Child Maltreatment

Papers
(The median citation count of Child Maltreatment is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)
ArticleCitations
Child Maltreatment 2023 Article of the Year37
Graduate Student/Postdoctoral Fellow Section of Child Maltreatment Editorial Board36
Intimate Partner Violence and Children’s Health After Parental Separation: Development and Psychometric Testing of the HELP-T Scale35
Prenatal and Infant Reports and Child Protection Involvement: A Longitudinal Cohort Study31
Child Maltreatment During the Pandemic29
The Relationship Between Temperature and Temporal Patterns and Incidence of Abusive Head Trauma in a Midwest Region Hospital23
“I Want Everybody to Know as Much of My Life Story as They Can”: Life Stories of Former Foster Youth22
A Qualitative Analysis of the Effects of COVID-19 on Home Visiting Service Provision21
Testing the Appropriateness of Social Disorganization Theory in the Study of Neighborhood Factors and Rural Child Maltreatment18
Children’s Elaborated Responses to Yes-No Questions in Forensic Interviews About Sexual Abuse17
Early Childhood Income Instability and Mental Health in Adolescence: Parenting Stress and Child Maltreatment as Mediators15
Development and Performance of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network Trauma-Informed Organizational Assessment14
Perinatal Health Profiles Associated With Removal From the Home and Subsequent Child Protective Services Report in Maltreated Infants14
Child Maltreatment, the Law, and Two Types of Error14
Black Moms Matter: A Qualitative Approach to Understanding Barriers to Service Utilization at a Children’s Advocacy Center Following Childhood Abuse13
Caregiver Psychological Maltreatment Behaviors Toward Children on TikTok13
Maternal History of Child Maltreatment and Household Chaos: Examining the Mediating Role of Maternal and Child Psychopathology12
Maternal Childhood Maltreatment History and Child Behavior Problems: Developmental Patterns and Mediation via Maternal Depressive Symptoms and Parenting Behavior12
Pseudotemporal Invitations: 6- to 9-year-Old Maltreated Children’s Tendency to Misinterpret Invitations Referencing “Time” as Solely Requesting Conventional Temporal Information12
The Development of Young Peoples’ Internalising and Externalising Difficulties Over the First Three-Years in the Public Care System11
Call for Editorial Board Nominations11
Home Visiting and Child Welfare Involvement: A Matched Comparison Group Study11
Prevalence of Suspected Medical Child Abuse in the School Setting: A Study of School Nurses11
A Multimethod Exploration of the COVID-Era Transition to Virtual Hearings in Child Welfare Court Cases11
Caseworker Visitation After Reunification and Children’s Reentry Into Foster Care: A Survival Analysis10
Risk and Protective Factors Associated with Adverse Childhood Experiences in Vulnerable Families: Results of a Randomized Clinical Trial of SafeCare®10
Child Maltreatment Among Children in Out-of-Home Care: Secondary Analysis of NCANDS and AFCARS Data9
Prospective Associations Between Early Childhood Intimate Partner Violence Exposure and Middle Childhood Internalizing and Externalizing Psychopathology9
Factors Associated with Child Removal Among American Indian and Alaska Native People in an Alcohol Intervention Study9
Telehealth Delivery of the Child and Family Traumatic Stress Intervention is Associated With Reduced Posttraumatic Stress in Children and Caregivers9
The role of maltreatment risk in the interplay between maternal and child’s empathy over time9
Introduction: COVID-19 Related Professional Challenges, Innovations, and Implications for Child Maltreatment Victims9
Is Household Unemployment Associated With Increased Verbal and Physical Child Abuse During the COVID Pandemic?9
Novel Forms of Reluctance Among Suspected Child Sexual Abuse Victims in Adolescence8
Subtle Forms of Reluctance in Commercially Sexually Exploited Adolescents’ Responses when Questioned by the Police and at Trial8
Graduate Student/Postdoctoral Fellow Section of Child Maltreatment Editorial Board8
Acknowledgement of Child Maltreatment’s 2023 External Reviewers The Editors8
What About the Children? Co-Occurrence of Child Maltreatment and Parental Separation7
Factors Associated With Permanency for Children in Out-Of-Home Placement: A Survival Analysis7
