Child Abuse & Neglect

Article	Citations
Stress and parenting during the global COVID-19 pandemic	732
Child Maltreatment during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Consequences of Parental Job Loss on Psychological and Physical Abuse Towards Children	265
Child maltreatment and depression: A meta-analysis of studies using the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire	237
Effects of maltreatment on coping and emotion regulation in childhood and adolescence: A meta-analytic review	139
Do suicide rates in children and adolescents change during school closure in Japan? The acute effect of the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic on child and adolescent mental health	131
Increased proportion of physical child abuse injuries at a level I pediatric trauma center during the Covid-19 pandemic	104
COVID-19 and violence against children: A review of early studies	86
Questioning the use of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) questionnaires	83
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), peer victimization, and substance use among adolescents	83
Trends in Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) in the United States	80
“I never told anyone until the #metoo movement”: What can we learn from sexual abuse and sexual assault disclosures made through social media?	78
Is the psychological impact of exposure to COVID-19 stronger in adolescents with pre-pandemic maltreatment experiences? A survey of rural Chinese adolescents	74
Disparities in adverse childhood experiences by race/ethnicity, gender, and economic status: Intersectional analysis of a nationally representative sample	72
Frequencies and patterns of adverse childhood events in LGBTQ+ youth	71
Using social media data for assessing children’s exposure to violence during the COVID-19 pandemic	67
Adverse childhood experiences and trajectories of internalizing, externalizing, and prosocial behaviors from childhood to adolescence	66
Investigating the association between bullying victimization and suicidal ideation among adolescents: Evidence from the 2017 Youth Risk Behavior Survey	64
Telemental health for child trauma treatment during and post-COVID-19: Limitations and considerations	62
Data-informed recommendations for services providers working with vulnerable children and families during the COVID-19 pandemic	60
Childhood maltreatment and prosocial behavior among Chinese adolescents: Roles of empathy and gratitude	59
The influence of adverse and advantageous childhood experiences during adolescence on young adult health	57
Reporting of child maltreatment during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in New York City from March to May 2020	56
Preventing child sexual abuse: A systematic review of interventions and their efficacy in developing countries	56
Violence against children during COVID-19: Assessing and understanding change in use of helplines	55
Adverse Childhood Experiences and Executive Function Difficulties in Children: A Systematic Review	55

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) research: A bibliometric analysis of publication trends over the first 20 years	54
It’s not “Just poverty”: Educational, social, and economic functioning among young adults exposed to childhood neglect, abuse, and poverty	52
Polyvictimization and psychopathology among children and adolescents: A systematic review of studies using the Juvenile Victimization Questionnaire	51
A spatiotemporal analysis of the impact of COVID-19 on child abuse and neglect in the city of Los Angeles, California	49
Mediating effect of neuroticism and negative coping style in relation to childhood psychological maltreatment and smartphone addiction among college students in China	47
Parenting stress among new parents before and during the COVID-19 pandemic	46
Children’s participation: A new role for children in the field of child maltreatment	46
Characterizing adverse childhood experiences among children and adolescents with prenatal alcohol exposure and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder	45
Parenting interventions to prevent violence against children in low- and middle-income countries in East and Southeast Asia: A systematic review and multi-level meta-analysis	45
Child maltreatment and the development of psychopathology: The role of developmental timing and chronicity	45
In the trauma-informed care trenches: Teacher compassion satisfaction, secondary traumatic stress, burnout, and intent to leave education within underserved elementary schools	44
Prevalence of child maltreatment in the Netherlands: An update and cross-time comparison	43
Pediatrics adverse childhood experiences and related life events screener (PEARLS) and health in a safety-net practice	42
Material hardship and parenting stress among grandparent kinship providers during the COVID-19 pandemic: The mediating role of grandparents’ mental health	42
A network approach to parental burnout	41
COVID-19: Differences in sentinel injury and child abuse reporting during a pandemic	41
Strengthening the predictive power of screening for adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) in younger and older children	41
