Child Abuse & Neglect

Article	Citations
Impact of COVID-19 lockdown: Domestic and child abuse in Bridgend	137
Exploring youth voices in a pre-college program: Implications for policy, practice & research	127
Effectiveness of the caregiver support intervention on child psychosocial wellbeing among Syrian refugees in Lebanon: Mediation and secondary analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial	105
Research on the trajectory and influential factors of poly-victimization: A longitudinal study of Chinese adolescents	91
Child maltreatment, parent-child relationship quality, and parental monitoring in relation to adolescent behavior problems: Disaggregating between and within person effects	81
A response to Evangelist et al., 2023	75
Building police capability in child protection in Kenya	68
The role of fellowship experience in decreasing burnout for child abuse pediatricians	65
Child torture victimization: Review of criminal statutes and medico-legal issues	64
Editorial: Letter from Christine Wekerle, the outgoing editor-in-chief of child abuse & neglect	61
Primary emotional systems, childhood trauma, and suicidal ideation in youths with bipolar disorders	59
Association between rumination and drug craving in Chinese male methamphetamine use disorder patients with childhood trauma	58
“Knock me down a little bit more”: Support networks of parents impacted by the child welfare system, a mixed methods study	57
Contact with mothers for children in out-of-home-care: Group-based trajectory modelling from the Pathways of Care Longitudinal Study (POCLS)	56
A pilot study of the adverse childhood experiences-dimensions questionnaire (ACE-DQ): Associations with depression	55
Posttraumatic growth, spiritual damage, and psychosocial and mental health problems in survivors of clergy-perpetrated child sexual abuse: A mixed methods approach	54
The longitudinal relationship between childhood trauma and adolescents' externalizing problems: A moderated mediation model	52
Adverse childhood experiences and all-cause mortality risk in adulthood	52
Trauma behind the keyboard: Exploring disparities in child sexual abuse materials exposure and mental health factors among investigators and forensic examiners – A network analysis	51
Maternal adverse childhood experiences, child resilience factors, and child mental health problems: A multi-wave study	49
Cyberbullying involvement, parental support, and cannabis use among adolescents	46
Explaining child maltreatment and aggression among Chinese drug user: The mediating and moderating roles of drug craving and impulsivity	43
Facility dogs during police investigative interviews: Does it decrease children’s reluctance?	43
Child maltreatment and emergency department visits: a longitudinal birth cohort study from infancy to early adulthood	41
The prevalence of child sexual abuse perpetrated by leaders or other adults in religious organizations in Australia	40

The prevalence of emotional abuse in children living in Sub-Saharan Africa – A systematic review	40
Factor structure and internal consistency of the ISPCAN Child Abuse Screening Tool Parent Version (ICAST-P) in a cross-country pooled data set in nine Balkan countries	39
Violence and abuse experiences and associated risk factors during the COVID-19 outbreak in a population-based sample of Norwegian adolescents	39
“Instead of just taking my baby, they could've actually given me a chance”: Experiences with plans of safe care among birth parents impacted by perinatal substance use	39
Supporting resilience among young people at risk of child abuse in Ethiopia: The role of social system alignment	39
Risk and protective factors for children's psychopathology in the context of domestic violence – A study using nationally representative longitudinal survey data	39
Changing the paradigm: Using strategic communications to promote recognition of child sexual abuse as a preventable public health problem	38
Violence among adolescents: A study of overlapping of bullying, cyberbullying, sexual harassment, dating violence and cyberdating violence	38
Adverse childhood experiences and adult outcomes using a causal framework perspective: Challenges and opportunities	37
‘Just’ prevention of child sexual abuse: A critique and call to action	37
Nuances in the effect of types of intimate partner violence on aspects of child development: Evidence from the Philippines	37
In their own words: Child and adolescent perceptions of caregiver stress during early COVID-19	36
An integrated review of social information processing as a mechanism in the association between maltreatment and depression among youth of color	36
What drives change in children receiving telephone-delivered Common Elements Treatment Approach (t-CETA)? A multiple n = 1 study with Syrian refugee children and adolescents in Lebanon	36
Peer victimization, environmental and psychological distress, and academic performance among children in China: A serial mediation model moderated by migrant status	36
