Henggeler S W, Tavormina J B
J Abnorm Child Psychol. 1978 Mar;6(1):97-106. doi: 10.1007/BF00915785.
The present study assessed intellectual, academic, and emotional strengths and weaknesses for a group of Mexican-American children of migrant farm workers. In order to test the vulnerability hypothesis, the test profiles of these children were contrasted with those of two groups of black children with similar demographic makeup. The children of one group (Clinical Black) had been referred previously for a psychological consultation while the children of the other (Nonreferred Black) had not. Across dependent measures, between-groups contrasts tended to describe the scores of the Migrant children as similar to those of the Clinical Black children and significantly below those of the Nonreferred Black children. The findings suggested specific intellectual, academic, and emotional vulnerabilities of the Migrant children and demonstrated the need to develop ameliorative programs for these children.
本研究评估了一群流动农场工人的墨西哥裔美国儿童在智力、学业和情感方面的优势与劣势。为了检验易损性假说，将这些儿童的测试结果与另外两组人口构成相似的黑人儿童的测试结果进行了对比。其中一组（临床组黑人儿童）此前已被转介进行心理咨询，而另一组（未转介黑人儿童）则没有。在各项相关指标上，组间对比往往显示流动儿童的得分与临床组黑人儿童相似，且显著低于未转介黑人儿童。研究结果表明流动儿童在智力、学业和情感方面存在特定的易损性，并证明有必要为这些儿童制定改善计划。
