Maternal and paternal physical abuse: Unique and joint associations with child behavioral problems
Maternal and paternal physical abuse: Unique and joint associations with child behavioral problems
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DOI：
10.1016/j.chiabu.2017.05.003
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发表时间：
2018-02-01
影响因子：
4.8
通讯作者：
Liu, Jianghong
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作者：
Cui, Naixue;Deatrick, Janet A.;Liu, Jianghong
虽然有大量的文献记录了中国儿童虐待和行为问题之间的关系，但另一方面，在中国背景下，关于母亲和父亲身体虐待与儿童行为的联合和独特关联的研究数量有限。本研究以家庭系统理论为理论框架，以中国社区儿童为样本，探讨了父母身体虐待与外化和内化行为之间的共同和独特联系。来自双亲家庭的296名儿童（54.7%为男孩，平均年龄12.31 ± 0.56岁）参加了研究，他们使用中文版的亲子冲突策略量表报告了他们在过去一年中受到母亲和父亲身体虐待的经历。参与者，使用青年自我报告，报告个人的外化和内化行为，同样，他们的母亲，使用儿童行为检查表，评估儿童的外化和内化行为。线性混合效应模型与随机截距和斜率被用来检查母亲和父亲的身体虐待与儿童外化和内化行为的联合和独特的协会。结果显示，身体虐待的儿童更有可能同时受到母亲和父亲的虐待。此外，与未受虐待的儿童相比，仅由母亲实施身体虐待的儿童（外化行为：β = 6.71，95%CI = 2.45-10.98，p < 0.01;内化行为：β = 4.52，95%CI = 0.37-8.66，p < 0.05）或由母亲和父亲共同进行（外化行为：β = 4.52，95% CI = 1.80-7.24，p < 0.001;内化行为：β = 2.98，95%CI = 0.34-5.61，p < 0.05）报告了更多的外化和内化行为。单独受到父亲身体虐待的儿童的外化和内化行为与非虐待儿童没有显著差异，这可能是由于样本量小。目前的研究结果表明，母亲的身体虐待可能有一个主导的和独特的关联与儿童的行为，无论父亲的身体虐待是否发生在家庭内。未来的研究和实践的启示在中国的背景下，关于儿童行为和父母虐待的主题进行了讨论。
Although there is a substantial amount of literature documenting the relationship between child abuse and behavioral problems in China, there is, on the other hand, a limited number of studies on the joint and unique associations of maternal and paternal physical abuse with child behaviors within the Chinese context. The present study, using the family systems theory as the theoretical framework, aims to examine these joint and the unique associations of maternal and paternal physical abuse with externalizing and internalizing behaviors among a community sample of Chinese children. A total of 296 children (54.7% boys, mean age 12.31 +/- 0.56 years) from two parent families participated in the study, and they reported their physical abuse experience by their mother and father in the previous year using the Chinese version of the Parent-Child Conflict Tactics Scale. Participants, using the Youth Self Report, reported personal externalizing and internalizing behaviors, and, similarly, their mothers, using the Child Behavior Checklist, assessed children's externalizing and internalizing behaviors. Linear mixed effect models with random intercept and slope were used to examine the joint and unique associations of maternal and paternal physical abuse with child externalizing and internalizing behaviors. Results revealed that physically abused children were more likely to be simultaneously abused by both mothers and fathers. Furthermore, when compared with their non-abused counterparts, children with physical abuse that was carried out solely by mothers (externalizing behaviors: beta = 6.71, 95% CI = 2.45-10.98, p < 0.01; internalizing behaviors: beta = 4.52, 95% CI = 0.37-8.66, p < 0.05) or by both mothers and fathers (externalizing behaviors: beta = 4.52, 95% CI = 1.80-7.24, p < 0.001; internalizing behaviors: beta = 2.98, 95% CI = 0.34-5.61, p < 0.05) reported more externalizing and internalizing behaviors. Externalizing and internalizing behaviors of children who were physically abused solely by fathers did not significantly differ from those of their non-abused counterparts, which may result from the small sample size. The present findings suggest that maternal physical abuse may have a dominant and unique association with child behaviors, regardless of whether paternal physical abuse occurs within the family. Implications for future research and practice within the Chinese context regarding the subject of child behaviors and parental abuse are discussed.