Longitudinal Study of Exposure to Family Violence

描述（由申请人提供）：本提案旨在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。这项提议的研究在前三波全面的、多方法的数据收集中增加了一项成人评估，在这三波中，父母和孩子在15年的时间里进行了评估：1976年至1977年，孩子处于学龄前；1980-1982年，孩子们到了上学的年龄；在1990-1992年，孩子们都是青少年。这项研究的独特之处在于，它包含了来自多种来源（包括儿童福利案件记录和对父母和儿童的调查）的关于直接虐待和儿童遭受家庭暴力的前瞻性数据。对学龄前和学龄家庭的观察提供了关于亲子关系质量的额外信息。下一次评估将把参与者的信息扩展到成年，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以前遭受暴力、虐待和其他形式的儿童虐待（例如，忽视）的人的持久影响。对新数据和现有数据的分析将调查(a)家庭暴力暴露、儿童虐待和家庭内外其他压力源的共同发生；(b)遭受家庭暴力和多种形式的直接虐待对青春期和成年期的影响；(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；(d)随着时间的推移，个体的保护和适应能力的来源。下一次评估时，参与者的年龄为28-37岁（平均33岁）；在这个生命阶段的评估将允许检查在几个发育时期的社会心理功能和行为的变化。上次评估的参与者保留率很高（91%），下一次成人评估的初步定位结果非常令人鼓舞。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、促进弱势儿童和家庭的复原力以及加强环境资源以减轻暴力暴露的持久影响的实践和政策产生影响。该提案涉及两个非常合格、高效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.