Despite ample evidence supporting the positive and important role fathers play in youth well-being, currently little is known about the potential buffering effects of positive father-child relationships on adolescent behavioral functioning, especially within the context of child maltreatment. Clarifying whether positive parent-child relationships are helpful in the presence of maltreatment perpetrated by the same or another parent is critical for designing and implementing successful family-based interventions for positive youth development. Thus, the present study aimed to investigate the unique and combined effects of the perpetrator of child maltreatment (i.e., maltreatment perpetrated by fathers versus mothers alone) and father-child relationship quality on adolescent internalizing and externalizing problems. A series of Ordinary Least Squares multiple regressions were conducted on a sample of 14-year-old high-risk youth (N = 661) drawn from the Longitudinal Studies of Child Abuse and Neglect. The results indicated that both father-perpetrated maltreatment and mother-alone maltreatment were associated with higher levels of internalizing and externalizing problems. Higher quality of father-child relationships was associated with lower levels of internalizing but was not significantly associated with externalizing problems. Higher quality father-child relationships had a buffering impact against adolescent internalizing and externalizing problems when adolescents were maltreated by mothers alone. The findings suggest that policy and practical efforts seeking to build resilience of youth should strive to nurture and leverage positive, non-maltreating father-child relationships. Such efforts may support the positive development of adolescents, even in the face of mother-perpetrated maltreatment.

尽管有充分的证据支持父亲在青少年福祉中发挥的积极和重要作用，但目前对积极的父子关系对青少年行为功能的潜在缓冲作用知之甚少，尤其是在虐待儿童的情况下。澄清积极的亲子关系是否有助于存在由同一位或另一位父母实施的虐待，这对于设计和实施成功的以家庭为基础的积极青年发展干预措施至关重要。因此，本研究旨在调查虐待儿童的肇事者（即父亲与母亲单独虐待）和父子关系质量对青少年内化和外化问题的独特和综合影响。ñ= 661）来自虐待和忽视儿童的纵向研究。结果表明，父亲实施的虐待和母亲单独的虐待都与更高水平的内化和外化问题相关。较高质量的父子关系与较低水平的内化相关，但与外化问题没有显着相关性。当青少年仅被母亲虐待时，更高质量的父子关系对青少年内化和外化问题具有缓冲影响。研究结果表明，旨在建立青年复原力的政策和实际努力应努力培养和利用积极的、非虐待性的父子关系。这些努力可以支持青少年的积极发展，