Dimensions of family stress and repetitive nonsuicidal self-injury in adolescence: Examining the interactive effects of impulsivity and emotion dysregulation	36
Professional and informal help-seeking among low-income adolescents exposed to violence in the community and at school	36
The impact of adverse childhood experiences on postpartum post-traumatic stress disorder in women: A prospective cohort study in China	35
Child maltreatment and substances use throughout adolescence and adulthood: Data from a Brazilian Birth Cohort	35
Are different types of childhood adversities correlated within and across time? A comparison of data on adversity co-occurrence from three longitudinal birth cohort studies	35
Factors associated with poor neurological outcome in children after abusive head trauma: A multicenter retrospective study	35
Editorial: Letter from Tracie O. Afifi, the incoming editor-in-chief of Child Abuse & Neglect	34
Differences in ambulance attendances between children with and without an identified history of out-of-home-care	34
Patterns of adverse childhood experiences and their associations with depression, life satisfaction and short-form video addiction in Chinese college students	34
Factors associated with reunification and placement move for children placed in kinship care under the age of thirteen	33
Child welfare workers satisfaction and wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic: Perspectives of agency staff in Ohio	33
Profiles of abuse and neglect and the association with mental health indicators among a large sample of boys and girls from India	33
Maximizing the return on investment in Early Childhood Home Visiting through enhanced eligibility screening	33
Psychological maltreatment and depression symptoms among Chinese adolescents: A multiple mediation model	33
The missing link between poverty and child maltreatment: Parental burnout	32
Adverse childhood experiences, HIV and sexual risk behaviors ― Five sub-Saharan countries, 2018–2020	32
Severe sexual abuse in childhood and altered neurophysiological response to reward in female adults	32
Aggressive parenting behavior among grandparents providing childcare for grandchildren: A case study of Shenzhen, China.	32
Childhood maltreatment and suicide attempts: A prospective cohort study in Chinese middle school students	31
Attachment & biobehavioral catch-up participation & reunification in a family treatment court	31
School bullying among refugee and non-refugee adolescent students in Lebanon	30
Nurturing roots: Motivations of Inuit foster parents caring for Inuit children in Nunavik	30
Building skills and resilience in child abuse pediatricians: A novel program to address Secondary Traumatic Stress	30
Associations between experiences of childhood maltreatment and perceived acceptability of child maltreatment: A cross-cultural and exploratory study	29
Health-related quality of life after child maltreatment in institutions: Results from a representative population-based sample in Germany	28
Linkages between childhood emotional maltreatment and adulthood marital attitudes among rural first-generation college students in China: A latent profile analysis and multigroup comparisons	28
Peer parent programs in child welfare: A systematic review	28
The shielding effect of not responding: Peritraumatic responses to child abuse and their links to posttraumatic symptomatology	28
Effects of formal center-based care and positive parenting practices on children in foster care	28
Early adverse childhood experiences and preschoolers' attentional regulation: A latent class analysis	27
Impressions of child advocacy center leaders: How problematic sexual behavior in children and adolescents is perceived by community professionals	27
Positive developments and ongoing challenges in supporting child and youth resilience in sub-Saharan Africa	27
Adverse childhood experiences in Australian youth adjudicated for sexual offences and non-sexual violent offences	27
Exposure to family and domestic violence is associated with lower attendance and higher suspension in school children	27
Inside Front Cover - Editorial Board	27

Reactions to the disclosure of intrafamilial childhood sexual abuse: Findings from the National Sexual Assault Online Hotline	26
Psychological and physical abuse towards four-year-old children as reported by their parents: A national Finnish survey	26
Dual system youth and their pathways in Los Angeles County: A replication of the OJJDP Dual System Youth Study	26
Social anxiety and bullying victimization: A three-level meta-analysis of cross-sectional and longitudinal studies	26
Technology assisted child sexual abuse: Professionals’ perceptions of risk and impact on children and young people	26
Cumulative risk, factor analysis, and latent class analysis of childhood adversity data in a nationally representative sample	25
Sibling sexual abuse: What do we know? What do we need to know? Stage 1 analysis of a 2-stage scoping review	25
Sexual exploitation of children: Barriers for boys in accessing social supports for victimization	25
