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Résumé
Objet : L’étude traite des conséquences des mauvais traitements, corroborés par des instances officielles, sur le comportement antisocial et sur d’autres indicateurs connexes chez les femmes d’un échantillon longitudinal et représentatif de la ville de Rochester aux États-Unis.
Méthodologie : Les données proviennent de l’étude de Rochester sur le développement des jeunes, une étude de cohortes portant sur l’apparition de problèmes comportementaux à partir d’un échantillon de 1 000 jeunes suivis de l’âge de 13 ans jusqu’à l’âge adulte. Les analyses se concentrent uniquement sur les 271 adolescentes d’origine afro-américaine ou hispanique de l’échantillon. La consultation des registres du Service de protection de l’enfance du comté a permis de découvrir 74 (27 %) filles ayant subi des mauvais traitements. Les conséquences qui seront analysées sont les arrestations, la délinquance et la violence autorapportées, la consommation de drogues, les problèmes liés à la consommation d’alcool, la violence subie et manifestée dans les relations de couple, les symptômes dépressifs et les risques de contracter des maladies transmises sexuellement (MTS) et le SIDA au début de l’âge adulte (20-22 ans).
Résultats : Les analyses bivariées indiquent que la maltraitance est associée à plusieurs conséquences négatives au début de l’âge adulte. La régression logistique, qui contrôle les variables sociodémographiques et la délinquance juvénile, confirme que la maltraitance augmente les risques d’apparition de plusieurs conséquences négatives. Les résultats suggèrent également que l’abus sexuel peut avoir des répercussions particulièrement graves chez les jeunes femmes.
Implications : La présente recherche vise l’amélioration des programmes de prévention et de traitement pour les jeunes femmes ayant été abusées et négligées au cours de l’enfance.
Abstract
Purpose: The current study investigates the impact of substantiated maltreatment on antisocial behavior and other outcomes among young adult women in a representative community sample followed longitudinally.
Methods: Data come from the Rochester Youth Development Study (RYDS), a cohort study of the development of problem behaviors in a sample of 1,000 urban youth followed from age 13 into adulthood. Subjects include 68% African American, 17% Hispanic, and 15% White youth. This analysis focuses only on the 271 young women in the panel. County Child Protective Service records were searched and 74 (27%) of the young women experienced substantiated maltreatment. Outcomes include arrest, self-reported general and violent offending, drug use, problem alcohol use, partner violence perpetration and victimization, depressive symptoms, and STD/HIV risk in early adulthood (ages 20-22).
Results: We find that experiencing substantiated maltreatment increases the risk of most outcomes at the bivariate level. Employing logistic regression, maltreatment increases the odds of several negative consequences after controlling for confounding sociodemographic variables including poverty, family structure, parental education, race/ethnicity, and adolescent delinquency. Results also suggest that sex abuse may be particularly problematic for these young women in emerging adulthood.
Implications: We discuss implications for understanding pathways and processes, and for improving prevention and treatment for abused and neglected young women.
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