ABSTRACT

In Chile, there is a little information about child and youth poly-victimization in a national representative sample. The aim of this study was to investigate the lifetime prevalence of victimization and poly-victimization in a large Chilean community sample of children and youth aged 12– 18 years. The sample consisted of 19,648 children and youth (M = 14.72, SD = 1.52), 49.7% males, and 50.3% females, recruited from 699 secondary schools in 15 regions from Chile. The Spanish version of the Juvenile Victimization Questionnaire was applied, assessing six aggregate categories of childhood victimization (conventional crimes, caregiver, peer and sibling, witnessed and indirect, sexual, and electronic victimization). Descriptive analyzes were conducted to establish the prevalence of six types of victimizations and poly-victimization. Odds ratios were used to estimate differences between the genders and age groups. A total of 91.8% males and 93.8% females reported at least one type of victimization in their lifetimes. Females were generally more exposed to victimization than males and older youth were more exposed to victimization than early youth. Results indicated that exposure to multiple types of victimization was very common, indeed, the most victimized group (polivictims) reported 14 or more types of victimization in their lifetimes. This study provided a more general view of the child and youth victimization in Chilean population and new information on the epidemiology of victimization in the international context.

摘要

在智利，全国代表性样本中关于儿童和青少年多重受害的信息很少。本研究的目的是调查智利 12-18 岁儿童和青年的大型社区样本中受害和多重受害的终生流行率。样本由 19,648 名儿童和青少年组成（M = 14.72，SD = 1.52)，49.7% 的男性和 50.3% 的女性，从智利 15 个地区的 699 所中学招募。应用了西班牙版本的青少年受害问卷，评估了六种儿童受害的汇总类别（传统犯罪、照顾者、同伴和兄弟姐妹、目击和间接、性和电子受害）。进行了描述性分析，以确定六种受害和多重受害的普遍性。优势比用于估计性别和年龄组之间的差异。共有 91.8% 的男性和 93.8% 的女性报告了他们一生中至少一种类型的受害。女性通常比男性更容易受到伤害，年长的青年比早期青年更容易受到伤害。结果表明，接触多种类型的受害非常普遍，事实上，受害最多的群体（政治人物）在其一生中报告了 14 种或更多类型的受害。这项研究提供了关于智利人口中儿童和青年受害情况的更一般性观点，以及有关国际背景下受害流行病学的新信息。