Long-term follow-up of young children placed in foster care: Subsequent placements and exposure to family violence
Long-term follow-up of young children placed in foster care: Subsequent placements and exposure to family violence
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DOI：
10.1023/a:1021449330344
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发表时间：
2003-02-01
影响因子：
3.8
通讯作者：
Richardson, KK
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作者：
Litrownik, AJ;Newton, R;Richardson, KK
本研究调查了254名在3.5岁（平均13个月）之前被从家中带走的儿童在6岁时永久安置的质量或特征。虽然转移儿童的主要目的是保护，但联邦立法优先考虑随后的永久安置，并优先考虑稳定的家庭环境，特别是有亲生父母的家庭环境。三个先验比较（即，团聚与非团聚，收养与寄养，亲属与非亲属寄养）进行了照顾者和儿童暴露于家庭暴力的报告。结果表明，与未团聚的儿童及其照顾者相比，团聚儿童及其父母报告的家庭暴力（目击和儿童受害）都更多。养父母确实报告说，他们在管教孩子时使用的轻微暴力比寄养照顾者更多，但他们的孩子报告说，他们在家里目睹的身体暴力明显少得多。认识到由于虐待而离开家庭的儿童的发展很可能是虐待和后来的家庭经历的质量（即遭受暴力）共同作用的结果，讨论了调查结果对确定安置的影响。
This study examined the quality or characteristics of permanent placements at 6 years of age for 254 children who had been removed from their homes prior to attaining 3.5 years of age (mean = 13 months). Although the primary objective when removing children is protection, subsequent permanent placements are prioritized by federal legislation with a stable family environment, especially one with the biological parent( s), being preferred. Three a priori comparisons (i. e., reunified vs. nonreunified, adopted vs. foster care, relative vs. nonrelative foster care) were conducted for caregiver and child reports of exposure to family violence. The results indicate that both reunified children and their parents report more family violence (witnessed and child victimization) than do nonreunified children and their caregivers. Adoptive parents did report that they used more minor violence in disciplining their children than did foster caregivers, but their children reported witnessing significantly less physical violence in the home. Recognizing that the development of children removed from their homes because of maltreatment is likely a function of both the maltreatment as well as the quality of subsequent family experiences (i. e., violence exposure), implications of the findings for determining placements are discussed.