Hébert Martine, Parent Nathalie, Daignault Isabelle V, Tourigny Marc
Department of Sexiology, University of Québec, Montréal, Canada.
Child Maltreat. 2006 Aug;11(3):203-16. doi: 10.1177/1077559506287866.
A cluster analysis is used to explore differential outcomes in 123 French Canadian children reporting sexual abuse contrasted with 123 control children. Mothers' reports of behavioral problems on the Child Behavior Checklist, abuse-related variables, personal factors, and family characteristics are used as potential variables discriminating clusters. Results reveal four clusters: (a) anxiety constellation group refers to children displaying behavior problems on a subset of scales, (b) the severe distress group refers to children showing a broader array of behavior problems, (c) victims of less severe sexual abuse (SA) group consists of children disclosing mostly extrafamilial SA, and (d) resilient children refers to children who, while disclosing severe abuse, rely less on avoidance coping. Findings underscore the need to go beyond abuse-related variables to orient treatment for children disclosing sexual abuse and for tailoring interventions to distinct subgroups.
一项聚类分析用于探究123名报告遭受性虐待的法裔加拿大儿童与123名对照儿童的不同结果。母亲在儿童行为量表上对行为问题的报告、与虐待相关的变量、个人因素以及家庭特征被用作区分聚类的潜在变量。结果揭示了四个聚类:(a) 焦虑星座组指在部分量表上表现出行为问题的儿童;(b) 严重困扰组指表现出更广泛行为问题的儿童;(c) 轻度性虐待(SA)受害者组由主要披露家庭外性虐待的儿童组成;(d) 适应良好的儿童指那些虽然披露了严重虐待,但较少依赖回避应对的儿童。研究结果强调,对于披露性虐待的儿童,有必要超越与虐待相关的变量来指导治疗,并针对不同亚组量身定制干预措施。