The Study of Sibling Violence Among Foster Children

这项调查将收集260名非洲裔美国人和拉丁美洲受虐待的兄弟姐妹的2次评估（第3-4波），我们之前为他们获得了2次评估，间隔一年（第1-2波），被安置在寄养家庭，研究开始时他们7岁。鉴于他们有确凿的历史暴露于过去的家庭暴力，样本是高风险的犯下兄弟姐妹暴力，心理问题，并在学校的能力中断。通过与纽约市的儿童福利机构、生母和养母密切合作，我们保留了82%的兄弟姐妹，并完成了对复杂数据集的临床意义分析。初步研究表明，68%的人报告了中度到高度的兄弟姐妹冲突，41%的人表现出行为问题，62%的人符合儿童精神障碍的标准。在随机回归分析中，兄弟姐妹冲突、养育温暖和较少的拒绝温暖对增加的 兄弟姐妹问题基于这一独特的招募样本，本研究的目标是：（1）探讨兄弟姐妹暴力的相关因素，即过去的家庭受害（儿童遭受忽视、虐待和/或亲密伴侣暴力）、儿童精神障碍（特别是破坏性行为障碍），和安置变量（2）研究兄弟姐妹暴力对增加心理症状的贡献随着时间的推移，学校能力的内部化、外部化和中断增加;（3）评估兄弟姐妹积极性的调节作用，培养学习质量，以及随着时间的推移，不同的温暖和反应性管理在兄弟姐妹暴力与症状增加和学校能力中断之间的联系。确定寄养社会生态中可改变的风险和保护因素是有效预防寄养儿童兄弟姐妹暴力的关键第一步。

This investigation will collect 2 assessments (waves 3-4)on 260 African-American and Latino maltreated siblings for whom we previously obtained 2 assessments one-year apart (waves 1-2) placed in foster care, and who were 7 years old when the study began. Given their substantiated histories of exposure to past familial violence, the sample is high risk for the perpetration of sibling violence, psychological problems, and disruptions in school competence. By working closely with participating child welfare agencies in NYC, biological and foster mothers, we retained 82% of the siblings and completed clinically meaningful analyses of a complex dataset. Preliminary studies indicate that 68% reported moderate to high sibling conflict, 41% showed elevated behavior problems, and 62% met criteria for a child mental disorder. In random regression analyses, sibling conflict, foster caregiving warmth, and less rejecting caregiving made an independent contribution to increased sibling problems. Building on this unique recruited sample, the proposed research objectives are: (1) to examine correlates of sibling violence, namely, past familial victimization (exposure to child neglect, abuse, and/or intimate partner violence), child mental disorder (particularly disruptive behavior disorders), and placement variables (together or apart; and foster home instability) over time; (2) to examine the contribution of sibling violence on increased psychological symptoms (increased internalizing, externalizing) and disruptions in school competence, over time; and (3) to evaluate the moderating role of sibling positivity, foster caregiving quality, and differential warmth and responsive management in the linkage between sibling violence and increased symptoms and disruptions in school competence, over time. The identification of modifiable risk and protective factors in the social ecology of foster care is a crucial first step in effective prevention of sibling violence in foster children.