A dimensional approach to understanding emotional neglect and its impact on children's psychosocial development: A mixed methods study

项目摘要 情感忽视是虐待儿童最普遍和普遍的形式之一， 与整个发展过程中的有害后果有关。重要的是，后果可能 由于其多样性，它也是最难发现的虐待形式，这一事实进一步加剧了这一情况 陈述的范围很广，而且(通常)没有对儿童造成明显的伤害。尽管人们呼吁给予更多的经验主义关注， 情感忽视仍然是虐待行为中研究最少的一种类型。这在一定程度上是由于缺乏共识。 关于什么是情绪疏忽的行为。如果没有对情感忽视的精辟理解， 这一领域可能会忽视需要心理社会支持的儿童和家庭。通过改进对 对于高危家庭，我们正在确保为这些儿童提供早期干预服务，并通过这样做，改善他们的 发展轨迹。总的来说，拟议的项目将采用解释性的顺序混合方法 旨在研究在亲子互动中可能发生的情感忽视的多个方面。人- 将使用以中心为中心的方法来确定情绪忽视的特征及其与儿童的关联 心理社会结果(研究目标1)以及评估情绪忽视的影响是否不同 根据儿童年龄(研究目标2)。此外，深入的定性数据将从不同的 评估父母对情绪忽视的态度和看法的父母子集(研究目标3)。这个 研究中收集的定量和定性数据的整合将完善我们的概念和理论 对情感忽视的理解，特别是在父母和孩子的年龄、性别和种族/民族背景之间。 通过F31提供的指导将采取全面的团队方法。Parent博士和Aregria博士将 监督整个拟议的学习和培训计划。Parent博士、Humphreys博士和Aregria博士将提供 指导研究照顾者情绪忽视对儿童发展的影响(培训目标1)。 Aregría博士、Alvarez博士和Parent博士将就获得对社会决定因素的高级理解进行咨询 关于照料行为和家庭功能的培训(培训目标2)。海斯博士、阿雷格里亚博士和阿尔瓦雷斯博士将提供 指导混合方法研究的数量和质量部分(培训目标3)。培训 与职业发展和职业道德相关的机会将涉及整个指导团队(培训 目标4)。从拟议项目中获得的知识将推动未来的预防和干预举措， 包括外地简化对需要非正式支助的家庭的识别的能力 确保儿童保护服务机构的参与。提出的研究目标和培训目标是 故意描绘，为申请者作为一名独立调查员的职业生涯做准备。

Project Summary Emotional neglect is one of the most prevalent and pervasive forms of child maltreatment and has been associated with deleterious consequences across development. Importantly, consequences may be further compounded by the fact that it is also the most difficult form of maltreatment to detect due to its diverse range of presentations and (often) lack of visible harm to the child. Despite calls for greater empirical attention, emotional neglect remains the least studied subtype of maltreatment. This is due, in part, to the lack of consensus regarding what constitutes emotionally neglectful behavior. Without a refined understanding of emotional neglect, the field risks overlooking children and families in need of psychosocial supports. By improving identification of at-risk families, we are ensuring early intervention services to those children, and in doing so, improving their developmental trajectories. Broadly, the proposed project will employ an explanatory sequential mixed methods design to examine multiple facets of emotional neglect that can occur within parent-child interactions. Person- centered approaches will be used to identify profiles of emotional neglect and their associations with child psychosocial outcomes (Research Aim 1) as well as to evaluate whether the impact of emotional neglect differs according to child age (Research Aim 2). Additionally, in-depth qualitative data will be collected from a diverse subset of parents to assess parental attitudes and perceptions of emotional neglect (Research Aim 3). The integration of quantitative and qualitative data collected in the study will refine our conceptual and theoretical understanding of emotional neglect, particularly across parent and child age, sex, and racial/ethnic background. Mentorship provided through the F31 will take a comprehensive team approach. Drs. Parent and Alegría will supervise the overall proposed study and training plan. Drs. Parent, Humphreys, and Alegría will provide mentorship on the study of implications of caregiver emotional neglect for child development (Training Goal 1). Drs. Alegría, Alvarez, and Parent will consult on acquiring an advanced understanding of the social determinants of caregiving behavior and family functioning (Training Goal 2). Drs. Hayes, Alegría, and Alvarez will provide mentorship in the quantitative and qualitative components of mixed methods research (Training Goal 3). Training opportunities related to professional development and ethics will involve the entire mentorship team (Training Goal 4). Knowledge gained from the proposed project will propel future prevention and intervention initiatives, including the field's ability to streamline identification of families in need of informal supports from those who warrant the involvement of child protective services. The proposed research aims and training goals have been intentionally delineated to prepare the applicant for a career as an independent investigator.