Child maltreatment reports and Child Protection Service responses during COVID-19: Knowledge exchange among Australia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Germany, Israel, and South Africa	41
Child welfare in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic—Emerging evidence from Germany	39
Systematic review and critical appraisal of Childhood Trauma Questionnaire — Short Form (CTQ-SF)	38
Adverse childhood events and cognitive function among young adults: Prospective results from the national longitudinal study of adolescent to adult health	37
Adverse childhood experiences and psychological well-being in a rural sample of Chinese young adults	37
Risk factors for child abuse, neglect and exposure to intimate partner violence in early childhood: Findings in a representative cross-sectional sample in Germany	37
Does childhood victimization predict specific adolescent offending? An analysis of generality versus specificity in the victim-offender overlap	36
Vicarious traumatization among child welfare and child protection professionals: A systematic review	35
COVID-19-related fear and stress among individuals who experienced child abuse: The mediating effect of complex posttraumatic stress disorder	33
Development of trauma symptoms following adversity in childhood: The moderating role of protective factors	33
Childhood emotional abuse and adolescent nonsuicidal self-injury: The mediating role of identity confusion and moderating role of rumination	32
Examining adverse childhood experiences among Native American persons in a nationally representative sample: Differences among racial/ethnic groups and race/ethnicity-sex dyads	32
Supporting Syrian families displaced by armed conflict: A pilot randomized controlled trial of the Caregiver Support Intervention	32
Prevalence, socio-demographic correlates and associations of adverse childhood experiences with mental illnesses: Results from the Singapore Mental Health Study	31
The Interaction of Adverse Childhood Experiences and Resiliency on the Outcome of Depression Among Children and Youth, 8-17 year olds	31
Differences and disparities over time: Black and White families investigated by Ontario’s child welfare system	31
How does COVID-19 impact intrafamilial child sexual abuse? Comparison analysis of reports by practitioners in Israel and the US	30
Psychological resilience and current stressful events as potential mediators between adverse childhood experiences and depression among college students in Eritrea	29
The global challenge of the neglect of children	29
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on child protective services caseworkers and administrators	29
Physical health, school performance and delinquency: A comparative study of left-behind and non-left-behind children in rural China	28
Psychological maltreatment: An international challenge to children's safety and well being	28
Recipients of children’s and adolescents’ disclosures of childhood sexual abuse: A systematic review	28
Association between child abuse exposure and the risk of psychiatric disorders: A nationwide cohort study in Taiwan	27
Violence against children in the time of COVID-19: What we have learned, what remains unknown and the opportunities that lie ahead	27
Childhood Maltreatment and Bullying Perpetration among Chinese Adolescents: A Moderated Mediation Model of Moral Disengagement and Trait Anger	27
Child maltreatment in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic: A proposed global framework on research, policy and practice	27
Intimate partner violence and child attachment: A systematic review and meta-analysis	27
Prevalence of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and associated health risks and risk behaviors among young women and men in Honduras	27
Violence and abuse experiences and associated risk factors during the COVID-19 outbreak in a population-based sample of Norwegian adolescents	27
Synergistic adversities and behavioral problems in traumatized children and adolescents	26
Child maltreatment, lifetime trauma, and mental health in Swiss older survivors of enforced child welfare practices: Investigating the mediating role of self-esteem and self-compassion	26
The impact of COVID-19 on Children’s Social Care in England	26

Systematic review of social norms, attitudes, and factual beliefs linked to the sexual exploitation of children and adolescents	26
Cyberbullying victimization and nonsuicidal self-injury in adolescents: The role of maladaptive schemas and dispositional mindfulness	26
Using latent class analysis to empirically classify maltreatment according to the developmental timing, duration, and co-occurrence of abuse types	26
Intergenerational maltreatment and child emotion dysregulation	26
Impact of adverse childhood experiences on quality-adjusted life expectancy in the U.S. population	26
The role of coping strategies in the pathway between child maltreatment and internalizing and externalizing behaviors	26
Individual differences in attachment anxiety shape the association between adverse childhood experiences and adult somatic symptoms	25
