社区集体有效性通过减少育儿压力来减少儿童虐待:一个纵向路径模型
Dan Wang1, Ami Mariko Hood Frost1
1Department of Sociology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019-2033, USA.
Child abuse & neglect
|January 18, 2025
概括
社区可以保护儿童免受虐待,尤其是在幼儿时期. 加强社区支持和减少育儿压力是防止虐待和忽视儿童的关键.
科学领域:
- 儿童发展和公共卫生研究.
- 影响儿童福利的社会和心理因素.
背景情况:
- 邻居和家庭环境对虐待儿童有很大的影响.
- 对影响儿童虐待的社区机制的有限理解.
研究的目的:
- 调查社区集体疗效,母亲的育儿压力和儿童虐待之间的纵向联系.
- 分析邻居因素对虐待和忽视儿童的直接和间接影响.
主要方法:
- 利用了未来家庭和儿童福利研究 (FFCWS) 的数据.
- 包括2890名母亲在3岁,5岁,9岁和15岁的孩子中进行了采访.
- 采用纵向路径模型来评估时间关系.
主要成果:
- 随着时间的推移 (3-15岁) 社区的集体有效性和育儿压力保持稳定.
- 虐待儿童的影响在童年 (3-9岁) 持续存在,但不是青春期.
- 较高的育儿压力预测了童年虐待儿童的增加.
- 社区集体有效性直接减少了幼儿虐待,通过育儿压力产生较小的间接影响.
结论:
- 对虐待儿童的早期,有针对性的干预至关重要.
- 加强社区支持,减少育儿压力和促进社区凝聚力的计划可以减轻虐待儿童的情况.
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