1. Objectifs

Intentions :
«The goal of this study was to identify the individual, environmental, and service-related factors that distinguish maltreated children with ID [intellectual disabilities] from those without ID.» (p. 40)

2. Méthode

Échantillon/Matériau :
«This study involved the secondary use of data derived from the Québec Incidence Study on the situations investigated by CPS [child protective services] in 2008 […].» (p. 40) «The final sample in this study included 1012 children whose average age was 11.0 years (SD = 3.2) and of whom 50.1% were girls.» (p. 41) Among them, 62 child were with ID and 950 child were without ID. Measures were reported by caseworkers of Québec youth centers.

Instruments :
Questionnaire

Type de traitement des données :
Analyse statistique

3. Résumé

«The study shows that neglect is the most common form of substantiated maltreatment of children with ID. [Like another study,] maltreated children with ID in our study did not experience more severe maltreatment situations than those without ID, at least in terms of the multiplicity of the maltreatment events. […] Concerning the family and the environment, the results of the study reveal that more caregivers of maltreated children with ID have ID themselves. ID in the parent is not known to be a direct risk factor for parenting skills problems […] or thus for family maltreatment. Even if the presence of ID is still considered an inappropriate predictor of parental competency, parents with ID remain overrepresented in CPS […]. In fact, other factors—such as the family’s sociodemographic characteristics and available social support—are associated with the quality of parenting for parents with ID […]. Families of maltreated children with ID do not differ substantially from families of maltreated children without ID in terms of family-related factors. These results appear to be predictable because whether they have ID or not, children investigated by CPS often live in a context of family and social vulnerability marked by sole parenting, lack of social support of the main parental figure (often the mother), who often has mental health problems […].» (p. 42-43)