Do maltreated children who remain at home function better than those who are placed?
Do maltreated children who remain at home function better than those who are placed?
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DOI：
10.1016/j.childyouth.2010.07.010
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发表时间：
2010-12-01
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
Trickett, Penelope K.
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作者：
Mennen, Ferol E.;Brensilver, Matthew;Trickett, Penelope K.
儿童福利系统中的大多数儿童仍然与虐待他们的父母在一起，但对他们的功能水平以及他们是否需要心理健康干预知之甚少。本研究的目的是评估不同种族的302名受虐待儿童和151名年龄在9-12岁的未受虐待儿童的心理健康功能，看看那些留在家里的儿童、亲属照顾的儿童、非亲属寄养的儿童和未受虐待儿童的对照组之间是否存在差异。结果显示，受虐待儿童在安置类型上没有差异，但在许多措施上得分明显高于对照儿童。在所有安置类型的临床测量范围内，有相当数量的受虐待儿童得分，其中60%以上与亲生父母在一起的儿童被视为需要心理健康干预的水平，而较少的比较儿童得分表明需要心理健康护理，但这一数字高于国家研究中指出的数字。提出了研究结果的含义。(C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd版权所有
The majority of children in the child welfare system remain with their maltreating parents, yet little is known about their level of functioning and whether they are in need of mental health intervention. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the mental health functioning of an ethnically diverse sample of 302 maltreated children and 151 non maltreated children ages 9-12 to see if there were differences between those who remained at home, those placed in kin care, non-relative foster care or a comparison group of children who were not maltreated Children were evaluated on multiple measures of mental health functioning, both self report and caregiver report. Results showed that the maltreated children did not differ by placement type but did score significantly higher than the comparison children on many measures. There were substantial numbers of maltreated children scoring in the clinical range of measures in all placement types with over 60% of those remaining with birth parents being seen as functioning at a level that indicated a need for mental health intervention While fewer comparison children had scores indicating a need for mental health care, the numbers were higher than noted in national studies. Implications of the findings are presented. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved