1 School of Social Work, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA.
2 School of Social Welfare, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA.
Child Maltreat. 2018 Aug;23(3):269-280. doi: 10.1177/1077559518771743. Epub 2018 May 24.
This study examines the concordance of abuse self-reported by adolescents at 18 years and child protective service (CPS) determinations and how abuse characteristics predict concordance. It includes 819 youths participating in 18-year interviews of the Longitudinal Study of Child Abuse and Neglect (LONGSCAN). Cross-tabulations revealed low correspondence between self-reports and CPS determinations of physical, sexual, and emotional abuse. Logistic regression identified that among youths with CPS physical abuse determinations, White race, chronicity, and co-occurring neglect were positively associated with corresponding self-reports. Co-occurring CPS-determined emotional abuse was more concordant with self-reports. More frequent self-reported physical abuse was associated with corresponding CPS determinations. Self-reports of childhood emotional abuse and perpetration by nonparental family/other household members were positively associated with corresponding CPS determinations. CPS determination concordance also varied significantly by LONGSCAN site. Results demonstrate differences in abuse characteristics captured by CPS data and youth self-report, which may impact research findings on abuse correlates.
本研究考察了青少年在 18 岁时自我报告的虐待行为与儿童保护服务（CPS）的认定之间的一致性，以及虐待行为特征如何预测一致性。研究对象包括参与虐待和忽视纵向研究（LONGSCAN）18 岁访谈的 819 名青少年。交叉表显示，自我报告和 CPS 对身体、性和情感虐待的认定之间对应性低。逻辑回归确定，在 CPS 身体虐待认定的青少年中，白人种族、慢性和同时发生的忽视与相应的自我报告呈正相关。同时发生的 CPS 确定的情感虐待与自我报告更一致。自我报告的更频繁的身体虐待与相应的 CPS 认定相关。儿童时期情感虐待的自我报告和非父母家庭/其他家庭成员的虐待行为与相应的 CPS 认定呈正相关。CPS 认定的一致性也因 LONGSCAN 地点而异。研究结果表明，CPS 数据和青少年自我报告中捕捉到的虐待特征存在差异，这可能会影响关于虐待相关性的研究结果。
