Benedict M I, Zuravin S, Somerfield M, Brandt D
Johns Hopkins University, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205-1999, USA.
Child Abuse Negl. 1996 Jul;20(7):561-71. doi: 10.1016/0145-2134(96)00044-0.
The ability to assess accurately risk factors for maltreatment while in family foster care is essential for developing prevention and intervention strategies. Yet information about children involved in maltreatment episodes while in foster care is severely limited. This correlational study reports on characteristics, health, and functioning parameters of all 78 children with substantiated maltreatment reports between 1984-1988 in an urban foster care program as compared to a random sample of 229 nonmaltreated children in foster care in the same time period. Almost 50% of the substantiated maltreatment was sexual abuse with the remainder physical abuse and neglect. Problems in health, development, and functioning were reported in the social services record for a large number of all children, but children sexually abused while in care were significantly more likely to have a nonkinship placement, and to have mental health and development problems identified. Physical abuse and neglect while in foster care were not associated with child health and functioning characteristics. The implications of these results are discussed within the context of the data source used.
在家庭寄养期间准确评估虐待风险因素的能力对于制定预防和干预策略至关重要。然而，关于寄养期间遭受虐待事件的儿童的信息极为有限。这项相关性研究报告了1984年至1988年期间城市寄养项目中所有78名有确凿虐待报告的儿童的特征、健康状况和功能参数，并与同期随机抽取的229名寄养期间未遭受虐待的儿童进行了比较。几乎50%的确凿虐待事件为性虐待，其余为身体虐待和忽视。大量儿童的社会服务记录中均报告了健康、发育和功能方面的问题，但在寄养期间遭受性虐待的儿童更有可能被安置在非亲属家庭，且更有可能被发现存在心理健康和发育问题。寄养期间的身体虐待和忽视与儿童的健康及功能特征无关。将在所用数据源的背景下讨论这些结果的意义。
