Longitudinal Study of Exposure to Family Violence

描述（由申请人提供）：这项建议是为了资助利哈伊纵向研究的继续，该研究的重点是家庭暴力和其他形式的童年逆境的发生和后果。这项拟议中的研究在15年内对父母和儿童进行评估的三个早期全面、多方法数据收集浪潮中增加了一个成人评估：1976-1977年学龄前儿童; 1980-1982年学龄儿童; 1990-1992年青少年儿童。这项研究的独特之处在于，它包含了从多种来源（包括儿童福利案例记录和对父母和儿童的调查）获得的关于直接虐待和儿童遭受家庭暴力的前瞻性数据。对学龄前和学龄期家庭的观察提供了关于亲子关系质量的补充信息。下一次评估将把参与者的信息延伸到成年期，提供一个难得的机会，在一个性别平衡的社区样本中，研究童年逆境和复原力对那些以前遭受暴力、虐待和其他形式虐待儿童的人的持久影响（例如，忽视）。对新数据和现有数据的分析将调查：（a）家庭暴力、儿童虐待和家庭内外其他压力因素的同时发生;（B）遭受家庭暴力和多种形式的直接虐待对青少年和成年期结果的影响;（c）遭受家庭暴力和直接虐待造成有害的长期影响的心理社会机制;以及（d）随着时间的推移，个人的保护和复原力来源。当他们下一次接受评估时，参与者将在28-37岁（平均年龄：33岁）;在这个生命阶段的评估将允许检查几个发展阶段的心理社会功能和行为的变化。参与者在上次评估中的保留率很高（91%），为下一次成人评估初步定位的结果非常令人鼓舞。这项研究的结果将对侧重于减少家庭暴力和其他风险因素的做法和政策产生影响，促进弱势儿童和家庭的复原力，并加强环境资源，以减少暴力暴露的持久影响。该提案涉及两个非常合格，高生产力的研究团队之间的跨站点合作，他们在这项研究中拥有丰富的经验和可观的投资。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal is to fund the continuance of the Lehigh Longitudinal Study, which has focused on the occurrence and consquences of family violence and other forms of childhood adversity. The proposed study adds an adult assesment to three earlier waves of comprehensive, multi-method data collection in which parents and children were assessed over a 15-year period: in 1976-1977 when children were of preschool age; in 1980-1982 when children were of school age; and in 1990-1992 when children were adolescents. The study is unique in that it contains prospective data on direct abuse and children's exposure to domestic violence drawn from multiple sources (including child welfare case records and surveys of parents and children). Observations of families in the preschool and school-age periods provide additonal information on the quality of parent-child relationships. The next assessment will extend information on participants into adulthood, providing a rare opportunity to study, in a gender-balanced community sample, the enduring effects of childhood adversity and resilience in those previously exposed to violence, abuse, and other forms of child maltreatment (e.g., neglect). Analyses of new and existing data will investigate (a) the co-occurrence of domestic violence exposure, childhood abuse, and other stressors within and outside the family; (b) the effects of exposure to domestic violence and multiple forms of direct abuse on outcomes in adolescence and adulthood; (c) the psychosocial mechanisms through which exposure to domestic violence and direct abuse result in harmful, long-term effects; and (d) sources of protection and resilience in individuals over time. When they are next assessed, participants will be 28-37 years of age (avg: 33); assesment at this life stage will allow examination of changes in psychosocial functioning and behavior over several developmental periods. Retention of participants in the last assessment was strong (91%), and results of preliminary locating for the next adult assessment are highly encouraging. Findings of this study will have implications for practice and policies focused on reducing family violence and other risk factors, promoting resilience in vulnerable children and families, and strengthening environmental resources to lessen the enduring impact of violence exposure. The proposal involves a cross-site collaboration between two very qualified, highly productive research teams with extensive experience and considerable investment in this study.