EFFECTS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND EVALUATION OF CHILDREN'S TESTIMONY

这项研究计划涉及两个项目。第一个的目标 该项目旨在探索家庭暴力对8至12岁儿童的影响- 年长的儿童要么是身体虐待的受害者，要么是 配偶虐待，包括受害者和目击者，或者既不是受害者也不是 目击者。总体而言，被其中一人或两人同时虐待的儿童 父母报告了更多的行为问题，更多的抑郁，更多 对养父母的负面看法比他们的同龄人 在各自的对照组中。然而，母亲们报告说 他们的孩子在以下情况下问题行为水平最高： 配偶虐待事件发生了，而儿童报告的虐待程度最高 当他们自己被虐待时，有问题的行为。父亲的 教师对儿童问题行为的看法是 与儿童的家庭暴力经历无关。 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。美国各地的网站 各州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 正在根据这项初步研究修订标准。这个 研究还将提供有关言语能力发展的基本数据 能力和儿童对现实生活事件的记忆。

This program of research involves two projects. The goal of the first project is 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. However, 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 were 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 are being revised in light of this preliminary research. The study will also provide basic data on the development of verbal abilities and children's memories of real-life events.