| Project Title: | Disabilities and Long-Term Consequences of Maltreatment |
| Grant/Contract Number: | 90CA1634 |
| Type of Project: | Research |
| Funding Agency: | Office on Child Abuse and Neglect |
| Agency Contact Person: | Sally M.
Flanzer, Ph.D. (202) 205-8914 |
| Principal Investigator: | Patricia M. Sullivan |
| Mailing Address: | Father
Flanagan's Boys Home Boys Town, NE 68010 |
| Total Project Duration: | 9/30/97 to 9/30/00 |
| FY 98 Total Costs: | $200,000 |
| Total Project Budget: | $600,000 |
| Child Maltreatment Focus: | Primary |
| Type of Abuse: | Physical, Emotional, Sexual, Neglect; Undifferentiated |
| Sample Size: | 581 |
| Age of Subjects: | Young adults |
| Child
Abuse and Neglect Focus of This Project: |
Origins and Consequences |
| Summary |
| This research project will build upon two previous NCCAN-funded studies that found children with disabilities to be at increased risk for child abuse and neglect. The study will look at the consequences of maltreatment by examining a sample of maltreated young adults who had been treated by the Boys Town National Research Hospital at least 12 months prior to identified maltreatment and a comparable nonabused sample drawn from the same population. The objectives of the study are (1) to determine whether there are specific and long-term psychosocial and health consequences of physical abuse, sexual abuse, and neglect; (2) to obtain long-term outcome data on the health, psychosocial, disability, and antisocial status of participants identified in childhood as either maltreated or not maltreated; (3) to determine the role of disabilities and other pre-existing conditions as moderators and mediators of the effects of maltreatment; and (4) to assist public policymakers and service providers in identifying prevention and intervention targets for reducing the long-term adverse effects of maltreatment among children with and without disabilities. The researchers will use computerized data and record reviews of hospital, social service, foster care, and police databases to identify the study participants. |
