IMPACT OF NEGLECT ON ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT

这是一项关于忽视来自不同种族背景(拉丁裔、非裔美国人和高加索人)的女性和男性青少年的发展结果相关性的纵向研究。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，并将以发展为重点，强调从儿童到青春期的过渡。它将考虑被忽视青少年的发展背景，不仅包括育儿背景和其他家庭变量，而且还包括社区特征，包括社区暴力的盛行。将从洛杉矶县儿童和家庭服务部(LACDCFS)的活跃病例中挑选400名青少年(9至12岁)作为样本。分层随机抽样将包括大致相同数量的拉美裔男性和女性、非裔美国人和高加索人。将从当地学校培养一组未被忽视的青少年。措施将侧重于身体发展、社交能力、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.