Campbell Claudia L, Wamser Rachel A
Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri-St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
J Trauma Stress. 2024 Feb;37(1):35-46. doi: 10.1002/jts.22978. Epub 2023 Oct 25.
Although the literature on children's sexual behavior problems (SBPs) has indicated that maltreatment and family dysfunction are linked to SBPs, several facets of these factors have remained unexamined. Prior research has largely focused on SBPs more broadly, though interpersonal SBPs (ISBPs) are likely a distinct, more severe SBP subtype. The aim of the current study was to examine potentially relevant, unexplored factors, including the number of types of and total allegations of maltreatment as well as familial characteristics (i.e., parenting attitudes and behaviors, discipline methods, family functioning, and help-seeking) in relation to SBPs and ISBPs. The present study included 8-year-old children (N = 1,011, 51.1% female, 53.8% Black) and their caregivers from the Longitudinal Studies of Child Abuse and Neglect (LONGSCAN) study. In the model for SBPs, externalizing symptoms, the number of types of maltreatment allegations, maladaptive discipline methods, and help-seeking were associated with SBPs, whereas child's gender, race/ethnicity, internalizing symptoms, total maltreatment allegations, income, family functioning, and parenting attitudes were unrelated, r = .23. When ISBPs were examined, only child's gender and externalizing symptoms were tied to ISBPs, r = .09. However, child's race/ethnicity and internalizing symptoms, as well as maltreatment experiences, family factors, and help-seeking, were not associated with ISBPs. These findings highlight the importance of broader externalizing symptoms for both SBPs and ISBPs as well as the role of multiple types of maltreatment, parenting behavior, and help-seeking in the context of general SBPs.
尽管关于儿童性行为问题（SBP）的文献表明，虐待和家庭功能失调与SBP有关，但这些因素的几个方面仍未得到研究。先前的研究主要更广泛地关注SBP，尽管人际性行为问题（ISBP）可能是一种独特的、更严重的SBP亚型。本研究的目的是检查潜在相关的、未被探索的因素，包括虐待类型的数量和总指控以及家庭特征（即育儿态度和行为、管教方法、家庭功能和寻求帮助）与SBP和ISBP的关系。本研究纳入了来自儿童虐待与忽视纵向研究（LONGSCAN）的8岁儿童（N = 1011，51.1%为女性，53.8%为黑人）及其照顾者。在SBP模型中，外化症状、虐待指控类型的数量、适应不良的管教方法和寻求帮助与SBP相关，而儿童的性别、种族/民族、内化症状、虐待指控总数、收入、家庭功能和育儿态度则无关，r = 0.23。当检查ISBP时，只有儿童的性别和外化症状与ISBP相关，r = 0.09。然而，儿童的种族/民族和内化症状，以及虐待经历、家庭因素和寻求帮助与ISBP无关。这些发现突出了更广泛的外化症状对SBP和ISBP的重要性，以及多种类型的虐待、育儿行为和寻求帮助在一般SBP背景下的作用。
