国外儿童虐待的心理学研究述评

A Review of Foreign Studies on Child Maltreatment from Psychological Perspective

本文回顾了国外当前在儿童虐待问题上的心理学研究进展。儿童虐待的发生及其后果被理解为个人、家庭和社会环境因素的联合作用;另外,本文还介绍了虐待对儿童认知、社会性情绪、同伴关系和社会行为、神经生理的影响的研究状况,并认为强调对受虐儿童恢复力研究的重视以及对预防性干预成为国外该领域应用研究的趋势。

This article reviews foreign studies on chiht maltreatment from psychological perspective. The occurrence and consequences of child maltreatment arc considered as the combined effect of individual, familial, and social factors. In addition, this article introduces studies on mahreatment＇ s effect on children＇s cognition, social emotions, peer relationships, social behaviors and neurophysiology, and considers that emphasis on rcsearch on resilience of the maltreated children and preventive intervention is the trend in application research in this field in foreign countries.