Changes in parents' mental health related to child out-of-home care placements: A Swedish national register study	25
Childhood abuse and risk of migraine: A systematic review and meta-analysis	24
Receipt of parenting, disability, unemployment, and other income support payments in persons aged 16 to 33 years – the associations with child maltreatment	24
Testing a hybrid risk assessment model: Predicting CSAM offender risk from digital forensic artifacts	24
The ethics of child maltreatment surveys in relation to participant distress: Implications of social science evidence, ethical guidelines, and law	24
Exploring nursing students' awareness about child abuse and neglect	24
Why emotional neglect brings suicidal ideation? The mediating effect of meaning in life and the moderating effect of post-stress growth	24
The effect of therapeutic and deterrent messages on Internet users attempting to access ‘barely legal’ pornography	24
Psychological resilience and childhood maltreatment: The role of self-efficacy, personality functioning and social support in young adult residential care leavers	24
Disparities in adverse childhood experiences by race/ethnicity, gender, and economic status: Intersectional analysis of a nationally representative sample	24
Exploring the relationship between adoption and psychological trauma for children who are adopted from care: A longitudinal case study perspective	23
The association between peer rejection and aggression types: A meta-analysis	23
Protecting children from maltreatment during COVID-19: Struggling to see children and their families through the lockdowns	23
A systematic review and meta-analysis of trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy for children and adolescents	23
Child protection system involvement in children of incarcerated mothers: A linked data study	23
Chronic bullying victimization and life satisfaction among children from multicultural families in South Korea: Heterogeneity by immigrant mothers' country of origin	23
The relations between childhood experience of negative parenting practices and nonsuicidal self-injury in Chinese adolescents: The mediating roles of maladaptive perfectionism and rumination	23
Modeling changes in adolescent health risk behaviors approaching and just after the time of emancipation from foster care	23
The impact of case factors on the initial screening decision in child welfare investigations in Norway	23
Home visitors' needs and perceptions of the benefits of a home visiting program for childcare support in Japan: A qualitative study of home visitors	23
Child maltreatment online education for healthcare and social service providers: Implications for the COVID-19 context and beyond	23
Positive childhood experiences serve as protective factors for mental health in pandemic-era youth with adverse childhood experiences	22
Prevalence of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and association with dating violence and symptoms of mental illness among adolescents in the Dominican Republic	22
Future orientation in justice-involved youth: The effects of adverse and positive childhood experiences, and being dual-status	22
Transdiagnostic factors in the COVID-19 pandemic: Examining the role of childhood abuse and neglect in establishing latent profiles of risk and resilience	22
Child protective services contact and youth outcomes	22
ISPCAN Child Abuse Screening Tool for Children (ICAST-C): Translation and adaptation to Mexican Spanish, and psychometric properties tested in Mexico City adolescents	22
Childhood sexual abuse and cholesterol risk: Testing body mass index as a mediator across gender in a national sample of adults	22
Psychosocial functioning as a mediator between childhood trauma and symptom severity in patients with schizophrenia	22
“Maybe what happened is actually OK?” Child sexual abuse by authority figures in the ultra-orthodox community in Israel: Survivors' perceptions of their relationships with the perpetrator	22
A qualitative analysis of child protection professionals' challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic	22
On the relationship between economic inequality and child maltreatment: Takeaways from the special issue and future directions	21
The mediating role of adolescent psychopathology in the association between frequent or severe childhood abuse and labor market inactivity in young adulthood: A causal mediation approach	21
“It burns her more than it burns for me”: The sibling subsystem in the context of child physical abuse as portrayed by children during forensic interviews	21
Labor trafficking of children and youth in the United States: A scoping review	21
Foster youth's placement preferences: The roles of kin, siblings, and age	21
Longitudinal trajectories of depressive symptoms among sexually abused adolescents involved in child protection services	21
Caring Dads intervention for fathers who have perpetrated abuse within their families: Quasi-experimental evaluation of child protection outcomes over two years	21
Rediscovering latent trauma: An adopted adult's perspective	21
Motivations and perspectives on the use of corporal punishment at home: A qualitative study of Ghanaian parents	20
Abusive head trauma: Annual medical costs for inpatient care of children managed at a single tertiary care centre in Malaysia	20
What's the matter with ACEs? Recommendations for considering early adversity in educational contexts	20
The role of childhood maltreatment and mental health disorders on suicidal behaviour in adolescents	20
Association between lifetime sexual violence victimization and selected health conditions and risk behaviors among 13–24-year-olds in Lesotho: Results from the Violence Against Children and Youth Surv	20
Adverse childhood experiences, mental health, and social functioning: A scoping review of the literature	20
Racial/ethnic and gender disparities in child protection decision-making: What role do stereotypes play?	20
Parents' and professionals' perspectives on school-based maltreatment prevention education for children with intellectual and developmental disabilities	20
Predictors of recantation after child sexual abuse disclosure among a Brazilian sample	20
COVID-19: Differences in sentinel injury and child abuse reporting during a pandemic	20
Parental knowledge on infant crying and abusive head trauma and relevant shaking behaviors in China	19
Offenders' approaches to overcoming victim resistance in technology-assisted child sexual abuse	19
Re-referrals to Child Protective Services for children born to young parents	19
Disclosure and help-seeking behaviors related to sexual and physical violence in childhood and adolescence: Results from the Namibia Violence Against Children and Youth Survey	19
Childhood emotional abuse and depression symptoms among Chinese adolescents: The sequential masking effect of ruminative thinking and deliberate rumination	19
Growth recovery lines in children: A comparison between psychosocial short stature and other pathological causes of short stature	19
The reliability and validity of the brief measures of perceived childhood harshness and unpredictability: A revised Chinese version for emerging adults	19
Inside Front Cover - Editorial Board	19
Making every contact count: Can healthcare professionals do more to avoid preventable child deaths?	19
The impact of stay-at-home orders on the rate of emergency department child maltreatment diagnoses	18
County-level analysis on occupation and ecological determinants of child abuse and neglect rates employing elastic net regression	18
Pathways of Care: A longitudinal study of children in care in Australia	18
The global impact of COVID-19 on child protection professionals: A scoping review and thematic analysis	18
Emotional valence and the types of information provided by children in forensic interviews	18
What's missing? Violently injured Black men's narratives around Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)	18
The relationship between national racism and child abuse among Palestinians in Israel: The moderating role of coping strategies	18
“No one wants you back, you will stay here forever”: Exploring the story of the Israeli children who were held in captivity by Hamas	18
Psychological maltreatment and aggression in preadolescence: Roles of temperamental effortful control and maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies	18
Associations between prospective and retrospective measures of child abuse and self-reported adult health at midlife	18
Drivers to implementing a whole-system approach to enquiring about adverse childhood experiences: A mixed methods evaluation from a single county in England	18
The association between early reports to Child Protective Services and developmental trajectories through middle childhood	18
The religious implications of being sexually abused by a rabbi: Qualitative research among Israeli religious men	17
Development and validation of a self-report measure assessing failures in the mentalization of trauma and adverse relationships	17

The mediating role of self-regulation on the link between child maltreatment and later substance use among Latinx youth	17
What do children say about seeking help in situations of gender-based violence? Different perspectives depending on whether they have experienced such situations or not	17
“Maybe I imagined it, maybe it really was all just childish play”: Complexity and ambiguity in survivors' perceptions of harmful preadolescent sexual behavior	17
‘It's not like we use the word emotional abuse’. A study on Norwegian child welfare workers understanding of emotional abuse	17
The interplay of childhood trauma, oxytocin, and impulsivity in predicting the onset of methamphetamine use	17
A macro-level understanding of levels and trends in the abuse and homicide of children, 1997–2020	17
A national survey of pediatric emergency medicine physicians on improving education in child maltreatment recognition and reporting child abuse & neglect	17
Lifetime psychiatric diagnoses among adolescents with severe conduct problems – A register-based follow-up study	16
Latent profiles of bullying perpetration and victimization: Gender differences and family variables	16
