1259University of Michigan School of Social Work, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
2647The Ohio State University College of Social Work, Columbus, OH, USA.
Child Maltreat. 2022 Aug;27(3):334-343. doi: 10.1177/10775595211007566. Epub 2021 Apr 15.
Neighborhoods have profound impacts on children and families. Using structural equation modeling and data from 4,898 children in the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, the current study examines the direct and indirect effects of neighborhood poverty on the likelihood of being maltreated at age 5. Two neighborhood social processes, social cohesion and informal social control, were examined as mediators. The study found that neighborhood poverty was indirectly related to physical assault and psychological aggression through its impact on social cohesion, and indirectly related to neglect through its impact on informal social control. The results highlight the need to reduce poverty across communities and increase social cohesion and social control as potential pathways for interrupting the impact of neighborhood poverty on maltreatment.
社区对儿童和家庭有着深远的影响。本研究使用结构方程模型和脆弱家庭与儿童福利研究中 4898 名儿童的数据，检验了社区贫困对 5 岁儿童受虐待可能性的直接和间接影响。研究还检验了邻里社会进程（社会凝聚力和非正式社会控制）的中介作用。研究发现，社区贫困通过对社会凝聚力的影响与身体虐待和心理攻击间接相关，通过对非正式社会控制的影响与忽视间接相关。研究结果强调需要在社区层面减少贫困，并增加社会凝聚力和社会控制，作为阻断社区贫困对虐待影响的潜在途径。
