DEVELOPMENTAL CONSEQUENCES OF CHILD ABUSE AND VIOLENCE

描述（改编自申请人的摘要）：这是一个请求， 独立科学家奖（伊萨）。 该提案旨在允许申请人 制定一个多方面的研究计划，研究不同的 虐待和其他暴力形式对男女发展的影响 不同族裔群体的儿童和青少年。 的主要目标 研究方案是：（1）为了更好地了解 身心虐待和性虐待以及 儿童期、青少年期和青年期， 不同的种族背景（特别是高加索人，非洲裔美国人， 西班牙裔）。 (2)为了更好地表明孩子的发展阶段是如何 与虐待的心理影响有关：为了检查 发生在青春期开始之前，进入青春期有更大的 比发生在其他时间的影响。 (3)为了显示性行为是否 虐待儿童与进入和通过的时间有关 度过青春期 为了检验这种关联的普遍性， 身体虐待和性虐待， 不同的种族背景。 (4)提供支持（或反对）的证据 儿童性虐待导致荷尔蒙变化的假设， 发展的调整和行为问题：检查 这些变化对身体虐待和性虐待的普遍性 以及来自不同种族背景的男性和女性。 (5)到 研究邻里或社区暴力对儿童的影响， 心理发展，以确定是否荷尔蒙的变化，如 皮质醇失调，与这种类型的暴力接触有关， 并了解家庭的育儿环境（包括 存在滥用）可能介导这种影响。 (6)为了实现 不同形式虐待儿童后果的多元理论 和暴力，整合了发展，心理生物学， （生态学）观点。 三个研究报告进行了说明。 一是 正在进行，由R01资助。 另外两个正在计划中， 将寻求资金。 概述了职业发展计划，强调努力扩大 候选人在两个领域的知识计划的研究计划至关重要。 这些领域中的第一个涉及的生物学和内分泌学， 儿童期的发展，重点是青春期的过渡， 以及这种发展是如何受到压力的影响。 第二个领域涉及 设计和分析复杂的、多变量的纵向研究。 的 申请人的大学，南加州大学的制度环境，特别是 在这两个方面都很强。 本职业发展计划将 通过一些活动实施，包括研究生课程工作， 研讨会，并扩大与国际知名和 这些领域的专家。

DESCRIPTION (Adapted from applicant's abstract): This is a request for an Independent Scientist Award (ISA). The proposal aims to allow the applicant to develop a multifaceted research program examining the impact of different forms of abuse and other violence on the development of male and female children and adolescents of different ethnic groups. The main objectives of the research program are: (1) To better understand the relationship between physical and sexual abuse and adverse psychological development in childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood in males and females from different ethnic backgrounds (especially Caucasian, African American, and Hispanic). (2) To better indicate how the child's stage of development is related to the psychological impact of abuse: To examine whether abuse that occurs before the onset of puberty and entry into adolescence has a greater impact than if it occurs at other times. (3) To show whether or not sexual abuse of children is associated with the timing of entry into and passage through puberty. To examine the generalizability of this association for physical abuse as well as sexual abuse and for males as well as females from different ethnic backgrounds. (4) To provide evidence for (or against) hypotheses that child sexual abuse causes hormonal changes that contribute to the development of adjustment and behavioral problems: To examine the generalizability of these changes for physical abuse as well as sexual abuse and for males as well as females from different ethnic backgrounds. (5) To examine the impact of neighborhood or community violence on children's psychological development, to determine whether hormonal changes, such as cortisol dysregulation, are associated with this type of violence exposure, and to understand how the child rearing context of the home (including the presence of abuse) may mediate this impact. (6) To work toward a multivariate theory of the consequences of different forms of child abuse and violence that integrates developmental, psychobiological, and contextual (ecological) perspectives. Three research studies are described. One is ongoing, funded by an R01. The other two are being planned and external funding will be sought. A career development plan is outlined that emphasizes efforts to expand the candidate's knowledge in two areas critical to the planned research program. The first of these areas concerns the biology and endocrinology of development during childhood, with an emphasis on the pubertal transition, and how this development is affected by stress. The second area concerns the design and analysis of complex, multivariate longitudinal research. The institutional environment of the applicant's university, USC, is especially strong in both these areas. This career development plan will be implemented through a number of activities including graduate course work, seminars, and expanded collaborations with internationally known and respected experts in these areas.