CHILDREN OF BATTERED WOMEN--REDUCING RISK FOR ABUSE

描述：这项拟议的研究旨在评估干预措施 减少家庭虐待儿童的风险(有孩子的母亲 离开受虐待妇女收容所的儿童(年龄在3至6岁之间)。这个 干预旨在减少母亲对妇女的攻击和敌意 孩子，增加母亲对孩子的温暖，提高母亲的技能 在塑造孩子的行为方面，并帮助母亲提供更清洁和 为他们的孩子提供更安全的生活条件。这次干预也是 旨在减轻母亲的心理痛苦，增加母亲的 支持和获得服务的能力，并减少儿童的反社会情绪 行为。拟议研究的其他目的是：检查 这项干预降低了那些已经建立了 独立住宅稍后将重新加入袭击者的行列；检查是否 干预措施减少了儿童受伤的频率， 心理创伤症状；并评估母亲的物质使用情况 避难所出发。参与者将是80个寻求庇护的家庭 在建立独立住所之前，在一家受虐妇女收容所 他们的暴力伙伴。家庭将被随机分配到 干预或比较条件。干预将持续长达 8个月，每周在这些家庭的家中举行会议。全 家庭将参加初步的全面评估，这将 包括测量母子互动、母亲的心理 痛苦，母亲的支持，儿童的反社会行为，儿童的 伤害、儿童心理创伤症状和母亲的物质 使用。初步评估将在下列情况下尽快进行 避难所出发。后续评估将于4、8、12和 在最初评估之后的16个月。

DESCRIPTION: The proposed research is designed to evaluate an intervention to reduce risk for child maltreatment in families (mothers with children between 3-6 years) departing from battered women's shelters. The intervention is designed to reduce maternal aggression and hostility toward children, increase maternal warmth toward children, improve mothers' skills in shaping their children's behavior, and help mothers provide cleaner and safer living conditions for their children. The intervention is also designed to reduce mothers' psychological distress, to increase mothers' supports and ability to access services, and to reduce children's antisocial behavior. Additional aims of the proposed research are to: examine whether the intervention reduces the likelihood that mothers who have established independent residences will later rejoin their batterers; examine whether the intervention reduces the frequency of children's injuries and psychological trauma symptoms; and assess mothers' substance use following shelter departure. Participants will be 80 families who have sought refuge at a shelter for battered women prior to establishing residences independent of their violent partners. Families will be randomly assigned to either the intervention or comparison condition. The intervention will last for up to 8 months, with sessions conducted weekly in the families' homes. All families will participate in an initial comprehensive assessment which will include measurements of mother-child interaction, mothers' psychological distress, mothers' supports, children's antisocial behavior, children's injuries, children's psychological trauma symptoms, and mothers' substance use. Initial assessments will take place as soon as possible following shelter departure. Follow-up assessments will be conducted at 4, 8, 12, and 16 months following the original assessment.