MALTREATMENT AND SOCIAL MALADJUSTMENT

这项调查的目的是为了了解社会 信息加工模式在调节人与人之间关系中的作用 虐待与儿童社会行为和社会适应的关系 他们的同龄人。尽管增加了对同伴关系的关注 在受到虐待的儿童中，一些重要的问题仍然没有得到回答。 首先，人们对虐待儿童的具体反应知之甚少。 社交情况(例如，团体加入和同伴挑衅)。第二, 尽管有人争辩说，受虐待的儿童可能有患上 社会排斥，没有经验数据支持这一论点。 第三，关于社会经济长期稳定的数据很少 受虐待儿童的行为和适应问题。最后， 虐待经历对 儿童的社会行为没有得到很好的理解。这些问题将 通过三个阶段的纵向设计加以解决。在第一阶段， 受试者将参加20个小组中的一个(每年夏天 1)。每个游戏小组将由一个身体虐待的儿童组成，一个 被忽视的儿童，以及四名正常治疗的匹配对照组。每一组都将 连续五天开会，每天45分钟(5次会议)。 会议将被录制下来，并在以后针对社交和行为进行编码 互动。在每堂课之后，社会测量学评估将 管理。在第二阶段，社会信息加工模式 在40名身体受到虐待的儿童中，40名被忽视，80名正常治疗(年龄 4和5)将进行评估(第一年春季)。在第三阶段，儿童将被 跟踪调查三年，每年由老师和家长进行评估 社交能力和反社会行为障碍的报告，直接 观察学校、教师、家长和同龄人的社会行为 评估儿童的社会适应能力(2-4年级)。 通过理解将虐待与社会行为联系起来的机制 问题和社会不适应，这个项目将有助于 基于经验的、临床上有用的评估和干预措施 防止虐待中的社会行为问题和社会适应不良 孩子们。

The purpose of this investigation is to understand the role that social information processing patterns play in mediating the relation between maltreatment and children's social behavior and social adjustment among their peers. In spite of the increased attention to the peer relationships of maltreated children, a number of important questions remain unanswered. First, little is known about how maltreated children respond in specific social situations (e.g., group entry and peer provocations). Second, although it has been contended that maltreated children may be at risk for social rejection, there is no empirical data to support this contention. Third, there is little data on the long term stability of the social behavior and adjustment problems of maltreated children. Finally, the mechanisms by which the experiences of maltreatment have an impact on children's social behavior are not well understood. These questions will be addressed through a three-phased longitudinal design. In Phase I, subjects will participate in one of 20 small play groups (summer of Year 1). Each play group will be composed of one physically abused child, one neglected child, and four normaltreated matched controls. Each group will meet on five consecutive days for 45 minutes each day (5 sessions). Sessions will be videotaped and later coded for social and behavioral interactions. Following each session, sociometrics assessments will be administered. During Phase II, the social information processing patterns of 40 physically abused, 40 neglected, and 80 normaltreated children (ages 4 & 5) will be assessed (spring of Year 1). In Phase III, children will be followed for three years and evaluated yearly by using teacher and parent reports of social competence and antisocial behavior disorders, direct observations of social behavior at school, and teacher, parent, and peer assessments of children's social adjustment (Years 2-4). By comprehending the mechanisms that link maltreatment to social behavior problems and social maladjustment, this project will contribute to empirically based, clinically useful assessments and interventions to treat and prevent social behavior problems and social maladjustment in maltreated children.