Problem Behaviors in Maltreated Children and Youth: Influential Child, Peer, and Caregiver Characteristics

摘要

This dissertation examines the problem behaviors of maltreated children and adolescents, and the predictors of changes in behavior over 18 months. Problem behaviors include aggression, delinquency, risky sexual practices, substance abuse, and suicidal behaviors. Data are from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW), the first national probability survey of children assessed following a child maltreatment report. All analyses were conducted with calculated sample weights in SAS using SUDAAN to adjust standard errors, account for clustering and stratification in the sampling design, and allow for inferences about problem behaviors in the population of children and youth investigated as victims of child maltreatment in the U.S.