Uniwersytet Warszawski, Wydział Stosowanych Nauk Społecznych i Resocjalizacji, Instytut Profilaktyki Społecznej i Resocjalizacji.
Warszawski Uniwersytet Medyczny, Klinika Psychiatrii Wieku Rozwojowego.
Psychiatr Pol. 2022 Dec 31;56(6):1417-1432. doi: 10.12740/PP/142371.
The aim of the present study was to investigate the links between parental incarceration and the level of behavioral and emotional problems in children of incarcerated fathers, based on the information provided by parents.
The subjects were a group of prisoners' children and two control groups. The criterion group consisted of prisoners' children (N = 72) brought up in families with an increased level of dysfunction and problem behaviors. The first control group (I) was composed of children (N = 76) brought up in complete families; the level of problem behavior in these families and the level of these children's resiliency was similar to that of prisoners' children (i.e., the criterion group). The second control group (II) was composed of children from complete families (N = 98). In these families, problem behaviors were not present at all or their level was very low, and the children's level of resiliency was significantly higher compared to prisoners' children and children from control group I. To measure behavioral and emotional problems, the version of Thomas Achenbach's questionnaire that is meant to be completed by parents: namely, the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) was used.
The level of behavioral and emotional problems in prisoners' children turned out to be significantly higher in all categories of problems compared to their peers from complete families.
The results of the study indicate that parental incarceration is an additional factor increasing behavioral and emotional problems. The results of our study make it reasonable to suspect that parental incarceration affects girls more strongly than it affects boys.
本研究旨在根据父母提供的信息，调查父母入狱与父亲入狱子女行为和情绪问题严重程度之间的关联。
研究对象为一组囚犯子女和两个对照组。实验组由在功能失调和行为问题高发家庭中长大的囚犯子女（N=72）组成；对照组一（I）由完整家庭的子女（N=76）组成，这些家庭的行为问题水平和子女的适应能力与囚犯子女（即实验组）相似；对照组二（II）由完整家庭的子女（N=98）组成，这些家庭中完全不存在行为问题或问题水平非常低，且子女的适应能力明显高于囚犯子女和对照组一的子女。为了测量行为和情绪问题，使用了托马斯·艾森克（Thomas Achenbach）问卷的家长版，即儿童行为检查表（CBCL）。
与完整家庭的同龄人相比，囚犯子女在所有问题类别中的行为和情绪问题严重程度都显著更高。
研究结果表明，父母入狱是增加行为和情绪问题的一个额外因素。我们的研究结果表明，父母入狱对女孩的影响比男孩更强烈，这是有道理的。
