Lynch M A
Paediatrician. 1979;8(4):188-99.
Data from two studies are presented. Both highlight characteristics which help identify children at increased risk of child abuse. The first study demonstrates that the abused child when compared with unharmed children in the same family is more likely to have been the product of an abnormal pregnancy, labor, delivery and neonatal period. He is more likely to have been separated from his mother and to have been ill in the first year of life. His mother too is more likely to have been sick during that year. The second study shows that it is possible to identify 'at risk' families around the time the baby is born. When compared with controls, five factors are more common: mother aged under 20 at birth of first child, evidence of emotional disturbance, referral to the social worker, admission of baby to special care nursery, and early concern over mothering.
本文呈现了两项研究的数据。两者都突出了有助于识别受虐待风险较高儿童的特征。第一项研究表明，与同家庭中未受伤害的儿童相比，受虐待儿童更有可能是异常怀孕、分娩、生产及新生儿期的产物。他更有可能与母亲分离，且在出生后第一年生病。他的母亲在那一年也更有可能生病。第二项研究表明，在婴儿出生前后识别“有风险”家庭是有可能的。与对照组相比，有五个因素更为常见：第一个孩子出生时母亲年龄在20岁以下、有情绪障碍迹象、转介给社会工作者、婴儿入住特殊护理病房，以及对育儿的早期担忧。
