1 Department of Marriage and Family Therapy, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA, USA.
2 Department of Family and Child Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA.
Child Maltreat. 2018 Feb;23(1):3-24. doi: 10.1177/1077559517728125. Epub 2017 Sep 6.
This article reviews and critically evaluates available research on latent classes of maltreatment. Three major databases (PsycINFO, Web of Knowledge, and Academic Search Complete) were used to identify studies on latent classes of maltreatment published before June 1, 2016. Of 365 potentially relevant studies, 14 met inclusion criteria for review. Our analysis was guided by the following questions: (a) What observed indicators are being used to model classes of maltreatment? (b) What are the most commonly identified classes of maltreatment? and (c) What are the predictors and outcomes of classes of maltreatment? Across the studies, findings demonstrated how person-centered methods (i.e., latent class/profile analysis) may facilitate the study of maltreatment by concurrently addressing several methodological limitations common to the study of maltreatment, while also addressing heterogeneity in experiences of maltreatment. After providing an account of existing trends within the literature employing person-centered methodology in the study of maltreatment, we offer a critique of extant research, note recent methodological developments, and make numerous recommendations for future research using person-centered approaches to understanding maltreatment.
这篇文章回顾和批判性地评估了现有的关于虐待的潜在类别研究。使用三个主要数据库（PsycINFO、Web of Knowledge 和 Academic Search Complete）来确定 2016 年 6 月 1 日之前发表的关于虐待潜在类别的研究。在 365 篇潜在相关的研究中，有 14 篇符合审查标准。我们的分析以以下问题为指导：(a) 用于建模虐待类别的观察指标是什么？(b) 最常见的虐待类别是什么？和 (c) 虐待类别的预测因素和结果是什么？在这些研究中，研究结果表明，以个体为中心的方法（即潜在类别/分析）如何通过同时解决虐待研究中常见的几个方法学限制，同时解决虐待经历的异质性，从而促进虐待研究。在对文献中使用以个体为中心的方法研究虐待的现有趋势进行说明之后，我们对现有研究进行了批评，注意到最近的方法学发展，并对使用以个体为中心的方法理解虐待的未来研究提出了许多建议。
