Millett Lina Sapokaite, Seay Kristen D, Kohl Patricia L
Brown School Work, Washington University in St. Louis, Campus Box 1196, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130.
College of Social Work, University of South Carolina, 902 Sumter St., Columbia, SC 29208.
Child Youth Serv Rev. 2015 Jan 1;48:60-69. doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2014.12.006.
Although intimate partner violence (IPV) is a well-known risk for child maltreatment, little is known if the prevalence of and risk factors for IPV differ among US-born and foreign-born families involved with Child Protective Services. Data came from a new cohort of the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being II (NSCAW II), a national probability study of children reported for child abuse and neglect. The study sample was restricted to female caregivers whose children remained in the home following an investigation (N=2,210). Caregiver self-report information was used to measure physical form of IPV during the past 12 months. The study results revealed no significant differences in IPV victimization rates between foreign-born and US-born caregivers both bivariately and while controlling for key socio-demographic and psychosocial functioning characteristics as well as family needs. Common risk factors for both population groups included caregiver's young age, depression, high family stress and low social support. Additionally, foreign-born caregivers were more likely to experience IPV when there was high neighborhood stress and intimate partner was absent while Hispanic ethnicity, higher education, problematic substance use, and difficulty with paying for basic necessities predicted IPV among US-born caregivers. Neither legal status nor acculturation indicators were significantly associated with IPV victimization for foreign-born. Findings indicate that IPV remains a significant problem for child welfare-involved caregivers and warrant effective screening, identification and prevention.
尽管亲密伴侣暴力（IPV）是儿童虐待的一个众所周知的风险因素，但对于涉及儿童保护服务的美国本土家庭和外国出生家庭中IPV的患病率及风险因素是否存在差异，人们知之甚少。数据来自儿童与青少年福祉全国调查II（NSCAW II）的一个新队列，这是一项针对被举报遭受虐待和忽视儿童的全国概率研究。研究样本仅限于在调查后孩子仍留在家里的女性照顾者（N = 2210）。照顾者的自我报告信息用于衡量过去12个月内IPV的身体形式。研究结果显示，在双变量分析以及在控制关键的社会人口统计学和心理社会功能特征以及家庭需求时，外国出生和美国出生的照顾者在IPV受害率方面没有显著差异。这两个人口群体的共同风险因素包括照顾者年龄小、抑郁、家庭压力大以及社会支持低。此外，当邻里压力大且亲密伴侣不在身边时，外国出生的照顾者更有可能遭受IPV，而西班牙裔种族、高等教育、物质使用问题以及支付基本生活必需品困难则预示着美国出生的照顾者会遭受IPV。对于外国出生者而言，法律地位和文化适应指标均与IPV受害情况无显著关联。研究结果表明，IPV对于涉及儿童福利的照顾者来说仍然是一个重大问题，需要进行有效的筛查、识别和预防。