Preliminary findings for adverse childhood experiences and associations with negative physical and mental health and victimization in transmasculine adults	16
Housing insecurity and adolescent well-being: Relationships with child welfare and criminal justice involvement	16
Invisible children and non-essential workers: Child protection during COVID-19 in Israel according to policy documents and media coverage	16
Association of routine school closures with child maltreatment reporting and substantiation in the United States; 2010–2017	16
Child maltreatment, adult romantic attachment and parental sense of competence	16
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on child abuse and neglect: A cross-sectional study in a French Child Advocacy Center	16
The influence of childhood abuse and prenatal intimate partner violence on childbirth experiences and breastfeeding outcomes	16
Examining the profiles of school violence and their association with individual and relational covariates among South Korean children	16
The problematization of child sexual abuse in policy and law: The Indonesian example	16
Examining mental health service use across intergenerational patterns of child protection system contact: A case for cross-sector supports	16
The role of maternal child maltreatment history and unsupportive emotion socialization in the intergenerational transmission of emotion regulation difficulties	16
Family characteristics, responses, and dynamics associated with sibling sexual abuse: A scoping review	16
Leveraging machine learning for effective child maltreatment prevention: A case study of home visiting service assessments	16
Implementation of a screening tool for child sex trafficking among youth presenting to the emergency department – A quality improvement initiative	16
Pilot randomized controlled trial of an attachment- and trauma-focused intervention for kinship caregivers	16
Interparental violence and children's attentional bias: The mediating effect of parental harsh discipline in China	15
Child maltreatment and NR3C1 exon 1F methylation, link with deregulated hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis and psychopathology: A systematic review	15
Mental health of unaccompanied refugee minors in Europe: A systematic review	15
Inside Front Cover - Editorial Board	15
Association between Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and child maltreatment among a cohort of fragile families	15
Is teacher violence a form of betrayal trauma? Relationship with mental health problems among young adults	15
A latent profile analysis of social anxiety among Chinese left-behind children and adolescents: Associations with online parent-child communication and online social capital	15
Spanking and children's social competence: Evidence from a US kindergarten cohort study	15
Children are in need of humanitarian aid in Afghanistan	15
Responding to concerns related to the measurement of ICD-11 complex posttraumatic stress disorder using the International Trauma Questionnaire	15
Client and staff experiences assessing adverse childhood experiences in a clinical setting: Results from the First Nations ACE Study	15
Caseworker documentation of mothers in foster care: A case study in California	15
Relationship between Adverse Childhood Experiences and substance use in youth offenders in Singapore	15
Childhood maltreatment predicts poorer executive functioning in adulthood beyond symptoms of internalizing psychopathology	15
Adolescent substance use at the intersections of foster care, sexual orientation and gender identity, racial/ethnic identity, and sex assigned at birth	15
“She was willing to send me there”: Intrafamilial child sexual abuse, exploitation and trafficking of boys	15
Inside Front Cover - Editorial Board	15
Listening to the Children Involved in Violent Military Conflict	15
Association between maternal dissatisfaction with oneself at birth and shaking and smothering toward the offspring up to 18 months old	14
Preventing harmful sexual behavior in primary schools: Barriers and solutions	14
Comparing the prevalence of sexual behaviors and victimization among adolescents based on child welfare system involvement	14
A scoping review of participatory approaches in child maltreatment research across Europe	14
Does it add up? Educational achievement mediates child maltreatment subtypes to allostatic load	14
Traumatic intracranial hemorrhage in pediatrics: Implications of factor XIII deficiency and consumptive coagulopathy in abusive head trauma evaluation	14
War and reintegration for girls and young women in northern Uganda: A scoping review	14
Childhood irritability-aggression profiles and parent-to-child violence: Evidence of interactive effect in predicting youth violence	14
Health services utilization and cost of abusive head trauma in Taiwan: A population-based retrospective matched cohort study	14
Multi-level factors associated with psychological resilience in the face of adverse childhood experiences among Chinese early adolescents	14
