EFFECTS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND EVALUATION OF CHILDREN'S TESTIMONY

该研究计划包括两个研究项目。 的目标 第一个项目是探讨家庭暴力对8- 12岁的孩子，他们要么是身体虐待的受害者， 配偶虐待的证人，受害者和证人，或两者都没有 受害者和证人。 总的来说，受到身体虐待的儿童 父母中的一方或双方都报告了更多的行为问题，更多的抑郁， 对犯罪父母的负面看法比他们对犯罪父母的负面看法更多。 在各自的对照组中。 母亲报告说 他们的孩子有最高水平的问题行为， 配偶虐待发生，而儿童报告的最高 当他们自己被虐待时，问题行为的水平。 父亲和教师对儿童问题行为的认知 与孩子们的家庭暴力经历无关。 第二项研究的目标是评估现场可靠性， 收集和评估儿童陈述的系统的有效性 据称目击了性虐待 站点 美国和以色列正在提供儿童的录像带或录音带 沿着与案件档案面谈，以确定独立于 陈述 基于标准的判断间和重测信度 内容分析（CBCA）技术进行了检查，发现高 总得分和一些个人标准的可靠性。 一些 根据这项初步研究和可靠性，对标准进行了修订 确立了习 该研究还将提供关于 语言能力的发展和儿童对现实生活的记忆 事件，并提供有关 访谈者的风格和儿童提供信息的质量。

This program of research involves two research projects. The goal of the first project was to explore the effects of domestic violence on 8- to 12-year-old children who were either victims of physical abuse, witnesses of spousal abuse, both victims and witnesses, or neither victims nor witnesses. Overall, children who were physically abused by one or both parents reported more behavior problems, more depression, and more negative perceptions of perpetrating parents than did their counterparts in the respective comparison groups. Mothers reported that their children had the highest levels of problematic behavior when spouse abuse had occurred, whereas children reported the highest levels of problematic behavior when they themselves had been abused. Fathers' and teachers' perceptions of children's problematic behavior were unrelated to the children's experiences of domestic violence. The goal of the second study is to assess the field reliability and validity of a system for eliciting and assessing statements by children who are alleged to have witnessed sexual abuse. Sites around the United States and in Israel are providing video or audio tapes of child interviews along with case files to establish case facts independent of the statements. Interjudge and test-retest reliability of Criteria-Based Content Analysis (CBCA) techniques were examined and revealed high reliability for total scores and some individual criteria. Some of the criteria were revised in light of this preliminary research and reliability has been established. The study will also provide basic data on the development of verbal abilities and children's memories of real-life events, and provide information about the relationship between interviewer style and quality of information provided by the child.