Protective and Vulnerability Factors for Physically Abused Children: Effects of Ethnicity and Parenting Context

Autor/inn/en	Haskett, Mary E.; Allaire, Jason C.; Kreig, Shawn; Hart, Kendrea C.
Titel	Protective and Vulnerability Factors for Physically Abused Children: Effects of Ethnicity and Parenting Context
Quelle	In: Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 32 (2008) 5, S.567-576 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0145-2134
DOI	10.1016/j.chiabu.2007.06.009
Schlagwörter	African American Children; Ethnicity; Prosocial Behavior; Child Abuse; Aggression; Child Rearing; Social Adjustment; Depression (Psychology); At Risk Persons; Personality Traits; Social Development; Racial Differences; Predictor Variables; Comparative Analysis; Parenting Styles; Parent Influence; Antisocial Behavior; White Students; Cultural Influences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? African Americans; Child; Children; Afroamerikaner; Kind; Kinder; Ethnizität; Abuse of children; Abuse; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kindererziehung; Soziale Anpassung; Risikogruppe; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Soziale Entwicklung; Rassenunterschied; Prädiktor; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss
Abstract	Objective: Although social maladjustment appears to be common among abused children, negative outcomes are not inevitable. This investigation was designed to determine whether ethnicity and features of the parenting context predicted children's social adjustment, and whether the strength and direction of these relations differed for abused and nonabused children. Method: Participants included 78 physically abused and 75 demographically matched nonabused children and one of their parents. Observations of parenting were used to measure parental sensitivity, and parent self-reports of depression were obtained using the SCL-90-R. Children's peer social adjustment was measured by teacher report. Results: Using regression analysis, we tested whether each potential protective or vulnerability factor interacted with abuse status in prediction of social adjustment. Results indicated main effects of ethnicity and sensitivity for prosocial behavior, and a main effect of sensitivity for aggression. In addition, there was a significant interaction of ethnicity and abuse status for aggression such that there was a significant difference between abused and nonabused European American children but not between abused and nonabused African American children. Conclusions: Findings indicate that risk for aggressive behavior among abused children might be culturally specific rather than universal. In addition, results point to beneficial effects of parental sensitivity for maltreated children. (Contains 3 tables.) (Author).
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