CHILDREN OF BATTERED WOMEN--REDUCING RISK FOR ABUSE

描述：拟议的研究旨在评估干预措施 减少家庭中虐待儿童的风险（有孩子的母亲）， 3至6岁）。 的 干预的目的是减少母亲的侵略和敌意， 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，并帮助母亲提供更清洁， 为他们的孩子提供更安全的生活条件。 干预也是 旨在减轻母亲的心理压力， 支持和获得服务的能力，并减少儿童的反社会 行为 拟议研究的其他目的是：审查是否 干预措施降低了已经建立了 独立的住宅将在以后重新加入他们的殴打者;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 参加者将是80个寻求避难的家庭 在建立独立住所之前， 他们的暴力伙伴。 家庭将被随机分配到 干预或比较条件。 干预将持续至 8个月，每周在家庭中进行一次。 所有 家庭将参加初步的全面评估， 包括测量母婴互动、母亲心理健康 苦恼，母亲支持，儿童反社会行为，儿童 伤害、儿童心理创伤症状和母亲物质 使用. 初步评估将在下列情况下尽快进行： 避难所出发 随访评估将在第4、8、12和 在最初评估后的16个月内。

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.