Journal of Child Sexual Abuse ( IF 1.872 ) Pub Date : 2020-03-03 , DOI: 10.1080/10538712.2020.1733160 Rachel Wamser-Nanney 1 , Julia C Sager 1 , Claudia L Campbell 1
ABSTRACT
Maternal support and abuse severity are often considered to be vital factors in predicting children’s functioning following childhood sexual abuse (CSA); however, much of the prior research has examined support and abuse severity as main effects, without consideration of how these factors may interrelate to predict children’s post-CSA functioning. Further, even though mediators and moderators are conceptually distinct, maternal support has been theorized to be both a mediator and a moderator of symptoms, and it is unclear if support acts as either among sexually abused children. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether caregiver-reported maternal support mediates or moderates the relationships between sexual abuse severity and children’s trauma-related symptoms. The study included 235 treatment-seeking children ages 3–16 (M = 8.85, SD = 3.77) and their non-offending mothers. Contrary to expectations, caregiver-rated maternal support did not mediate nor moderate the relationship between abuse severity and children’s symptoms (range r2 =.002 –.03). Caregiver-rated maternal support may play a small role in mitigating sexually abused children’s trauma symptoms. Irrespective of abuse severity, children with less supportive mothers may not be at heightened risk for experiencing higher levels of trauma-related difficulties.
中文翻译:
孕产妇支持会介导或调节性虐待严重程度与儿童PTSD症状之间的关系吗?
摘要
孕产妇的支持和虐待的严重程度通常被认为是预测儿童性虐待后儿童功能的重要因素;然而,许多先前的研究已将支持和虐待的严重性作为主要影响,而未考虑这些因素如何相互关联以预测儿童的CSA术后功能。此外,尽管调解员和主持人在概念上是截然不同的,但从理论上讲,产妇的支持既是症状的调解员又是症状的主持人,目前尚不清楚支持是否在性虐待儿童中充当。本研究的目的是调查照顾者报告的母亲支持是否介导或缓解性虐待严重程度与儿童创伤相关症状之间的关系。该研究包括235名3-16岁的寻求治疗的儿童(M = 8.85,SD = 3.77)及其非违规母亲。与期望相反,照料者评估的孕产妇支持并未调解或缓解虐待严重性与儿童症状之间的关系(范围r 2 = .002 –.03)。照料者评估的产妇支持在缓解性虐待儿童的创伤症状方面可能起很小的作用。不管虐待的严重程度如何,母亲支持度较低的孩子承受与创伤相关的困难的风险较高的风险可能不会更高。