CHILDREN OF BATTERED WOMEN--REDUCING CONDUCT PROBLEMS

描述（改编自申请人摘要）： 拟议的研究是评估一种多成分干预措施， 减少受虐待妇女的子女表现出的行为问题。 参加者将是180个家庭（母亲和儿童）， 正在为被殴打的妇女建立一个庇护所， 独立于暴力伴侣居住，并有一个4-7岁的孩子 表现出攻击性/对抗性行为的年龄。 家庭将 随机分配到干预或比较条件。 的 干预措施将有两个主要组成部分：（1）教育母亲 儿童管理技能，（2）为母亲和儿童提供社会 和工具支持。 治疗将持续长达8个月， 每周在各家庭家中进行一次培训。 比较条件 包括现有的服务。 所有家庭将参加一个初步的 全面评估，包括衡量儿童行为 问题，母亲的育儿技巧，母亲的心理困扰， 母亲的社会交往。 初步评估将在 一个家庭离开避难所后可能发生的事情。 后续行动 评估将在以下时间点进行： 初步评估。

DESCRIPTION (Adapted from applicant's abstract): The primary purpose of the proposed research is to evaluate a multi-component intervention designed to reduce conduct problems exhibited by children of battered women. Participants will be 180 families (mothers and children) who have sought refuge at a shelter for battered women, are in the process of setting up a residence independent of their violent partners, and have a child aged 4-7 years exhibiting aggressive/oppositional behavior. Families will be randomly assigned to either an intervention or comparison condition. The intervention will have two primary components: (1) teaching mothers child-management skills, and (2) providing mothers and children with social and instrumental support. Treatment will last for up to 8 months, with sessions conducted weekly in the families' homes. The comparison condition consists of existing services. All families will participate in an initial comprehensive assessment which will include measurements of child conduct problems, mothers' parenting skills, mothers' psychological distress, and mothers' social contacts. Initial assessments will take place as soon as possible following a family's departure from the shelter. Follow-up assessments will be conducted at 4, 8, 12, 16, and 20 months following the initial assessment.