Victimization and Adversity Among Children Experiencing War-related Parental Absence or Deployment in a Nationally Representative US Sample

Interview data were used to compare rates of victimization and adversity among children with war-related parental deployment and those without war-related parental deployment. The associations between victimization and adversity and child trauma symptoms and delinquency were also explored. Results indicate that war-related parental deployments increased children's risk of victimization and adversity, which was associated with children's trauma symptoms and delinquency.