Victimization and Poly-victimization in Adolescents
Abstract:
The article focuses on youth victimization and pays a special attention to polyvictimization,
i.e. co-occurrence of different types of victimization, which has proven to
be a particularly adverse condition. The authors both summarize key findings of previous
research and offer results of the Czech survey Výzkum městské mládeže (Urban Youth
Survey) from 2015 which targeted youth from 9th grades of schools (N = 1546). The results
reveal that an experience with victimization is a commonplace among Czech juveniles
and highlight differences in victimization prevalence among certain socio-demographic
categories. Furthermore, a poly-victimization index is constructed and specific characteristics
of poly-victims are examined and discussed. Overall, the findings are in congruence
with previous international research and imply that youth victimization is not a marginal
phenomenon in Czechia and its research would highly benefit from inclusion of poly-victimization
into its framework.
Keywords:
victimization, poly-victimization, children, Czech Republic
Authors:
Zuzana Podaná, Denisa Okolie
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