Psicologia della Salute
2016, Pages 67-89

Italian and immigrant families: Assessing risk and protective factors in the evaluation of parenting skills [Famiglie italiane e immigrate: identificare fattori di rischio e di protezione nella valutazione delle competenze genitoriali] (Article)

Milani L. , Grumi S. , Gagliardi G. , Di Blasio P.
  • a Università Cattolica Del Sacro Cuore (Milano), CRiDEE, Italy
  • b Università Cattolica Del Sacro Cuore (Milano), CRiDEE, Italy
  • c Operatrice Presso Cooperativa Rembrandt (Turate), Psicologa Clinica Presso Studio Privato. Comunità di Accoglienza Il Girotondo, Busto Arsizio, Italy
  • d Università Cattolica Del Sacro Cuore (Milano), CRiDEE, Italy

Abstract

Child abuse is a major public health issue, which threatens psychological and physical well-being of almost 100.000 minors in Italy. In order to better protect those minors and to favour their positive adaptation, an early assessment of those that are at risk of being maltreated is crucial. The assessment of risk is particularly difficult in migrant families, which are often in a state of vulnerability. The aim of the present study is to: a) evaluate the efficacy of the Risk and Protective factors Protocol (Di Blasio, 2005) in the identification of children at high risk in those families referred to Child Protection Services and b) to highlight specific risk and protective profiles of Italian and foreign families. For this aim, Social records of 58 Italian children and 69 immigrant children were analyzed. Results show that the protocol is useful to discriminate high- and low-risk families regardless of their country of origin. Furthermore, results show that Italian families and foreign families are characterized by different profile of risk and protective factors. Consequences in terms of public health are discussed in the light of the existing literature. Copyright © FrancoAngeli.

Author Keywords

Protective factors risk factors Risk assessment Child abuse/maltreatment Immigration

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84975078230&partnerID=40&md5=5b048cbe117961854998c09adf693ecb
ISSN: 17210321
Cited by: 5
Original Language: Italian