New York University, Silver School of Social Work, United States.
New York University, Silver School of Social Work, United States.
Child Abuse Negl. 2018 Dec;86:324-335. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2018.09.002. Epub 2018 Sep 13.
Based on the family stress model and the stress-buffering model, the present study examines the relationship between caregivers' financial stress and child internalizing problem behaviors, the mediating role of caregiver maltreating behaviors, and whether social services for caregivers buffer this relationship. The current study is based on data from wave two of the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being dataset (N = 2670). Results indicated increased high familial financial stress was associated with child internalizing problems. Caregivers' psychological aggression, physical assault, child neglect, and sexual maltreatment emerged as mechanisms mediating this relationship. Tangible service and social network service were found to mitigate the deleterious effect of financial stress on child internalizing behaviors, but primarily for those whom financial stress was high. These findings highlight the role perceived financial stress has on potential maltreatment and child outcomes, rather than relying on objective measures of economic status. Implications for social services focused interventions for children and caregivers coping with high levels of perceived financial stress are discussed.
基于家庭压力模型和压力缓冲模型，本研究考察了照顾者经济压力与儿童内化问题行为之间的关系，照顾者虐待行为的中介作用，以及照顾者的社会服务是否缓冲了这种关系。本研究基于全国儿童和青少年福利调查数据集（N=2670）的第二波数据。研究结果表明，较高的家庭经济压力与儿童内化问题有关。照顾者的心理攻击、身体虐待、儿童忽视和性虐待是这种关系的中介机制。有形服务和社会网络服务被发现可以减轻经济压力对儿童内化行为的不利影响，但主要是针对那些经济压力较高的儿童。这些发现强调了感知经济压力对潜在虐待和儿童结果的作用，而不是依赖于经济状况的客观衡量标准。讨论了针对应对高感知经济压力的儿童和照顾者的社会服务重点干预措施的意义。
