Foster Care Youth: The Consequences of Abuse and Neglect

寄养青少年：虐待和忽视的后果

• 批准号: 6935877
• 负责人: JUSTEEN HYDE
• 金额: $ 13.26万
• 依托单位: CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-09-01 至 2008-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6935877
• 关键词: adolescence (12-20); behavioral /social science research tag; child abuse; child behavior disorders; child foster care /adoption; child health care personnel; clinical research; data collection methodology /evaluation; developmental disease /disorder; disease /disorder proneness /risk; health care personnel performance; health related legal; institutional care facility; interview; longitudinal human study; mood disorders; psychological adaptation; psychosocial service; role model; social behavior disorders; social psychology; social service; socioeconomics; statistics /biometry

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application for a KO1 Career Development Award seeks five years of support for education and research activities that will prepare Dr. Justeen Hyde to examine the consequences of child abuse and neglect among adolescents in the foster care system in Los Angeles. Previous research has identified children in foster care with histories of abuse and neglect as a population at high risk for a number of developmental and behavioral problems. Researchers, child welfare advocates and journalists have demonstrated that child welfare programs often fail to address the complex needs of maltreated youth. Given the scarcity of published data on adolescents in foster care, the proposed research and education activities are designed to build a foundation of knowledge about the experience of foster care from multiple perspectives. Education and training activities include: coursework in child/adolescent development, public policy making, and quantitative research methods; participation in formal trainings offered to social workers and foster parents/guardians; and one-on-one mentorship provided by an interdiscplinary group of advisors at the University of Southern California, among others. These activities will prepare her to conduct an ethnographic study of young adolescents, ages 12 to 15, entering foster care for the first time. The specific aims of the proposed research are to: 1) document the histories of maltreatment among adolescents entering foster care for the first time, particularly the age at which maltreatment was first experienced and the types and frequency of abuse; 2) characterize maltreated adolescents' experiences entering and adapting to foster care; 3) identify mediating factors among maltreated adolescents that influence variations in behavioral, emotional and psychological adaptations to foster care placements over time; 4) explore, from multiple perspectives, the most pressing needs of adolescents entering foster care for the first time and appropriate strategies for addressing these needs. A total of 30 adolescents will be recruited from two types of placements and interviewed at three points in time over a 6-month period. A subsample will be recruited for in-depth case studies, which include interviews with case managers and guardians. This project will provide depth to current understandings of the consequences of abuse and neglect on adolescents in foster care. Study findings will be widely disseminated to a range of key stakeholders.

描述（由申请人提供）：这项KO1职业发展奖的申请为教育和研究活动提供了五年的支持，这将使Justeen Hyde博士做好准备，以研究洛杉矶寄养系统中青少年虐待儿童和忽视儿童的后果。先前的研究已经确定了寄养儿童的虐待和忽视历史，是许多发育和行为问题的高风险。研究人员，儿童福利倡导者和记者表明，儿童福利计划通常无法满足虐待青年的复杂需求。鉴于关于寄养青少年的已发表数据稀缺，拟议的研究和教育活动旨在从多个角度建立有关寄养护理经验的知识的基础。教育和培训活动包括：儿童/青少年发展，公共政策制定和定量研究方法的课程；参加向社会工作者和养育父母/监护人提供的正式培训；以及南加州大学等一对一的顾问组提供的一对一指导。这些活动将使她对12至15岁的年轻青少年进行民族志研究，这是第一次进入寄养者。拟议研究的具体目的是：1）记录第一次进入寄养的青少年中虐待的历史，尤其是首次经历了虐待的年龄以及虐待的类型和频率； 2）表征虐待青少年的经历并适应寄养； 3）确定虐待的青少年中的中介因素，这些因素会影响行为，情感和心理适应的变化，以随着时间的流逝而促进护理安置； 4）从多个角度探索青少年首次进入寄养的青少年的最紧迫需求，以及满足这些需求的适当策略。总共将从两种类型的安置中招募30名青少年，并在6个月的时间内在三个时间点接受采访。将招募一个子样本进行深入的案例研究，其中包括对案件经理和监护人的访谈。该项目将为当前对虐待和忽视对寄养青少年的后果的理解提供深度。 研究发现将被广泛传播到一系列关键利益相关者。