Leifer M, Shapiro J P, Kassem L
Illinois School of Professional Psychology, Chicago 60604.
Child Abuse Negl. 1993 Nov-Dec;17(6):755-66. doi: 10.1016/s0145-2134(08)80006-3.
This study investigated the impact of the nonoffending mother's childhood history and current functioning upon the psychological status and placement decisions for 68 sexually abused girls. Maternal history of abuse and/or poor childhood attachment relationships were significantly related to current maternal substance abuse. Maternal substance abuse and dissatisfaction with social support were significantly associated with lack of maternal support to the child and more abuse incidents, which in turn were related to more sexual abuse-related symptomatology and placement in foster care. The findings are congruent with studies indicating that intergenerational transmission of abuse is not inevitable, and suggest that maternal substance abuse and social isolation are important mediating variables between maternal history of sexual abuse and response to the abused child. The findings suggest that interventions targeted to the nonoffending mothers may be important in reducing child dysfunction and placement in foster care in the aftermath of sexual abuse.
本研究调查了68名遭受性虐待女孩的非犯罪母亲的童年经历和当前状况对其心理状态及安置决定的影响。母亲的虐待史和/或童年时期不良的依恋关系与当前母亲的药物滥用显著相关。母亲的药物滥用和对社会支持的不满与对孩子缺乏母亲支持以及更多虐待事件显著相关，而这反过来又与更多与性虐待相关的症状以及寄养安置有关。这些发现与表明虐待不会必然代际传递的研究一致，并表明母亲的药物滥用和社会孤立是母亲性虐待史与对受虐儿童反应之间重要的中介变量。研究结果表明，针对非犯罪母亲的干预措施对于减少性虐待后儿童的功能障碍和寄养安置可能很重要。