The Adverse Childhood Experiences – International Questionnaire (ACE-IQ) in community samples around the world: A systematic review (part I)	25
Physical abuse of young children during the COVID-19 pandemic: Alarming increase in the relative frequency of hospitalizations during the lockdown period	25
Association of harsh parenting and maltreatment with internet addiction, and the mediating role of bullying and social support	25
Children's behavioral problems, screen time, and sleep problems' association with negative and positive parenting strategies during the COVID-19 outbreak in Brazil	25
Rapid return of children in residential care to family as a result of COVID-19: Scope, challenges, and recommendations	25
ACE domains and depression: Investigating which specific domains are associated with depression in adulthood	25
Indigenous ontology, international law and the application of the Convention to the over-representation of Indigenous children in out of home care in Canada and Australia	25
One year into COVID-19: What have we learned about child maltreatment reports and child protective service responses?	25
Child Sexual Abuse and Pregnancy: A Systematic Review of the Literature	24
Effectiveness of a trauma-informed care psychoeducational program for foster carers – Evaluation of the Fostering Connections Program	24
Bullying involvement and self-reported mental health in elementary school children across Europe	24
Foster care during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative analysis of caregiver and professional experiences	24
Help wanted: Lessons on prevention from young adults with a sexual interest in prepubescent children	24
Caught in a web of trauma: Network analysis of childhood adversity and adult mental ill-health	24
‘When will I be free’: Lessons from COVID-19 for Child Protection in South Africa	23
Abusive and positive parenting behavior in Japan during the COVID-19 pandemic under the state of emergency	23
Positive childhood experiences can moderate the impact of adverse childhood experiences on adolescent depression and anxiety: Results from a cross-sectional survey	23
A systematic review and meta-analysis of trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy for children and adolescents	23
Maternal adverse childhood experiences are associated with binge drinking during pregnancy in a dose-dependent pattern: Findings from the All Our Families cohort	23
Childhood emotional neglect and problematic mobile phone use among Chinese adolescents: A longitudinal moderated mediation model involving school engagement and sensation seeking	23
Potentially traumatic events in foster youth, and association with DSM-5 trauma- and stressor related symptoms	23
How child maltreatment impacts internalized/externalized aggression among Chinese adolescents from perspectives of social comparison and the general aggression model	23
Calculating the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on child abuse and neglect in the U.S.	23
Associations between exposure to childhood bullying and abuse and adulthood outcomes in a representative national U.S. sample	23
How societal responses to COVID-19 could contribute to child neglect	22
Child protection and resilience in the face of COVID-19 in South Africa: A rapid review of C-19 legislation	22
Thirty years of the convention on the rights of the child: Developments in child sexual abuse and exploitation	22
Adverse childhood experiences: Assessing the impact on physical and psychosocial health in adulthood and the mitigating role of resilience	22
Mandatory reporting between legal requirements and personal interpretations: Community healthcare professionals’ reporting of child maltreatment	22
Difficulties in emotion regulation in child abuse potential: Gender differences in parents	22
Complex trauma and Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy: How do trauma chronicity and PTSD presentation affect treatment outcome?	21
Positive childhood experiences and adverse experiences: Psychometric properties of the Benevolent Childhood Experiences Scale (BCEs) among the Portuguese population	21
Child safety, protection, and safeguarding in the time of COVID-19 in Great Britain: Proposing a conceptual framework	21
The effect of parental emotional abuse on the severity and treatment of PTSD symptoms in children and adolescents	21
Gender, rights and responsibilities: The need for a global analysis of the sexual exploitation of boys	21
Child maltreatment online education for healthcare and social service providers: Implications for the COVID-19 context and beyond	21
Association between different types of childhood trauma and parental bonding with antisocial traits in adulthood: A systematic review	21
Racial/ethnic disproportionality in reunification across U.S. child welfare systems	21
The impact of childhood sexual abuse and adverse childhood experiences on adult health related quality of life	21
The mediating role of post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms in the relationship between childhood adversities and depressive symptoms in two samples	21
