Lau Anna S, McCabe Kristen M, Yeh May, Garland Ann F, Hough Richard L, Landsverk John
University of California, Los Angeles, USA.
Child Maltreat. 2003 Aug;8(3):183-94. doi: 10.1177/1077559503254141.
This study examined rates of youth-reported maltreatment history and the association between youth-reported maltreatment and foster care history across four racial/ethnic groups in a public system of care. Interviews were conducted with 1,045 youth (European Americans, African Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Asian Pacific Islanders) and their primary caregivers, sampled from one of five service sectors (alcohol/drug services, child welfare, juvenilejustice, mental health, and special education) in San Diego. Overall, racial/ethnic differences in youth-reported maltreatment were minimal. However, in the child welfare sector, African American youth self-reported maltreatment less frequently than other youth. There were significant racial/ethnic differences in foster care history, with African Americans far more likely to have been placed, even after controlling for youth-reported maltreatment, income, age, and gender. Furthermore, maltreatment history was associated with placement for all youth except African Americans. These results suggest that the overrepresentation of minority children in child welfare does not stem from greater rates of maltreatment.
本研究调查了在一个公共照护系统中，四个种族/族裔群体中青少年报告的虐待史发生率，以及青少年报告的虐待与寄养史之间的关联。研究人员对1045名青少年（欧裔美国人、非裔美国人、西班牙裔美国人和亚太岛民）及其主要照料者进行了访谈，这些青少年和照料者是从圣地亚哥五个服务部门（酒精/药物服务、儿童福利、青少年司法、心理健康和特殊教育）之一中抽取的样本。总体而言，青少年报告的虐待情况在种族/族裔方面差异极小。然而，在儿童福利部门，非裔美国青少年自我报告遭受虐待的频率低于其他青少年。寄养史在种族/族裔方面存在显著差异，即使在控制了青少年报告的虐待情况、收入、年龄和性别之后，非裔美国人被安置的可能性仍然远远高于其他种族。此外，除了非裔美国人之外，虐待史与所有青少年的安置情况都有关联。这些结果表明，少数族裔儿童在儿童福利中占比过高并非源于更高的虐待发生率。
