Gabel S, Shindledecker R
Children's Hospital, Denver, Colorado 80218.
Hosp Community Psychiatry. 1993 Jul;44(7):656-60. doi: 10.1176/ps.44.7.656.
The study sought to determine the relationship between parental incarceration and behavioral and family characteristics among children in a day hospital.
Chi square analysis and t tests were used to compare preadmission characteristics and teachers' behavioral ratings of a group of 16 children in a day hospital setting who had experienced the incarceration of one or both parents and a group of 21 children in that setting who had no history of parental incarceration.
Children in the parental incarceration group were significantly more likely to have experienced parental substance abuse than those whose parents had not been incarcerated. A history of child abuse or maltreatment appeared to be more likely among the parental incarceration group. Boys whose fathers had been incarcerated received higher teacher ratings of delinquent and aggressive behavior. Paternal incarceration among girls was associated with a significant increase in attention problems.
A history of parental incarceration may be quite common in some mental health samples of children. It appears to be associated with severe family dysfunction and behavioral disorders.
本研究旨在确定日间医院中儿童的父母监禁与行为及家庭特征之间的关系。
采用卡方分析和t检验，比较日间医院中一组16名父母一方或双方曾被监禁的儿童和一组21名无父母监禁史的儿童入院前的特征及教师对其行为的评分。
父母被监禁组的儿童比父母未被监禁的儿童更有可能经历过父母的药物滥用。父母被监禁组的儿童似乎更有可能有过虐待或虐待儿童的历史。父亲被监禁的男孩在教师对其违法和攻击行为的评分中得分更高。女孩的父亲被监禁与注意力问题显著增加有关。
在一些儿童心理健康样本中，父母被监禁的历史可能相当普遍。它似乎与严重的家庭功能障碍和行为障碍有关。
