School of Social Work, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1106, USA.
J Fam Psychol. 2013 Jun;27(3):473-83. doi: 10.1037/a0032164. Epub 2013 May 6.
Although child custody evaluations can lead to unsafe outcomes in cases of intimate partner violence (IPV), little is known about factors associated with evaluators' recommendations. In this study of 465 child custody evaluators, we investigated the association between evaluators' beliefs, background, and knowledge and their custody and visitation recommendations in cases involving IPV. We hypothesized that evaluators' belief in false allegations by the mother and their recommendations that perpetrators have custody or unsupervised visits would be positively associated with (a) being a male evaluator, (b) patriarchal norms, (c) not knowing a survivor of IPV, and (d) less knowledge of IPV. In addition, we hypothesized that evaluators' belief in false allegations by mothers would be related to their recommendation that perpetrators have custody or unsupervised visits. Results supported most of the hypothesized relationships. Multivariate analysis revealed that belief variables explained more of the variance in custody-visitation outcomes than demographic and knowledge variables. Implications of the findings for IPV training, evaluator selection, and evaluation guidelines are provided.
尽管儿童监护权评估可能会导致亲密伴侣暴力（IPV）案件的不安全结果，但对于评估员建议相关因素知之甚少。在这项对 465 名儿童监护权评估员的研究中，我们调查了评估员的信念、背景和知识与其在涉及 IPV 的案件中的监护权和探视建议之间的关联。我们假设，评估员对母亲虚假指控的信念以及他们建议施害者拥有监护权或无人监督的探视权，将与（a）男性评估员、（b）家长制规范、（c）不了解 IPV 幸存者以及（d）对 IPV 的了解较少呈正相关。此外，我们假设评估员对母亲虚假指控的信念与他们建议施害者拥有监护权或无人监督的探视权有关。结果支持了大多数假设的关系。多元分析表明，信念变量比人口统计和知识变量更能解释监护权-探视结果的差异。为 IPV 培训、评估员选择和评估指南提供了研究结果的影响。
