EFFECTS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND EVALUATION OF CHILDREN'S TESTIMONY

这项研究计划涉及两个研究项目。的目标是 第一个项目是探索家庭暴力对8个人的影响- 到12岁的儿童，他们要么是身体虐待的受害者， 虐待配偶的目击者，受害者和目击者，或者两者都不是 受害者也不是目击者。总体而言，被虐待的儿童 父母中的一方或双方报告了更多的行为问题，更多的抑郁， 与他们的父母相比，他们更多的是对父母的负面看法 各自比较组中的对应者。母亲报告 他们的孩子在以下情况下问题行为水平最高 配偶虐待事件发生，而儿童报告的比例最高 当他们自己受到虐待时，问题行为的程度。 父亲和教师对儿童问题行为的认知 与儿童遭受家庭暴力的经历无关。 第二项研究的目标是评估现场可靠性和 引出和评估儿童陈述的系统的有效性 他们被指控目击了性虐待。世界各地的网站 美国和以色列提供儿童的录像带或录音带 与案件档案一起进行面谈，以确定独立于 结算单。基于标准的评判式信度和重测信度 内容分析(CBCA)技术被检查并显示高 总分和一些单项标准的可靠性。其中一些 根据这项初步研究和可靠性对标准进行了修订 已经建立了。这项研究还将提供有关 言语能力的发展与儿童对现实生活的记忆 事件之间的关系，并提供有关 采访者的风格和孩子提供的信息的质量。

This program of research involves two research projects. The goal of the first project was to explore the effects of domestic violence on 8- to 12-year-old children who were either victims of physical abuse, witnesses of spousal abuse, both victims and witnesses, or neither victims nor witnesses. Overall, children who were physically abused by one or both parents reported more behavior problems, more depression, and more negative perceptions of perpetrating parents than did their counterparts in the respective comparison groups. Mothers reported that their children had the highest levels of problematic behavior when spouse abuse had occurred, whereas children reported the highest levels of problematic behavior when they themselves had been abused. Fathers' and teachers' perceptions of children's problematic behavior were unrelated to the children's experiences of domestic violence. The goal of the second study is to assess the field reliability and validity of a system for eliciting and assessing statements by children who are alleged to have witnessed sexual abuse. Sites around the United States and in Israel are providing video or audio tapes of child interviews along with case files to establish case facts independent of the statements. Interjudge and test-retest reliability of Criteria-Based Content Analysis (CBCA) techniques were examined and revealed high reliability for total scores and some individual criteria. Some of the criteria were revised in light of this preliminary research and reliability has been established. The study will also provide basic data on the development of verbal abilities and children's memories of real-life events, and provide information about the relationship between interviewer style and quality of information provided by the child.