McKelvey R S, Webb J A
Division of Child Psychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77007.
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 1993 Sep;32(5):1013-8. doi: 10.1097/00004583-199309000-00020.
The objective of this study was to investigate the differential effects of maternal, single surrogate, and multiple surrogate caregiving on psychological and educational outcomes in a group of Vietnamese Amerasians.
Subjects were assessed in Vietnam using several measures of affective and behavioral symptomatology as well as a detailed psychosocial history.
Amerasians who lived continuously with their biological mothers had fewer symptoms of psychological distress than did either group raised by surrogate caregivers. In addition, those living continuously with either their mothers or a single surrogate had better educational outcomes and experienced fewer geographic relocations than did those raised by multiple surrogates.
Amerasians who remained continuously with their biological mothers had better overall outcomes than did those raised by surrogate caregivers. Continuous surrogate caregiving appeared to offer some, but not complete, protection from the adverse effects of maternal loss. The clinical significance of these findings for those assessing and treating Amerasians, as well as for those assisting immigration officials with relocation decisions, is discussed.
本研究的目的是调查母亲照料、单一替代照料和多重替代照料对一群越南美亚混血儿心理和教育结果的不同影响。
在越南使用多种情感和行为症状测量方法以及详细的社会心理病史对受试者进行评估。
与亲生母亲持续生活在一起的美亚混血儿比由替代照料者抚养的任何一组都有更少的心理困扰症状。此外，与母亲或单一替代照料者持续生活在一起的人比由多重替代照料者抚养的人有更好的教育结果，并且经历的地理迁移更少。
与亲生母亲持续生活在一起的美亚混血儿比由替代照料者抚养的人有更好的总体结果。持续的替代照料似乎能提供一定程度但并非完全的保护，使其免受母亲缺失的不利影响。讨论了这些发现对评估和治疗美亚混血儿的人员以及协助移民官员做出迁移决定的人员的临床意义。