Substance Use-Associated Infant Maltreatment Report Rates in the Context of Complex Prenatal Substance Use Policy Environments7
Validation of the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ) in the Context of Trauma-Focused Treatment7
Public Knowledge and Attitudes About the Nature and Impact of Child Emotional Abuse: A Systematic Review7
Maternal History of Childhood Maltreatment and Brain Responses to Infant Cues Across the Postpartum Period6
The Impact of Data Suppression on Re-Identification Risk and Data Access in the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System6
Childhood Maltreatment, Executive Function, and Suicide Attempts in Adolescents6
Intergenerational (Dis)continuity of Child Maltreatment: Variation by Parents’ Childhood Victimization Experiences and Sex6
School Closure and Child Maltreatment During the COVID-19 Pandemic6
A Pilot Proof-of-Concept Study of Telehealth-Based Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Autistic Youth: Initial Evidence of Efficacy and Acceptability6
Measurement Models of Child Maltreatment and Associations With Suicidal Ideation Endorsement by Youth in Foster Care: A Multiverse Analytic Approach6
The Impact of Child Maltreatment and Adverse Childhood Experiences on Problematic Alcohol Use in a Nationally Representative Survey of Youth6
Note: The Review Process for the Drake (2024) Commentary and the Palusci (2024) Response6
Ophthalmologists’ Attitudes, Knowledge, and Willingness to Report Child Abuse5
Preventable Emergency Department Utilization Among Patients With Foster Care History Compared to Patients Without Foster Care History5
Child Maltreatment and Adolescent Dissociative Symptomatology: Moderation by Autonomic Regulation5
Successful Criminal Prosecutions of Sex Trafficking and Sexual Abuse of Minors: A Comparative Analysis5
Intergenerational Pathways Linking Mothers’ Adverse Childhood Experiences and Children’s Social-Emotional Problems5
“Locked in a Jail Cell in Your Own Home”: Child Maltreatment Investigators’ Perspectives of COVID-19’s Effects on Maltreated Children5
State Policy Levers for Reducing Early Childhood Maltreatment: The Importance of Family Planning and Economic Support Policies5
Impact of Children’s Presence on Police Responses to Domestic Violence Call Situations5
Adolescence Does Not Divert Sex Offending Adolescents of Color from Criminal Legal System Involvement5
Evidence-Based Home Visiting Provisions and Child Maltreatment Report Rates: County-Level Analysis of US National Data From 2016 to 20185
Call for Editorial Board Nominations5
Child Maltreatment Re-report, Substantiation, and Foster Care Placement: A Latent Class Analysis of Child, Caregiver, and Household Risk Factors Across Screened-In and Screened-Out Cases4
Childhood Traumatic Experiences and Happiness of Nursing Students: A Mixed Methods Study4
The Prevalence and Patterns of Maltreatment, Childhood Adversity, and Mental Health Disorders in an Australian Out-Of-Home Care Sample4
Predictors of Maternal Recidivism in the Child Protection System4
Perinatal Intervention Desires of New Fathers Who Have a History of Child Maltreatment: A Mixed Methods Study4
Acknowledgement of Child Maltreatment’s 2022 External Reviewers4
Patterns of Protective Factors Following Childhood Maltreatment and Youth Developmental Outcomes4
Estimating Surveillance Bias in Child Maltreatment Reporting During Home Visiting Program Involvement4
Relations Between Psychological Maltreatment by Teachers and Cyberbullying Perpetration Among Elementary School Students: The Roles of Self-Esteem and Sex4
Pathways of Intergenerational Risk: Examining the Association Between Maternal Adverse Childhood Experiences and Child Socio-Emotional and Behavioral Concerns at 8 Years of Age4
Adults’ Ability to Detect the Pseudotemporal Problem when Children Give “I Don’t Know” Responses4
Structured Topic Modeling of Child Fatal Injury Narratives Using Machine Learning with County-Level Demographic Indicators to Strengthen Prevention Strategies4
From Maltreatment to Psychiatric Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence: The Relevance of Emotional Maltreatment4
Predicting Maltreatment in Foster Homes: The Role of Child Welfare Agency Policies4
