The Relationship between Protective Factors and Outcomes for Children Investigated for Maltreatment

Autor/inn/en	Schultz, Dana; Tharp-Taylor, Shannah; Haviland, Amelia; Jaycox, Lisa
Titel	The Relationship between Protective Factors and Outcomes for Children Investigated for Maltreatment
Quelle	In: Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 33 (2009) 10, S.684-698 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0145-2134
DOI	10.1016/j.chiabu.2009.04.004
Schlagwörter	Children; Interpersonal Competence; Child Abuse; Surveys; Well Being; Regression (Statistics); Personality Traits; Peer Relationship; Scores; Behavior Problems; Reading Skills; Correlation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Child; Kind; Kinder; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Abuse of children; Abuse; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Peer-Beziehungen; Reading skill; Lesefertigkeit; Korrelation
Abstract	Objectives: This research explores the relationship between hypothesized protective factors and outcomes for children investigated for maltreatment. Methods: Using data from the National Survey on Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW), we ran logistic regression models to examine the relationship between hypothesized protective factors (social competence, adaptive functioning skills, and peer relationships) and outcomes (externalizing behavior, internalizing behavior, reading competence). Results: For each hypothesized protective factor, we found variation in individual scores and sample mean scores at the lower end of the scales, indicating that these children fare worse than most children. However, many children experienced large changes in their individual scores over time suggesting that children can and do improve on these hypothesized protective factors. In examining the relationship between hypothesized protective factors and outcomes, children with higher levels of social competence were significantly more likely to be in the normal range for both externalizing and internalizing behaviors. Children with higher mean adaptive functioning skills were more likely to be in the normal range for both externalizing behavior and reading competence. The positive nature of the child's peer relationships was also related to externalizing behavior and reading competence. Conclusions: Overall, our analyses support the idea that social competence, adaptive functioning skills, and peer relationships are related to outcomes for children investigated for maltreatment. While further research is needed to establish a causal link, this work identifies three individual-level hypothesized protective factors as potential sources of variation in outcomes. Practice implications: To prevent or alleviate the harmful consequences maltreatment, it is necessary to understand factors that help children move beyond poor outcomes. Our analyses suggest that a strong relationship exists between a child's social competence, adaptive functioning skills and positive peer relationships and select outcomes three years after being investigated for maltreatment. With these individual-level protective factors related to more positive outcomes, it suggests that intervening to increase protective factors could improve outcomes for maltreated and at-risk children. (Contains 5 tables.) (As Provided).
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