Radhakrishna A, Bou-Saada I E, Hunter W M, Catellier D J, Kotch J B
Department of Maternal and Child Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA.
Child Maltreat. 2001 Nov;6(4):281-9. doi: 10.1177/1077559501006004001.
Most research on the effect of father figures in the home on the incidence of child maltreatment has been cross-sectional and has focused on sexual abuse. This prospective study's purpose is to determine if the presence of a father surrogate in the home affects the risk of a subsequent child maltreatment report. In a longitudinal sample of at-risk children, North Carolina's Central Registry for Child Abuse and Neglect was used to determine the maltreatment history of children from birth to age 8 years. Children who had a father surrogate living in the home were twice as likely to be reported for maltreatment after his entry into the home than those with either a biological father (odds ratio = 2.6, 95 % confidence interval = 1.4-4.7) or no father figure in the home (odds ratio = 2.0, 95% confidence interval = 1.1-3.5).
大多数关于家庭中父亲角色对儿童虐待发生率影响的研究都是横断面研究，且集中在性虐待方面。这项前瞻性研究的目的是确定家庭中替代父亲的存在是否会影响随后儿童虐待报告的风险。在一个有风险儿童的纵向样本中，北卡罗来纳州儿童虐待和忽视中央登记处被用来确定儿童从出生到8岁的虐待史。有替代父亲住在家里的儿童，在其进入家庭后被报告遭受虐待的可能性是有亲生父亲（优势比=2.6，95%置信区间=1.4-4.7）或家中没有父亲角色的儿童（优势比=2.0，95%置信区间=1.1-3.5）的两倍。
