Staton-Tindall Michele, Sprang Ginny, Clark James
College of Social Work, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0027, USA.
J Evid Based Soc Work. 2012;9(3):265-82. doi: 10.1080/15433714.2010.494982.
This study proposed to determine the prevalence of substance use and drug-related arrests among caregivers of children referred to Child Protective Services (CPS), examine the relationship between substance use and arrests among caregivers, and examine the main effects and interaction of substance use and arrests in predicting child trauma exposure. Secondary data was collected from CPS files for a randomly selected group of 1127 children. Findings indicated that rates of caregiver substance misuse and arrests were higher than the general population, which was expected. When controlling for demographic and other variables, there was a main effect of substance use and arrests on child trauma exposure, but no significant interaction. Implications for caregivers engaged in substance use and/or involvement with the criminal justice system are discussed, as well as clinical and research implications for children exposed to trauma related to caregiver behaviors.
本研究旨在确定转介至儿童保护服务机构（CPS）的儿童照料者中物质使用及与毒品相关的逮捕情况的患病率，研究照料者中物质使用与逮捕之间的关系，并研究物质使用和逮捕在预测儿童创伤暴露方面的主要影响及相互作用。从CPS档案中收集了针对随机抽取的1127名儿童的二级数据。研究结果表明，照料者物质滥用和被捕率高于一般人群，这在意料之中。在控制人口统计学和其他变量后，物质使用和逮捕对儿童创伤暴露有主要影响，但没有显著的相互作用。讨论了物质使用和/或涉及刑事司法系统的照料者的相关影响，以及与照料者行为相关的创伤暴露儿童的临床和研究意义。
