The Study of Sibling Violence Among Foster Children

寄养儿童中兄弟姐妹暴力的研究

• 批准号: 6860882
• 负责人: LOURDES ORIANA LINARES
• 金额: $ 30万
• 依托单位: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-09-01 至 2007-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6860882
• 关键词: African American; Hispanic Americans; academic achievement; aggression; behavioral /social science research tag; caregivers; child foster care /adoption; child mental disorders; child psychology; clinical research; disease /disorder proneness /risk; domestic violence; early experience; family structure /dynamics; human subject; interview; learning; longitudinal human study; mental disorder prevention; mental health epidemiology; pediatrics; questionnaires; sibling relations; violence

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.

这项调查将收集对 260 名非裔美国人和拉丁裔受虐待兄弟姐妹的 2 项评估（第 3-4 波），我们之前获得了 2 项相隔一年的评估（第 1-2 波），这些兄弟姐妹被安置在寄养机构中，研究开始时他们才 7 岁。鉴于他们过去遭受过家庭暴力的经证实的历史，该样本存在兄弟姐妹暴力、心理问题和学校能力受损的高风险。通过与纽约市参与的儿童福利机构、亲生母亲和养母密切合作，我们保留了 82% 的兄弟姐妹，并对复杂的数据集完成了具有临床意义的分析。初步研究表明，68% 的人报告有中度至高度的兄弟姐妹冲突，41% 的人表现出严重的行为问题，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、培养温暖的照顾和减少拒绝照顾对增加 兄弟姐妹问题。基于这个独特的招募样本，拟议的研究目标是：（1）检查兄弟姐妹暴力的相关性，即过去的家庭受害（暴露于儿童忽视、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）和随时间推移的安置变量（在一起或分开；以及培养家庭不稳定）； (2) 随着时间的推移，研究兄弟姐妹暴力对增加心理症状（增加内化、外化）和学校能力破坏的影响； (3) 随着时间的推移，评估兄弟姐妹积极性、培养照料质量、差别温暖和响应式管理在兄弟姐妹暴力与症状增加和学校能力破坏之间的联系中的调节作用。识别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。