Oates R K, Forrest D, Peacock A
Child Abuse Negl. 1985;9(2):159-63. doi: 10.1016/0145-2134(85)90007-9.
Thirty-seven children admitted to hospital with a diagnosis of abuse at an average of 5.5 years previously were compared with 37 non-abused children matched for age, sex, ethnic group, school and social class. The mean age of the children with 8.9 years (range 4.6-14.0 years). Self-esteem in the children was assessed by means of a structured interview with the child and the Piers-Harris Self-Concept Scale. The abused children saw themselves as having significantly fewer friends than the comparison children and they played with friends less often. They were less ambitious than the non-abused children with regard to the sort of occupation they would like as adults and were significantly lower in self-concept on the Piers-Harris Self-Concept Scale. These results show that, as well as providing treatment for abusive parents, a long-term program which aims at improving interpersonal relationship skills and self-esteem is required for abused children.
37名平均在5.5年前因被虐待诊断而入院的儿童与37名在年龄、性别、种族、学校和社会阶层方面匹配的未受虐待儿童进行了比较。受虐儿童的平均年龄为8.9岁（范围4.6 - 14.0岁）。通过对儿童进行结构化访谈以及使用皮尔斯 - 哈里斯自我概念量表来评估儿童的自尊。与对照组儿童相比，受虐儿童认为自己的朋友明显更少，而且与朋友玩耍的频率也更低。在成年后想要从事的职业类型方面，他们不如未受虐儿童有抱负，并且在皮尔斯 - 哈里斯自我概念量表上的自我概念得分显著更低。这些结果表明，除了为虐待孩子的父母提供治疗外，还需要为受虐儿童制定一个旨在提高人际关系技巧和自尊的长期项目。