The impact of childhood emotional abuse on the developmental trajectory of non-suicidal self-injury in adolescents: The mediating role of self-compassion and peer attachment	14
Comparison of crosswalk methods for translating ICD-9 to ICD-10 diagnosis codes for child maltreatment	14
Swedish interpreters' views and experiences of interpreting child forensic interviews	14
“I felt like I was going to cause conflict. So, I kept quiet …” (Female child rape victim, 15 years)	13
Child and adolescent maltreatment patterns and risk of eating disorder behaviors developing in young adulthood	13
“Just listen to me”: Experiences of therapy after childhood sibling sexual abuse	13
Developing a trauma focused cognitive behavioral therapy application for adolescents with problematic sexual behaviors: A conceptual framework	13
Parenting stress among new parents before and during the COVID-19 pandemic	13
Association between adverse childhood experiences and brain volumes among Japanese community-dwelling older people: Findings from the NEIGE study	13
Moderated mediation analyses: Exploring the complex pathways between school bullying and suicidal ideation among vocational school students in China	13
Factors contributing to filicide-suicide: Differences between male and female perpetrators	13
Assessing the effects of the Sacramento Neighborhood Alcohol Prevention Project (SNAPP) on child abuse and neglect	13
Do parenting behaviors intended as discipline vary by household religious affiliation in Cameroon?	13
Examining the role of child welfare worker characteristics and the substantiation decision	13
How societal responses to COVID-19 could contribute to child neglect	13
Case reports unlocked: Harnessing large language models to advance research on child maltreatment	13
Neighborhood collective efficacy reduces child maltreatment through decreasing parenting stress: A longitudinal path model	13
Change in Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) scores over time among children and youth in out-of-home care: A latent growth curve analysis	13
Systematic review and critical appraisal of Childhood Trauma Questionnaire — Short Form (CTQ-SF)	13
Comparing bullying to ACEs in the national survey of children's health: Examining 2016–2019 prevalence trends among children and adolescents	13
Experiences of childhood adversity across generations – Continuity or change? A study from the Northern Ireland youth wellbeing survey	12
Response to the Reddy, Williams-Isom, & Putnam-Hornstein's brief “Racial sensitivity training: An inadequate solution to systemic racial disparities in child protection systems”	12
Examining the relative impact of adverse and positive childhood experiences on adolescent mental health: A strengths-based perspective	12
Truancy: The relevance of resilience-related internal assets, student engagement and perception of school success in youth living with parents and in residential care	12
Cost effectiveness of interventions to prevent the occurrence and the associated economic impacts of child maltreatment: A systematic review	12
Disclosure and non-disclosure of childhood sexual abuse in Australia: Results from a national survey	12
A spatiotemporal analysis of the impact of COVID-19 on child abuse and neglect in the city of Los Angeles, California	12
Children's right to participation in residential care: A staff-based study in Portugal	12
Predictors of symptom severity and change among youth in trauma-informed residential care	12
Comparing female- to male-perpetrated child sexual abuse as presumed by survivors – A qualitative content analysis	12
Why do prospective and retrospective measures of childhood maltreatment differ? Qualitative analyses in a cohort study	12
Reasons police respond in schools: An analysis of narrative data from police incident reports	12
Association between childhood maltreatment and attachment disorganization in young adulthood: The protective role of early mother-child interactions	12
Drug exposures in young children – The next frontier in occult injury testing	12
Effectiveness of digital game-based GISCC program on cyberbullying prevention among Chinese adolescents	12
Unraveling cyber sexual abuse of minors: Psychometrics properties of the Multidimensional Online Grooming Questionnaire and prevalence by sex and age	12
Understanding intergenerational transmission of early maladaptive schemas from a memory perspective: Moderating role of overgeneral memory on adverse experiences	12
Introduction to the special issue: Global insights on the sexual exploitation of boys	12
Generating reliable data on street-connected children: Finding protection in numbers	12
Mechanisms in the intergenerational effect of maternal childhood maltreatment on offspring externalizing symptoms: The role of maternal and paternal parenting	12
Hidden hurt: A qualitative study of the microaggressions experienced by disabled children in education in China	12
Diagnostic testing for and detection of physical abuse in infants with brief resolved unexplained events	12
Aims & Scope	12