EFFECTS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND EVALUATION OF CHILDREN'S TESTIMONY

该研究计划包括两个研究项目。的目标 第一个项目是探讨家庭暴力对8至12岁儿童的影响。 岁的孩子。四组受试者（n=110），每组包括 大约相等数量的男孩和女孩，是由他们是否 （1）父母一方或双方身体虐待的受害者;（2） （3）家庭暴力的受害者和证人; （4）家庭暴力的受害人或证人， 有着相似的背景。数据来自儿童，他们的 家长、班主任和同龄人。重点是 儿童在家庭、学校和同龄人中发挥作用的质量 小组，并试图探索自我（气质; 责任感和控制感）和外源性（社会支持） 这些因素缓冲了一些儿童，同时使其他儿童更加脆弱。 数据收集工作在以色列进行，现已完成;全面 目前正在进行数据分析。第二项研究的目标是 评估系统的实地可靠性和有效性， 评估据称目睹儿童死亡的儿童的陈述 性虐待亚利桑那州凤凰城、佛罗里达马里恩县和 约翰逊县，堪萨斯是提供儿童采访的录像带沿着 与案件档案建立独立于陈述的案件事实。 陈述效度分析的判断信度和重测信度 技术将被检查。本研究还将提供一些基础数据 儿童语言能力和现实生活记忆力的发展 事件

This program of research comprises two research projects. The goal of the first project is to explore the effects of domestic violence on 8 to 12 year-old children. Four groups of subjects (n=110), each comprising approximately equal numbers of boys and girls, are defined by whether they are: (1) victims of physical abuse by one or both of their parents; (2) witnesses of spousal abuse; (3) both victims and witnesses of domestic violence; and (4) neither victims nor witnesses of domestic violence but have similar backgrounds. Data were obtained from the children, their parents, their homeroom teacher, and their peers. The focus is on the quality of the children's functioning at home, at school, and in the peer group, with attempts made to explore the intrapersonal (temperament; perceptions of responsibility and control) and exogenous (social support) factors that buffer some children while rendering others more vulnerable. Data collection took place in Israel and has been completed; comprehensive data analyses are currently underway. 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 child sexual abuse. Three sites in Phoenix, Arizona, Marion County, Florida, and Johnson County, Kansas are providing video tapes of child interviews along with case files to establish case facts independent of the statements. Interjudge and test-retest reliability of Statement Validity Analysis (SVA) techniques will be examined. This study will also provide some basic data on children's development of verbal ability and memory for real-life events.