Yates A, Hull J W, Huebner R B
Child Abuse Negl. 1983;7(1):37-44. doi: 10.1016/0145-2134(83)90028-5.
Data from Child Protective Services case files was used to establish a Responsiveness Index, measuring the extent to which, in the worker's opinion, an abusive individual had responded positively to various common interventions. Factors likely to predict parental responsiveness then were tested. Variables with predictive significance were: the number of abused children in the family, the number of birth and bonding problems, and the number of previous contacts with other service agencies by various family members. Other variables which are ordinarily assumed to forecast a favorable outcome did not approach significance.
儿童保护服务案件档案中的数据被用于建立一个反应性指数，用以衡量在工作人员看来，施虐者对各种常见干预措施做出积极反应的程度。随后对可能预测父母反应性的因素进行了测试。具有预测意义的变量包括：家庭中受虐儿童的数量、出生和情感联结问题的数量，以及家庭成员之前与其他服务机构接触的次数。其他通常被认为能预测良好结果的变量并不具有显著性。
