Wayne State University, Detroit, M 48202I, USA.
Child Maltreat. 2011 Feb;16(1):33-40. doi: 10.1177/1077559510387659. Epub 2010 Dec 3.
Anonymity may facilitate disclosure of maltreatment-related variables among parents, particularly in the perinatal period. This study was conducted in order to (a) confirm the effect of anonymity on commonly used measures in the field of child maltreatment; (b) examine the extent to which quasi anonymity (in which identifying information is collected but not linked to research data) can also facilitate disclosure on maltreatment-related measures; and (c) examine potential explanatory mechanisms of any association between level of anonymity and disclosure. This study further sought to evaluate these associations in the perinatal period, a crucial point for intervention that is also a time when rates of disclosure may be particularly low. A total of 150 postpartum, primarily African American women were randomly assigned to conditions involving traditional confidentiality, quasi anonymity, or full anonymity. Overall, disclosure on maltreatment-related measures was more than twice as likely for participants in the anonymous condition; quasi anonymity resulted in similar but somewhat smaller increases in disclosure. Anonymous methods may be greatly underutilized in child maltreatment research, and quasianonymous methods show promise as an alternative for longitudinal designs.
匿名可能有助于父母披露与虐待有关的变量，尤其是在围产期。本研究旨在：(a) 确认匿名对儿童虐待领域常用措施的影响；(b) 检查准匿名（收集但不将识别信息与研究数据关联）在多大程度上也能促进与虐待有关的措施的披露；(c) 研究匿名程度与披露之间任何关联的潜在解释机制。本研究还试图评估这些关联在围产期的情况，围产期是干预的关键时期，也是披露率可能特别低的时期。共有 150 名产后的主要是非裔美国妇女被随机分配到传统保密、准匿名或完全匿名的条件中。总体而言，匿名条件下与虐待有关的措施的披露率是传统保密条件下的两倍多；准匿名导致披露率类似但略有增加。匿名方法在儿童虐待研究中可能未得到充分利用，而准匿名方法作为纵向设计的替代方法显示出了一定的前景。
