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Trauma Exposure in Primary School Children: Who Is at Risk?

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In order to direct efforts to prevent children from being exposed to trauma and its psychosocial consequences, more knowledge is needed about which children are at risk. Therefore, we examined demographic risk factors for trauma exposure in a sample of Dutch primary school children in the general population (N = 1,770, mean age 10.24 years). Fourteen percent of the children reported exposure. Age was positively associated with exposure while sex, ethnicity, and region of residence did not emerge as significant risk factors. These results imply that prevention measures should be provided not only to groups of children who are traditionally considered vulnerable but broadly.

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Alisic, E., van der Schoot, T.A.W., van Ginkel, J.R. et al. Trauma Exposure in Primary School Children: Who Is at Risk?. Journ Child Adol Trauma 1, 263–269 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1080/19361520802279075

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