Attention Problems Mediate the Association between Severity of Physical Abuse and Aggressive Behavior in a Sample of Maltreated Early Adolescents.
Attention Problems Mediate the Association between Severity of Physical Abuse and Aggressive Behavior in a Sample of Maltreated Early Adolescents.
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10.1177/0272431610373102
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2011-10
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Raviv T
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Garrido EF;Taussig HN;Culhane SE;Raviv T
积累的经验证据证明了儿童期身体虐待和攻击行为之间的联系。相对较少的研究探讨了可能的中介机制，可以解释这种关联。本研究的目的是探讨照顾者和青少年报告的注意力问题是否介导身体虐待严重程度和攻击行为之间的关联。240虐待早期青少年（9-11岁）和他们的照顾者的样本进行了采访，在14个月内从家里被删除。多元回归分析的结果表明，照顾者和青少年报告的注意力问题是部分中介的身体虐待的严重程度和攻击性行为之间的关联。即使在控制了儿童的智力功能、性别、年龄和其他虐待类型的严重程度之后，这些关联也是显著的。身体虐待对行为的有害影响的可能解释进行了讨论，沿着的影响，目前的研究结果，旨在减少早期青少年的攻击性行为的干预措施。
Empirical evidence has accumulated documenting an association between childhood physical abuse and aggressive behavior. Relatively fewer studies have explored possible mediating mechanisms that may explain this association. The purpose of the current study was to examine whether caregiver- and youth-reported attention problems mediate the association between physical abuse severity and aggressive behavior. A sample of 240 maltreated early adolescents (ages 9–11) and their caregivers were interviewed within 14 months of being removed from the home. Results from multiple regression analyses indicated that caregiver- and youth-reported attention problems were partial mediators of the association between physical abuse severity and aggressive behavior. These associations were significant even after controlling for children's intellectual functioning, sex, age, and severity of other maltreatment types. Possible explanations for the detrimental impact of physical abuse on behavior are discussed, along with the implications of the current study's results for interventions aimed at reducing early adolescent aggressive behavior.