Lepistö Sari Johanna, Ellonen Noora, Rantanen Heidi Eveliina, Vuorenmaa Maaret Kristiina, Helminen Mika Tapio, Paavilainen Eija
Faculty of Social Sciences, Nursing Sciences, Tampere University, 33520 Tampere, Finland.
Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, 33014 Tampere, Finland.
Children (Basel). 2022 Feb 16;9(2):269. doi: 10.3390/children9020269.
Parental empowerment has been related to their well-being and self-efficacy. Learning more about the signs describing child maltreatment risk are crucial for the welfare of children and families. The aim of this study was to assess the risk of child maltreatment (CM) and related worrying factors of parents and associations between the CM risk, worries and parental empowerment. The study is based on self-report surveys administered to parents in primary health care and hospital settings. The risk of CM and related worrying factors were measured by the Brief Child Abuse Potential Inventory (BCAP) from 453 parents. Family empowerment was measured by The Generic Family Empowerment Scale (G-FES). Parents expressed worries such as loneliness and distress (20%), feelings of persecution (9%), family conflict (17%), rigidity (21%) and financial insecurity (4%). The BCAP found 27 parents with increased risk. Parents with CM risk expressed more empowerment in connection to services for their child and family. It is crucial to discuss worries in child and family services before they raise the risk level. Tools such as the BCAP are useful in systematically identifying the child maltreatment risk and parental worries under discussion, offering possibilities for preventing child maltreatment and increasing well-being of children.
父母赋权与他们的幸福感和自我效能感相关。更多地了解描述儿童虐待风险的迹象对于儿童和家庭的福祉至关重要。本研究的目的是评估儿童虐待（CM）的风险、父母的相关担忧因素以及CM风险、担忧与父母赋权之间的关联。该研究基于对初级卫生保健机构和医院环境中的父母进行的自我报告调查。通过简短儿童虐待潜在量表（BCAP）对453名父母进行CM风险及相关担忧因素的测量。家庭赋权通过通用家庭赋权量表（G-FES）进行测量。父母表达的担忧包括孤独和痛苦（20%）、受迫害感（9%）、家庭冲突（17%）、僵化（21%）和经济不安全（4%）。BCAP发现27名父母风险增加。有CM风险的父母在涉及为其子女和家庭提供的服务方面表现出更强的赋权意识。在儿童和家庭服务中，在担忧升级为风险水平之前进行讨论至关重要。像BCAP这样的工具有助于系统地识别正在讨论的儿童虐待风险和父母担忧，为预防儿童虐待和提高儿童幸福感提供了可能。
