CHILDREN OF BATTERED WOMEN--REDUCING CONDUCT PROBLEMS

说明(改编自申请人的摘要)： 建议的研究是评估旨在 减少受虐待妇女子女所表现出的行为问题。 参与者将是180个家庭(母亲和孩子)，他们已经寻求 在一个受虐待妇女收容所避难，正在建立一个 居住独立于他们的暴力伴侣，并有一个4-7岁的孩子 表现出攻击性/对抗性行为的年份。家庭将会是 随机分配到干预或比较条件。这个 干预措施将有两个主要组成部分：(1)教育母亲 儿童管理技能，以及(2)为母亲和儿童提供社交 和工具支持。治疗将持续长达8个月， 每周在这些家庭的家中举行会议。比较条件 由现有服务组成。所有家庭都将参加初选 全面评估，将包括对儿童行为的衡量 问题，母亲的育儿技巧，母亲的心理困扰，以及 母亲的社会交往。初步评估将尽快进行 可能是在一家人离开避难所后。跟进 评估将在4、8、12、16和20个月后进行 初步评估。

DESCRIPTION (Adapted from applicant's abstract): The primary purpose of the proposed research is to evaluate a multi-component intervention designed to reduce conduct problems exhibited by children of battered women. Participants will be 180 families (mothers and children) who have sought refuge at a shelter for battered women, are in the process of setting up a residence independent of their violent partners, and have a child aged 4-7 years exhibiting aggressive/oppositional behavior. Families will be randomly assigned to either an intervention or comparison condition. The intervention will have two primary components: (1) teaching mothers child-management skills, and (2) providing mothers and children with social and instrumental support. Treatment will last for up to 8 months, with sessions conducted weekly in the families' homes. The comparison condition consists of existing services. All families will participate in an initial comprehensive assessment which will include measurements of child conduct problems, mothers' parenting skills, mothers' psychological distress, and mothers' social contacts. Initial assessments will take place as soon as possible following a family's departure from the shelter. Follow-up assessments will be conducted at 4, 8, 12, 16, and 20 months following the initial assessment.