Gilbert, Dorie J.Schwab, Arthur J.2015-02-162018-01-222018-01-222014-12December 2http://hdl.handle.net/2152/28488textMost children exposed to interpersonal violence experience multiple forms of victimizations that are more predictive of trauma symptomatology than single traumatic incidents. This exploratory study seeks to extend research that suggests a child’s intrinsic strengths may help mitigate the development of serious psychiatric symptoms for children experiencing multiple interfamilial victimizations. Utilizing a diverse clinical sample (N= 106) of children 7 to 18 years of age who were exposed to multiple family traumas or to non-interpersonal traumas, path analysis models (moderation, mediational, and moderated mediational) were employed across potential explanatory or attenuating demographic factors (age, ethnicity, and gender) to ascertain the associations between multiple interpersonal maltreatment types experienced, childs’ behavioral and emotional strengths, and their posttraumatic stress symptomatology and/or behavioral and emotional difficulty symptoms.application/pdfenInterpersonal violenceBehavioral and emotional strengthsPsychopathology of traumaChild maltreatmentMultiple child maltreatmentsPath analysis modelsChild abuseDomestic violence and witnessing violenceChildhood violence exposureChild strengthsMediational modelModeratorsChildren exposed to violencePosttraumatic Stress SymptomatologyBehavioral and Emotional Difficulty symptomsThesis2015-02-16