CAREGIVER PATTERNS THAT MODERATE CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT

缓和虐待和忽视儿童的看护者模式

• 批准号: 7143345
• 负责人: WILLIAM F WHELAN
• 金额: $ 7.58万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-09-01 至 2008-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7143345
• 关键词: behavioral /social science research tag; caregivers; child abuse; child behavior; child foster care /adoption; child welfare; clinical research; developmental psychology; early experience; emotional adjustment; family structure /dynamics; human subject; mathematical model; mental health epidemiology; middle childhood (6-11); parent offspring interaction; preschool child (1-5); psychological models; psychological stressor; questionnaires; behavioral /social science research tag; caregivers; child abuse; child behavior; child foster care /adoption; child welfare; clinical research; developmental psychology; early experience; emotional adjustment; family structure /dynamics; human subject; mathematical model; mental health epidemiology; middle childhood (6-11); parent offspring interaction; preschool child (1-5); psychological models; psychological stressor; questionnaires

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The overall objective of the study is to determine the contribution of child and caregiver variables in the behavioral and emotional functioning of maltreated children who are placed in foster or adoptive care. The specific aims of the study are to answer the following questions: 1) Which child and caregiver variables moderate the effects of abuse and neglect on children's behavior (i .e., which variables are associated with better child functioning in the new placement?) and 2) Does the type and severity of preplacement maltreatment predict a child's behavior in a foster or adoptive home? Sample: The sample includes 130 child-parent dyads referred to the UVA Child-Parent Attachment Clinic. All children have histories of maltreatment and are between the ages of 1 and 7 years. The caregivers include foster and adoptive parents. Measures: Information is gathered from each of the dyads according to a standard clinic protocol. Questionairre measures include the Child-Behavior Checklist (CBCL), Parenting Stress Index (PSI), and the Symptom Checklist 90-R (SCL-90-R). Observational coding measures include the Infant and Preschool Strange Situations (adapted for older children), and the Caregiver Behavior Coding System. Maltreatment information is gathered from clinic files, agency reports, and from interviews, and is coded for type and severity of maltreatment. Analyses:The sample size (> 130) is sufficient to detect medium effect sizes (d=.15) at p<.05 in multiple regression with 5 independent variables and chi square analyses. Coder agreement will be determined with Cohen's kappa. Hierarchical multiple regression will be used to determine the amount of variance accounted for in CBCL scores and attachment behavior by type and severity of pre- placement maltreatment. Independent variables include PSI, SCL-90-R, and Caregiver Behavior Ratings. Structural equation modeling will test a path model of hypothesized relationships among variables.

描述（由申请人提供）：该研究的总体目的是确定儿童和照料者变量在虐待或收养护理中虐待儿童的行为和情感功能中的贡献。该研究的具体目的是回答以下问题：1）哪些儿童和护理人员变量可以缓解虐待和忽视对儿童行为的影响（即，哪些变量与在新安置中更好地发挥儿童的功能相关？样本：样本包括130个儿童二元组，称为UVA儿童依恋诊所。所有儿童都有虐待的历史，年龄在1至7岁之间。照顾者包括养父母和养父母。措施：根据标准诊所方案从每个二元组收集信息。问题仪措施包括子行为清单（CBCL），育儿应力指数（PSI）和症状清单90-R（SCL-90-R）。观察性编码措施包括婴儿和学龄前奇怪的情况（适合年龄较大的孩子）以及护理人员行为编码系统。虐待信息是从诊所档案，代理报告和访谈中收集的，并被编码为虐待的类型和严重性。分析：样本量（> 130）足以检测具有5个自变量和CHI平方分析的多个回归中p <.05时的中等效应大小（d = .15）。编码员协议将与Cohen的Kappa确定。分层多重回归将用于确定CBCL得分和依恋行为的差异数量，并按照预位虐待的类型和严重性。自变量包括PSI，SCL-90-R和护理人员行为评级。结构方程建模将测试变量之间假设关系的路径模型。