性关注对儿童福利系统中青少年的安置变化和学校转学的影响
Kaitlin M Sheerin1, Crosby A Modrowski1,2, Shannon Williamson2
1Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.
Children and youth services review
|January 15, 2024
概括
性困扰增加了青少年在儿童福利系统中的安置变化,而性关注意外地减少了这些变化. 这些发现凸显了评估这一弱势群体性问题的必要性.
科学领域:
- 儿童和青少年心理学 儿童和青少年心理学
- 心理健康服务研究 心理健康服务研究
- 社会工作 社会工作 社会工作
背景情况:
- 在儿童福利系统中的年轻人经常面临安置变化和学校转学.
- 之前的研究将精神健康症状,如PTSD,与护理中断联系起来.
- 在这一群体中,性问题 (忧虑,焦虑) 仍未得到充分研究.
研究的目的:
- 调查性关注和痛苦是否预测儿童福利参与的年轻人的安置变化和学校转学.
- 检查这些预测因素超出先前识别的因素.
- 为改善这些年轻人的稳定性提供干预信息.
主要方法:
- 在东北儿童福利系统中调查了124名年轻人.
- 评估性关注和性困扰的水平.
- 利用统计分析来确定与安置变化和学校转学的预测关系.
主要成果:
- 更高的性困扰与更高的位置变化的几率有关 (OE = 2.60,p < .01).
- 更高的性关注与更低的安置变化几率 (OE = -2.98,p < .01) 和学校转学 (OR = 0.18,p < .05) 有关.
- 与假设相反,性关注并没有增加干扰;它似乎有保护作用.
结论:
- 性困扰是儿童福利安置不稳定的重要风险因素.
- 性关注可能会作为一种保护因素,防止安置变化和学校转学.
- 调查结果强调了评估性问题对于有针对性的支持和预防策略的重要性.
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