编织文化与后果:移民身份和儿童虐待在成年早期的结果
1College of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida State University, United States of America.
Child abuse & neglect
|September 21, 2023
概括
虐待儿童增加了64%的暴力风险,无论移民身份如何. 这项研究没有发现证据表明,外国出生的个人对虐待儿童的长期影响有更强的抵抗力.
科学领域:
- 犯罪学 犯罪学
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 虐待儿童是导致包括暴力在内的终身负面结果的重要风险因素.
- 一个"移民悖论"表明,外国出生的个人可能对不利的生活事件有更好的抵抗力.
- 需要进行研究,以了解移民身份是否能缓解儿童虐待和以后的暴力之间的联系.
研究的目的:
- 确定儿童虐待和随后的暴力之间的关联是否在移民和非移民之间有所不同.
- 调查移民身份对儿童受害的长期后果的调节作用.
- 为了解受害者和移民悖论做出贡献.
主要方法:
- 利用了从青少年到成人健康 (添加健康) 国家纵向研究的数据.
- 分析了964名外国出生的和12,808名本地出生的个人.
- 使用后勤回归模型与交互术语来评估移民身份的缓和效应.
主要成果:
- 虐待儿童显著提高了64%的暴力行为在成年早期的几率.
- 移民身份并没有缓解儿童虐待和后来的暴力之间的关系.
- 补充分析证实了虐待影响在不同群体中的概括性.
结论:
- 对于外国出生的个人来说,虐待儿童的危害较小的假设没有得到支持.
- 多元文化资产似乎没有赋予儿童虐待暴力行为后果的弹性.
- 具有文化能力的受害者服务对于解决所有受儿童虐待影响的个体的需求至关重要.
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