Polyvictimization from Age 10 to 19. A Cohort-Sequential Longitudinal Study Focusing on both Negative and Positive Developmental Trajectories

Victimized children are often exposed to multiple forms of victimization, so-called polyvictimization. Polyvictimization has several negative consequences for children’s health and wellbeing. Children exposed to polyvictimization also runs a higher risk of repeated victimization, however, that is not the reality for all polyvictimized children. The current project aims to improve the understanding of the heterogeneous development of children exposed to polyvictimization, focusing both negative and positive developmental trajectories. We will also explore patterns of victimization as well as risk- and protective factors that could explain how and why polyvictimization has severe consequences for victimized youth. The results from the project will have practical implications for young people facing polyvictimization.