Research Department Early Childhood Intervention, German Youth Institute, Nockherstraße 2, 81541, Munich, Germany.
Child Guidance Center Ingolstadt, Gabelsberger Straße 46, 85057, Ingolstadt, Germany.
Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2022 Jun;53(3):569-581. doi: 10.1007/s10578-021-01157-y. Epub 2021 Mar 17.
Since child maltreatment has highly negative effects on child adjustment, early identification of at-risk families is important. This study focuses on longitudinal risk factors for child maltreatment and associations between abuse risk and occurrence. It also examines whether abuse risk and involvement in early childhood intervention are associated. The sample comprises 197 German caregivers with children under 3 years of age. Data was collected in two waves. The Brief Child Abuse Potential Inventory assessed abuse risk. Socio-demographic, parent, child and family-related risk factors were measured using screening tools. The analysis revealed that parental characteristics (psychopathology, own maltreatment experiences etc.) were associated with concurrent abuse risk. Longitudinal changes in abuse risk were linked to caregiver education and child-related factors. Cumulative risk did not explain more variance than specific risk factors. Significant associations with caregiver-reported abuse were found, and data suggest that some burdened families cannot be reached by early childhood intervention.
由于儿童虐待对儿童的适应有极大的负面影响，因此及早识别高危家庭非常重要。本研究重点关注儿童虐待的纵向风险因素以及虐待风险与发生之间的关系。它还检验了虐待风险和参与幼儿期干预之间是否存在关联。样本包括 197 名有 3 岁以下子女的德国照顾者。数据收集分为两个阶段。《简要儿童虐待倾向清单》评估了虐待风险。使用筛查工具测量了社会人口统计学、父母、儿童和家庭相关的风险因素。分析表明，父母的特征（精神病理学、自身的虐待经历等）与同时存在的虐待风险有关。虐待风险的纵向变化与照顾者的教育程度和儿童相关因素有关。累积风险并不能比特定风险因素解释更多的差异。与照顾者报告的虐待有显著关联的数据表明，一些负担过重的家庭可能无法接受幼儿期干预。
