MALTREATMENT AND SOCIAL MALADJUSTMENT

这项调查的目的是了解社会的作用， 信息加工模式在调节 虐待与儿童的社会行为和社会适应 他们的同龄人 尽管人们越来越关注同伴关系， 关于受虐待儿童的情况，一些重要问题仍然没有答案。 首先，很少有人知道受虐待的儿童在具体情况下如何反应。 社会情况（例如，组进入和对等体挑衅）。 第二、 尽管有人认为，受虐待的儿童可能有 社会排斥，没有经验数据支持这一论点。 第三，关于社会长期稳定的数据很少。 受虐待儿童的行为和适应问题。 最后 虐待经历对儿童的影响机制 孩子们的社会行为还没有被很好地理解。 这些问题将 通过三阶段纵向设计解决。 在第一阶段， 受试者将参加20个小型游戏小组之一（每年夏季 1）。 每个游戏小组将由一名身体虐待的儿童组成， 被忽视的儿童和四个正常治疗的匹配对照。 每组将 连续五天开会，每天45分钟（5次会议）。 会议将被录像，并随后编码为社会和行为 交互. 每次会议后，社会计量学评估将是 管理。 在第二阶段，社会信息处理模式 对40名身体虐待、40名忽视和80名正常治疗的儿童（年龄 4和5）将进行评估（1年春季）。 在第三阶段，儿童将 随访三年，每年由教师和家长进行评估 社会能力和反社会行为障碍的报告，直接 对学校、老师、家长和同伴的社会行为的观察 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 问题和社会失调，该项目将有助于 以经验为基础的、临床上有用的评估和干预， 预防受虐者的社会行为问题和社会适应不良 孩子

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.