Ogbonnaya Ijeoma Nwabuzor, Finno-Velasquez Megan, Kohl Patricia L
School of Social Work, San Diego State University, USA.
School of Social Work, University of Southern California, USA.
Child Abuse Negl. 2015 Jan;39:197-206. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2014.10.009. Epub 2014 Nov 15.
Many children involved with the child welfare system witness parental domestic violence. The association between children's domestic violence exposure and child welfare involvement may be influenced by certain socio-cultural factors; however, minimal research has examined this relationship. The current study compares domestic violence experiences and case outcomes among Latinas who are legal immigrants (n=39), unauthorized immigrants (n=77), naturalized citizens (n=30), and US-born citizen mothers (n=383) reported for child maltreatment. This analysis used data from the second round of the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-being. Mothers were asked about whether they experienced domestic violence during the past year. In addition, data were collected to assess if (a) domestic violence was the primary abuse type reported and, if so, (b) the maltreatment allegation was substantiated. Results show that naturalized citizens, legal residents, and unauthorized immigrants did not differ from US-born citizens in self-reports of domestic violence; approximately 33% of mothers reported experiences of domestic violence within the past year. Yet, unauthorized immigrants were 3.76 times more likely than US-born citizens to have cases with allegations of domestic violence as the primary abuse type. Despite higher rates of alleged domestic violence, unauthorized citizens were not more likely than US-born citizens to have these cases substantiated for domestic violence (F(2.26, 153.99)=0.709, p=.510). Findings highlight that domestic violence is not accurately accounted for in families with unauthorized immigrant mothers. We recommend child welfare workers are trained to properly assess and fulfill the needs of immigrant families, particularly as it relates to domestic violence.
许多与儿童福利系统有关联的儿童目睹过父母的家庭暴力行为。儿童遭受家庭暴力与儿童福利系统介入之间的关联可能会受到某些社会文化因素的影响；然而，对此关系进行研究的却极少。本研究比较了因虐待儿童而被举报的合法移民母亲（n = 39）、非法移民母亲（n = 77）、入籍公民母亲（n = 30）以及美国本土出生的公民母亲（n = 383）的家庭暴力经历和案件结果。该分析使用了第二轮全国儿童与青少年幸福调查的数据。母亲们被问及在过去一年里是否经历过家庭暴力。此外，还收集了数据以评估：（a）家庭暴力是否是所举报的主要虐待类型，以及如果是，（b）虐待指控是否得到证实。结果显示，入籍公民、合法居民和非法移民在家庭暴力自我报告方面与美国本土出生的公民没有差异；约33%的母亲报告在过去一年里有过家庭暴力经历。然而，非法移民被指控家庭暴力为主要虐待类型的案件数量比美国本土出生的公民多3.76倍。尽管被指控家庭暴力的比例较高，但非法移民的此类案件被证实存在家庭暴力的可能性并不比美国本土出生的公民更高（F(2.26, 153.99)=0.709, p = 0.510）。研究结果凸显，在有非法移民母亲的家庭中，家庭暴力情况没有得到准确统计。我们建议对儿童福利工作者进行培训，使其能够正确评估并满足移民家庭的需求，尤其是与家庭暴力相关的需求。
