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David Finkelhor
Researcher at University of New Hampshire
Publications - 400
Citations - 62310
David Finkelhor is an academic researcher from University of New Hampshire. The author has contributed to research in topics: Poison control & Child abuse. The author has an hindex of 117, co-authored 382 publications receiving 58094 citations. Previous affiliations of David Finkelhor include Durham University.
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The Developmental Epidemiology of Childhood Victimization
TL;DR: The overall mean number of victimizations during a single year increased with age, as did the percentage of children with polyvictimizations (4 or more different kinds of victimization).
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Polyvictimization in Developmental Context
TL;DR: In this article, a national sample of children and youth were assessed for 36 different kinds of victimization using the Juvenile Victimization Questionnaire, and polyvictimization at every developmental level was strongly associated with distress symptoms.
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Association of Sibling Aggression With Child and Adolescent Mental Health
TL;DR: Comparison of sibling versus peer aggression generally showed that sibling and peer aggression independently and uniquely predicted worsened mental health.
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Family Context, Victimization, and Child Trauma Symptoms: Variations in Safe, Stable, and Nurturing Relationships During Early and Middle Childhood
Heather A. Turner,David Finkelhor,Richard Ormrod,Sherry Hamby,Rebecca T. Leeb,James A. Mercy,Melissa K. Holt +6 more
TL;DR: Of all SSNR variables considered, emotional abuse and inconsistent or hostile parenting emerged as having the most powerful independent effects on child trauma symptoms, which supported a cumulative risk model, whereby trauma symptom levels increased with each additional SSNR risk factor to which children were exposed.
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Psychological distress as a risk factor for re-victimization in children
TL;DR: It is suggested that practitioners should expand the forms of victimization that are assessed when working with victimized children and treatment should not only focus on alleviating psychological distress, but also on the role it may play in raising the risk for re-victimization.