University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA.
J Interpers Violence. 2023 Mar;38(5-6):4814-4831. doi: 10.1177/08862605221119522. Epub 2022 Sep 4.
This study sought to understand the relationships between neighborhood poverty, family monetary well-being, and child maltreatment. The specific research questions were as follows: (1) Is neighborhood poverty at age 1 related to child physical abuse, psychological abuse, and neglect at age 5? (2) Are these relationships mediated by family monetary well-being? The study relied on data from three waves (child ages 1, 3, and 5) of the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, a longitudinal birth-cohort study of 4,898 children from 20 large U.S. cities. Structural equation modeling was employed to examine mediational effects. The study found a lasting impact of neighborhood poverty on child neglect only, and this relationship was fully mediated by family monetary well-being. There was not a significant longitudinal relationship between neighborhood poverty and physical abuse or psychological abuse. Implications from the study suggest that neighborhood disadvantage impacts a families' economic well-being, and that individual-level economic supports may interrupt the pathway from neighborhood poverty to child neglect.
这项研究旨在探讨邻里贫困、家庭经济状况与儿童虐待之间的关系。具体的研究问题如下：（1）1 岁时的邻里贫困与 5 岁时的儿童身体虐待、心理虐待和忽视有关吗？（2）这些关系是否受到家庭经济状况的中介影响？该研究依赖于来自脆弱家庭和儿童福利研究（Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study）的三个波次（儿童年龄为 1、3 和 5 岁）的数据，这是一项对来自 20 个美国大城市的 4898 名儿童的纵向出生队列研究。结构方程模型被用于检验中介效应。研究发现，邻里贫困对儿童忽视有持久影响，而这种关系完全受到家庭经济状况的中介影响。邻里贫困与身体虐待或心理虐待之间没有显著的纵向关系。研究结果表明，邻里劣势会影响家庭的经济状况，而个体层面的经济支持可能会阻断邻里贫困与儿童忽视之间的关系。