Factors that prevent, prompt, and delay disclosures in female victims of child sexual abuse	21
Modelling the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on violent discipline against children	21
Associations of coping styles with nonsuicidal self-injury in adolescents: Do they vary with gender and adverse childhood experiences?	20
Major findings from the Ontario Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect 2018	20
The relations between childhood experience of negative parenting practices and nonsuicidal self-injury in Chinese adolescents: The mediating roles of maladaptive perfectionism and rumination	20
Emotional support as a mechanism linking childhood maltreatment and adult’s depressive and social anxiety symptoms	20
Invisible children and non-essential workers: Child protection during COVID-19 in Israel according to policy documents and media coverage	20
Cumulative risk, factor analysis, and latent class analysis of childhood adversity data in a nationally representative sample	20
The global impact of adverse childhood experiences on criminal behavior: A cross-continental study	20
The social information processing model in child physical abuse and neglect: A meta-analytic review	20
Childhood Trauma Questionnaire-Short Form (CTQ-SF): Dimensionality, validity, reliability and gender invariance among Nigerian adolescents	19
The impact of adverse childhood experiences on healthcare utilization in children	19
COVID-19 and the surge of child marriages: A phenomenon in Nusa Tenggara Barat, Indonesia	19
The impact of adverse childhood experiences on the health and health behaviors of young Australian women	19
Corporal punishment and early childhood development in 49 low- and middle-income countries	19
Parental migration and non-cognitive abilities of left-behind children in rural China: Causal effects by an instrumental variable approach	19
Long term consequences of child sexual abuse in Saudi Arabia: A report from national study	19
Role of school-climate in school-based violence among homeless and nonhomeless students: Individual- and school-level analysis	19
Training for mandated reporters of child abuse and neglect: Content analysis of state-sponsored curricula	19
Development and psychometric properties of the sexual and gender minority adverse childhood experiences (SGM-ACEs): Effect on sexual and gender minority adult mental health	19
Adverse childhood experiences, parenting, and socioeconomic status: Associations with internalizing and externalizing symptoms in adolescence	19
Child maltreatment, recent stressful life events, and suicide ideation: A test of the stress sensitivity hypothesis	19
Adverse childhood experiences and sexual health outcomes and risk behaviors among a nationwide sample of men who have sex with men	19
Adverse childhood experiences and risk of cancer during adulthood: A systematic review and meta-analysis	18
Intergenerational effects of childhood maltreatment: The roles of parents’ emotion regulation and mentalization	18
Brazilian Child Protection Professionals’ Resilient Behavior during the COVID-19 Pandemic	18
Precursors of sibling bullying in middle childhood: Evidence from a UK-based longitudinal cohort study	18
Effect of child abuse and neglect on risk behaviors in inner-city minority female adolescents and young adults	18
Childhood psychological maltreatment and internet gaming addiction in Chinese adolescents: Mediation roles of maladaptive emotion regulation strategies and psychosocial problems	18
Childhood neglect and suicidal behavior: Findings from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication	18
Components associated with the effect of home visiting programs on child maltreatment: A meta-analytic review	18
Pathways to Adolescent Emotional and Behavioral Problems: An Examination of Maternal Depression and Harsh Parenting	18
Psychological maltreatment: Definition and reporting barriers among American professionals in the field of child abuse	18

The impact of childhood trauma on substance use trajectories from adolescence to adulthood: Findings from a longitudinal Hispanic cohort study	18
Child maltreatment and NR3C1 exon 1F methylation, link with deregulated hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis and psychopathology: A systematic review	18
Stress, alcohol use, and punitive parenting during the COVID-19 pandemic	18
Using social media Reddit data to examine foster families' concerns and needs during COVID-19	18
Domestic violence in families in the Netherlands during the coronavirus crisis: A mixed method study	18
Associations between the Canadian 24 h movement guidelines and different types of bullying involvement among adolescents	17
An exploration of child welfare caseworkers’ experience of secondary trauma and strategies for coping	17
Child maltreatment: An intergenerational cascades model of risk processes potentiating child psychopathology	17
Investigating the Relationship between Trauma Symptoms and Placement Instability	17
Deviations in criminal filings of child abuse and neglect during COVID-19 from forecasted models: An analysis of the state of Oklahoma, USA	17
