Defining maltreatment according to substantiation: Distinction without a difference?
Defining maltreatment according to substantiation: Distinction without a difference?
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DOI：
10.1016/j.chiabu.2003.12.005
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发表时间：
2005-05-01
影响因子：
4.8
通讯作者：
Kotch, JB
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作者：
Hussey, JM;Marshall, JM;Kotch, JB
目的：探讨4~8岁儿童虐待报告与非证实虐待报告儿童在10种行为和发育结局上的差异。方法：收集美国4个研究地点806名儿童及其成年照顾者的纵向数据，用方差分析(ANOVA)和多元线性回归进行分析。结果：在4~8岁儿童中，未证实虐待报告和证实虐待报告的儿童在所有10种行为和发育结局上的平均得分没有显著差异。在多变量分析中，在调整了既往功能、既往虐待状况和社会人口学特征后，证实状态与10项结果中的任何一项都没有显著关联。现场分析的结果与合并分析的结果基本一致，没有发现证实状态与检查结果之间的关联。结论：在这个高危样本中，在4岁至8岁之间提交了未经证实和证实的虐待报告的8岁儿童的行为和发育结果是无法区分的。未来的研究应该尝试在代表所有儿童虐待风险的概率样本上复制这些发现，并使用控制社会服务影响的模型。(C)2005爱思唯尔有限公司。保留所有权利。
Objective: To examine whether children with substantiated maltreatment reports between 4 and 8 years of age differ from children with unsubstantiated reports on any of 10 behavioral and developmental outcomes.Method: Longitudinal data from 806 children and their adult caregivers collected in four US study sites were pooled and analyzed using Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and multivariate linear regression.Results: There were no significant differences between the mean scores of children with unsubstantiated and substantiated maltreatment reports filed between 4 and 8 years of age for any of the 10 behavioral and developmental outcomes. In the multivariate analysis, substantiation status was not significantly associated with any of the 10 outcomes after adjusting for prior functioning, prior maltreatment status, and sociodemographic characteristics. Findings from within-site analyses were generally consistent with the pooled analyses in finding no association between substantiation status and the outcomes examined.Conclusions: In this high-risk sample, the behavioral and developmental outcomes of 8-year-old children with unsubstantiated and substantiated maltreatment reports filed between ages 4 and 8 were indistinguishable. Future research should attempt to replicate these findings on probability samples that represent the full range of childhood maltreatment risk and with models that control for the impact of social services. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.