Mothers in the community: Intellectual functioning and child welfare involvement

IF 0.7 Q4 FAMILY STUDIES
Wendy Zeitlin, Astraea Augsberger
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AbstractParents with intellectual disabilities are over-represented in child welfare settings; however, there is little research about how these parents fare in their communities, and what factors may predispose them to child welfare involvement. This study was organized around four research questions to better understand how parents with low intellectual functioning encounter child welfare systems: 1) What percentage of mothers of young children have low intellectual functioning? 2) How common is child welfare involvement for mothers with low intellectual functioning when their children are young? 3) What characteristics predict child welfare involvement for mothers with low intellectual functioning when their children are young? and 4) How does low maternal intellectual functioning predict child welfare involvement during early childhood when controlling for poverty? Data were analyzed from 2,268 mothers who were primary caregivers and participated in the Future of Families Child and Wellbeing Study. Findings indicate that 1.4% of mothers had low intellectual functioning, and these mothers were more than twice as likely to have child welfare involvement by the time their children were 5. All mothers with low intellectual functioning who had child welfare involvement identified as Black, non-Hispanic. Extreme poverty was ubiquitous in this group. It was found that poverty fully mediated the relationship between low maternal intellectual functioning and child welfare involvement. Results suggest the need to identify targeted supports that are responsive to the unique needs of mothers with low intellectual functioning in order to avoid child welfare involvement in the first place.Keywords: Child welfarefuture of familiesintellectual disabilitylow intellectual functioningpovertyrace Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.Additional informationNotes on contributorsWendy ZeitlinWendy Zeitlin, Department of Social Work and Child Advocacy, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ.Astraea AugsbergerAstraea Augsberger, Boston University School of Social Work, Boston University, Boston, MA.
社区中的母亲:智力功能与儿童福利参与
摘要儿童福利机构中智力障碍家长的比例过高;然而,关于这些父母在他们的社区中如何生活,以及哪些因素可能使他们倾向于参与儿童福利的研究却很少。本研究围绕四个研究问题进行组织,以更好地了解低智力功能的父母如何遇到儿童福利制度:1)幼儿低智力功能的母亲占多大比例?2)儿童小时候智力低下的母亲参与儿童福利的情况有多普遍?3)低智力的母亲在孩子幼年时参与儿童福利的特点是什么?4)在控制贫困的情况下,母亲智力功能低下如何预测幼儿期儿童福利参与?研究人员分析了2268名母亲的数据,这些母亲是主要的照顾者,并参与了“家庭、儿童和幸福的未来”研究。研究结果表明,1.4%的母亲智力功能低下,这些母亲在孩子5岁时参与儿童福利的可能性是其他母亲的两倍多。所有参加过儿童福利的智力低下的母亲都是非西班牙裔黑人。极端贫困在这个群体中无处不在。研究发现,贫困完全介导了母亲低智力功能与儿童福利参与之间的关系。结果表明,需要确定有针对性的支持,以响应低智力功能母亲的独特需求,以避免儿童福利的介入。关键词:儿童福利家庭未来智力残疾低智力功能贫困种族披露声明作者未报告潜在利益冲突其他信息撰稿人说明wendy Zeitlin wendy Zeitlin,社会工作和儿童权益部门,蒙特克莱尔州立大学,蒙特克莱尔,新泽西州Astraea Augsberger,波士顿大学社会工作学院,波士顿大学,马萨诸塞州
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