Early developmental, behavioral, and quality of life outcomes following abusive head trauma in infants	17
"Oh, this is actually okay": Understanding how one state child welfare training system adapted to the COVID-19 pandemic	17
COVID-19 distress, negative parenting, and child behavioral problems: The moderating role of parent adverse childhood experiences	17
The roles of child maltreatment types and peer relationships on behavior problems in early adolescence	17
Longitudinal effects of adverse childhood experiences on substance use transition patterns during young adulthood	17
Maternal childhood abuse and neglect predicts offspring development in early childhood: The roles of reflective functioning and child sex	17
The mediating role of attachment and mentalising in the relationship between childhood maltreatment, self-harm and suicidality	17
Adoption and trauma: Risks, recovery, and the lived experience of adoption	17
Investigating the causal relationship between maltreatment and cognition in children: A systematic review	17
Future directions in child sexual abuse prevention: An Australian perspective	17
The effects of migrant background and parent gender on child protection decision-making: An intersectional analysis	17
The impact of “the war that drags on” in Ukraine for the health of children and adolescents: Old problems in a new conflict?	16
Scripting Extrafamilial Child Sexual Abuse: A Latent Class Analysis of the Entire Crime-Commission Process	16
Screening for economic hardship for child welfare-involved families during the COVID-19 pandemic: A rapid partnership response	16
Exploring the relationship between childhood adversity and adult depression: A risk versus strengths-oriented approach	16
Adverse Childhood Experience histories in foster parents: Connections to foster children’s emotional and behavioral difficulties	16
What are the characteristics of cyberbullying victims and perpetrators among South Korean students and how do their experiences change?	16
Child Advocacy Center intervention with sibling sexual abuse cases: Cross-cultural comparison of professionals’ perspectives and experiences	16
Exposure to childhood interpersonal trauma and mental health service urgency	16
Can artificial intelligence achieve human-level performance? A pilot study of childhood sexual abuse detection in self-figure drawings	16
The combination of feedback and modeling in online simulation training of child sexual abuse interviews improves interview quality in clinical psychologists	16
Prevalence of violence by teachers and its association to students’ emotional and behavioral problems and school performance: Findings from secondary school students and teachers in Turkey	16
Trauma-informed care for children involved with the child welfare system: A meta-analysis	16
Mentalizing mediates the association between emotional abuse in childhood and potential for aggression in non-clinical adults	16
No way to run or hide: Children’s perceptions of their responses during intrafamilial child sexual abuse	16
Cumulative adverse childhood experiences among children in foster care and the association with reunification: A survival analysis	16
A scoping review of child grooming strategies: pre- and post-internet	16
Defining the role of exposure to ACEs in ADHD: Examination in a national sample of US children	16
Preliminary findings for adverse childhood experiences and associations with negative physical and mental health and victimization in transmasculine adults	16
Measuring violence against children: The adequacy of the International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN) child abuse screening tool - Child version in 9 Balkan countries	16
Vulnerabilities of Syrian refugee children in Turkey and actions taken for prevention and management in terms of health and wellbeing	16
Men’s and women’s views on acceptability of husband-to-wife violence and use of corporal punishment with children in 21 low- and middle-income countries	16
Antenatal risk factors for child maltreatment: Linkage of data from a birth cohort study to child welfare records	15
Barriers to police addressing risk to children exposed to domestic violence	15
College students’ recollections of childhood sexual abuse prevention programs and their potential impact on reduction of sexual victimization	15
Intensive Family Preservation Services to prevent out-of-home placement of children: A systematic review and meta-analysis	15
Parental aggravation may tell more about a child’s mental/behavioral health than Adverse Childhood Experiences: Using the 2016 National Survey of Children’s Health	15
Racial/ethnic differences in positive childhood experiences across a national sample	15
Caregiver and family factors promoting child resilience in at-risk families living in Lima, Peru	15
Childhood maltreatment, motives to drink and alcohol-related problems in young adulthood	15
Agency notification and retrospective self-reports of childhood maltreatment in a 30-Year cohort: Estimating population prevalence from different data sources	15
Refining social-information processing theory: Predicting maternal and paternal parent-child aggression risk longitudinally	15
