Department of Psychology, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, 390 Corbett Family Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556, United States.
Department of Psychology, 390 Corbett Family Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556, United States.
Child Abuse Negl. 2020 Oct;108:104639. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104639. Epub 2020 Aug 3.
Child victimization is one of the most serious, preventable threats to child health and wellbeing around the world. Contemporary research has demonstrated that polyvictimization, or children's experience of multiple types of victimization, is particularly detrimental.
The current study aims to evaluate relationships between child victimization and child resilience with a particular focus on caregiver and family promotive factors.
Participants included N = 385 caregiver-child dyads from a high-risk neighborhood in San Juan de Lurigancho district in Lima, Peru.
Data were collected in the context of a representative survey of houses in the neighborhood; an index child (ages 4-17) was randomly selected for each household and caregivers provided reports on core study constructs.
Child victimization (β = .35, p < .001) and harsh punishment (β = .17, p < .001) were associated with higher levels of child adjustment problems. Caregiver depression was associated with both higher adjustment problems (β = .22, p < .001) and higher prosocial skills (β = .14, p = .003). Caregiver resilience was associated with lower adjustment problems (β = -.15, p = .01) and higher prosocial skills (β = .14, p = .04). Positive parenting was associated with lower adjustment problems (β = -.15, p < .001) and higher prosocial skills (β = .20, p < .001). Family cohesion (β = .23, p = .001) was positively associated only with children's prosocial skills.
Findings suggest that caregiver resilience and positive parenting are consistent promotive factors for child resilience across indicators, including both adjustment problems and prosocial skills. These promotive factors may therefore be promising potential targets address in the context of interventions aimed at promoting child resilience.
儿童受害是全球范围内对儿童健康和幸福最严重、可预防的威胁之一。当代研究表明，多重受害，即儿童经历多种类型的受害，尤其有害。
本研究旨在评估儿童受害与儿童适应力之间的关系，特别关注照顾者和家庭促进因素。
参与者包括来自秘鲁利马卢里甘乔区一个高风险社区的 385 名照顾者-儿童对。
数据是在该社区房屋的代表性调查中收集的；每个家庭随机选择一名核心儿童（4-17 岁），照顾者报告核心研究结构的情况。
儿童受害（β=.35，p<.001）和严厉惩罚（β=.17，p<.001）与更高水平的儿童适应问题相关。照顾者抑郁与更高的适应问题（β=.22，p<.001）和更高的亲社会技能（β=.14，p=.003）相关。照顾者适应力与较低的适应问题（β= -.15，p=.01）和较高的亲社会技能（β=.14，p=.04）相关。积极的育儿方式与较低的适应问题（β= -.15，p<.001）和较高的亲社会技能（β=.20，p<.001）相关。家庭凝聚力（β=.23，p=.001）仅与儿童的亲社会技能呈正相关。
研究结果表明，照顾者适应力和积极的育儿方式是儿童适应力的一致促进因素，包括适应问题和亲社会技能。因此，这些促进因素可能是有希望的潜在目标，可以作为旨在促进儿童适应力的干预措施的重点。
