IMPACT OF NEGLECT ON ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT

这是一个建议的纵向研究的发展结果相关的忽视女性和男性青少年从不同的种族背景（拉丁美洲人，非洲裔美国人和高加索人）。 这是一项多学科研究，以发展和生态观点为指导（国家研究理事会，1993年），因此将考虑身体发育和心理影响，并将重点关注从童年到青春期的过渡。 它将考虑被忽视的青少年的发展背景，不仅包括养育子女的背景和其他家庭变量，还包括社区特征，包括社区暴力的流行程度。将从洛杉矶县儿童和家庭服务部（LACDCFS）的活跃病例中选择400名青少年（9至12岁）作为样本。 分层随机样本将包括大约相等数量的男性和女性拉丁美洲人、非洲裔美国人和高加索人。 将从当地学校中选出一组未被忽视的青少年作为对照组。措施将集中在身体发育，社会能力，问题行为和社会偏差，包括药物滥用和犯罪。

This is a proposal for a longitudinal study of developmental outcome correlates of neglect of female and male young adolescents from different ethnic backgrounds (Latino, African- American and Caucasian). It is a multidisciplinary study that is guided by a developmental, ecological perspective (National Research Council, 1993), and as such will consider physical development and psychological impact and will have a developmental focus with an emphasis on the transition from childhood into adolescence. It will consider the developmental contexts of the neglected adolescent, including not only child- rearing context and other family variables, but also neighborhood characteristics including the prevalence of community violence. A sample of 400 adolescents (ages 9 to 12) will be selected from active cases in the Los Angeles County Department of Child and Family Services (LACDCFS). A stratified random sample will include approximately equal numbers of male and female Latinos, African-Americans and Caucasians. A comparison group of non- neglected adolescents will be developed from local schools. Measures will focus on physical development, social competence, problem behaviors, and social deviance-including substance abuse and delinquency.