Multisystemic enablers of sub-Saharan child and youth resilience to maltreatment	15
Exploring the interrelatedness of risk factors for child maltreatment: A network approach	15
Social supports moderate the effects of child adversity on neural correlates of threat processing	15
Identifying compassion satisfaction, burnout, & traumatic stress in Children’s Advocacy Centers	15
Recognizing the child’s right to protection from physical violence: An update on progress and a call to action	15
Child maltreatment in the time of COVID-19: Changes in the Florida foster care system surrounding the COVID-19 safer-at-home order	15
The relationship between childhood abuse and depression among adolescents: The mediating role of school connectedness and psychological resilience	15
The indirect effect from childhood maltreatment to PTSD symptoms via thought suppression and cognitive reappraisal	15
Child sexual abuse: An examination of individual and abuse characteristics that may impact delays of disclosure	14
Effect of parental alcohol abuse severity and child abuse and neglect on child behavioural disorders in Kerala	14
The views of children in residential care on the COVID-19 lockdown: Implications for and their well-being and psychosocial intervention	14
A latent profile analysis of adverse childhood experiences and adult health in a community sample	14
The dimensionality of adverse childhood experiences: A scoping review of ACE dimensions measurement	14
Meta-analysis of the effects of two interviewing practices on children’s disclosures of sensitive information: Rapport practices and question type	14
Patterns of abuse and effects on psychosocial functioning in Lithuanian adolescents: A latent class analysis approach	14
Abuse after abuse: The recurrent maltreatment of American Indian children in foster care and adoption	14
Mental health of unaccompanied refugee minors in Europe: A systematic review	14
The ethics of child maltreatment surveys in relation to participant distress: Implications of social science evidence, ethical guidelines, and law	14
In their own words: Child and adolescent perceptions of caregiver stress during early COVID-19	14
Reconciling mixed messages from mixed methods: A randomized trial of a professional development course to increase trauma-informed care	14
Disadvantaged neighborhoods and the spatial overlap of substantiated and unsubstantiated child maltreatment referrals	14
Relationship between stressful life events and cyberbullying perpetration: Roles of fatalism and self-compassion	14
Effectiveness of child protection practice models: a systematic review	14
Reunification for young children of color with substance removals: An intersectional analysis of longitudinal national data	14
Maternal adverse childhood experiences, executive function & emotional availability in mother-child dyads	14
Changing the paradigm: Using strategic communications to promote recognition of child sexual abuse as a preventable public health problem	13
Childhood maltreatment and violent delinquency in Chinese juvenile offenders: Callous-unemotional traits as a mediator	13
Pilot randomized controlled trial of an attachment- and trauma-focused intervention for kinship caregivers	13
Co-occurrence of sibling and peer bullying victimization and depression and anxiety among Chinese adolescents: The role of sexual orientation	13
Thirty years after the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child: Progress and challenges in building statistical evidence on violence against children	13
An update on ACEs domain frequencies across race/ethnicity and sex in a nationally representative sample	13
Dispositional optimism mediates relations between childhood maltreatment and PTSD symptom severity among trauma-exposed adults	13
Childhood Trauma and Premenstrual Symptoms: The Role of Emotion Regulation	13
Childhood adversity, mental health, and the perpetration of physical violence in the adult intimate relationships of women prisoners: A life course approach	13
A review of the literature on good practice considerations for initial health system response to child and adolescent sexual abuse	13
Prevalence, incidence and chronicity of child abuse among orphaned, separated, and street-connected children and adolescents in western Kenya: What is the impact of care environment?	13
Childhood trauma and adult declarative memory performance in the general population: The mediating effect of alexithymia	13
Health, stress, and well-being in Swiss adult survivors of child welfare practices and child labor: Investigating the mediating role of socio-economic factors	13
Factor structure and symptom classes of ICD-11 complex posttraumatic stress disorder in a South Korean general population sample with adverse childhood experiences	13
Exposure to interparental intimate partner violence and the development of borderline features in adolescents	13
Methods of attempted suicide and risk factors in LGBTQ+ youth	13
Cluster analysis of child homicide in South Korea	13
Offender strategies for engaging children in online sexual activity	13