Methodological issues in assessing the effects of maltreatment characteristics on behavioral adjustment in maltreated children
Methodological issues in assessing the effects of maltreatment characteristics on behavioral adjustment in maltreated children
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DOI：
10.1023/b:jofv.0000042080.98027.ae
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发表时间：
2004-10-01
影响因子：
3.8
通讯作者：
Kinard, EM
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作者：
Kinard, EM
本文探讨了方法论问题，在检查虐待的学龄儿童的样本中的虐待特征对行为调整的影响。不同的方法来评估虐待类型的影响，以确定虐待的特点是否不同类型的虐待和虐待的特点和儿童行为功能之间的关系是否不同，根据虐待的类型。结果显示，三种类型的虐待亚组（身体虐待，忽视和性虐待）的虐待经历的特点之间的一些差异。虐待的特点和结果的措施作为一个整体的样本之间的相关性掩盖的关系往往是特定类型的虐待的调查结果。制定适用于所有形式虐待的虐待特征的通用定义是困难的，因为虐待类型之间的含义不同。研究结果表明，虐待儿童的行为功能的特点的作用，应单独检查每一种形式的虐待。
This paper explored methodological issues in examining the impact of maltreatment characteristics on behavioral adjustment in a sample of maltreated school-age children. Different approaches to assessing the effects of maltreatment type were used to determine whether maltreatment characteristics differed by type of maltreatment and whether relationships between maltreatment characteristics and child behavioral functioning differed according to type of maltreatment. Results revealed several differences among the three types of maltreatment subgroups ( physical abuse, neglect, and sexual abuse) on characteristics of maltreatment experiences. Correlations between maltreatment characteristics and outcome measures for the sample as a whole obscured findings that relationships were often specific to particular types of maltreatment. Developing generic definitions for maltreatment characteristics applicable to all forms of maltreatment is difficult because of differences in meaning across maltreatment types. Findings suggest that the role of maltreatment characteristics in children's behavioral functioning should be examined separately for each form of maltreatment.