of-home care underlining the need for prevention and early intervention targeted towards healthy family-functioning. For prevention and intervention efforts, it is crucial to be aware of potential gender-differences, different trajectories over time and the patterning of different types of exposures. |