Exploring the Area-Level Link Between Poverty and Different Types of Child Maltreatment: Is Neglect the Most Pronounced?3
County-Level Factors Matter: The Role of Contextual Factors in Foster Youths’ Extended Foster Care Participation and Human Capital Outcomes3
Qualitative Analysis of the Lived Experiences of Nurses on Forensic Teams3
Annual Credit Checks for Adolescent Youth in Foster Care: Factors Associated with Identity Fraud Victimization3
Recurrence of Substantiated Maltreatment Reports between Low-Income Parents With Disabilities and Their Propensity-Score Matched Sample Without Disabilities3
The Role of Psychopathology and Emotion Regulation in the Intergenerational Transmission of Childhood Abuse: A Family Study3
Swedish Courts’ Evaluations of Interpreter-Mediated Child Investigative Interviews3
Community-Based Victimization Prevention Education for Children and Youth With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: A Scoping Review3
A Commentary on Recent Announcements by The American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children and Child Maltreatment3
Verified Human Trafficking Allegations Among Single and Dual System-Involved Children: Predicting Initial and Repeat Victimization3
Prenatal Substance Exposure and Infant Discharge Placement: Results From the ACT NOW Study3
Longitudinal Predictors of Mother- and Child-Report of Maternal Support Following Child Sexual Abuse3
Self-Reported and Agency-Notified Child Abuse as Contributors to Suicidal Behaviour in a Population-Based Birth Cohort Study at 30-Year-Follow-Up3
The Comparative Productivity of the Birthday Narrative in 6- to 11-year-Old Maltreated Children3
Traumatized Sexuality: Understanding and Predicting Profiles of Sexual Behaviors Using Childhood Abuse and Trauma Measures3
Building Trauma Informed School Systems: Training and Practice Uptake as Part of a Systemwide Initiative in an Urban School District3
Child Maltreatment Welcomes New Editors3
Response to Drake (2024) “A Commentary on Recent Announcements by American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children and Child Maltreatment3
From Early Trauma to Cardiovascular Risk Among a Nationally Representative Sample of Young Adults3
Parenting, Child Maltreatment, and Social Disadvantage: A Population-Based Implementation and Evaluation of the Triple P System of Evidence-Based Parenting Support3
What Do Child Abuse and Neglect Medical Evaluation Consultation Notes Tell Researchers and Clinicians?3
Affordable Housing and Neighborhood Child Maltreatment Reports3
Using an AI-based avatar for interviewer training at Children’s Advocacy Centers: Proof of Concept3
Understanding the Mediation Effect of Social Cohesion on the Relationship Between Material Hardship and Child Maltreatment by Poverty Spells2
Describing Coercion in the Courtroom: The Influence of Language and Maltreatment Severity on Jurors’ Perceptions of Child Witnesses2
Statutory Threshold Wording is Associated with Child Maltreatment Reporting2
Contamination in Observational Research on Child Maltreatment: A Conceptual and Empirical Review With Implications for Future Research2
Practice Analysis: Developing a Content Outline for the Child Abuse Pediatrics Certification Exam2
Early Exposure to Deprivation or Threat Moderates Expected Associations Between Neural Structure and Age in Adolescent Girls2
Child, Family and Societal Factors Related to Neglect Recurrence After CPS Investigation2
Corrigendum to “Child sexual abuse and boundary violating behaviors in youth serving organizations: National prevalence and distribution by organizational type”2
Glimpsing the Iceberg: Parent-Child Physical Aggression and Abuse2
A Systematic Review and Critical Appraisal of the Psychometric Properties of the Child Abuse Potential Inventory (CAPI)2
Complex Trauma Exposure and Placement Stability among Systems-Impacted Black and Latinx Youth: The Mediating Role of Multisystemic Strengths2
The Impact of Data Suppression Rules on Data Access and Re-Identification Risk in Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System Annual Files2
Identification of Child Survivors of Sex Trafficking From Electronic Health Records: An Artificial Intelligence Guided Approach2
Is the Affordable Care Act Medicaid Expansion Associated With Reported Incidents of Child Sexual Abuse?2
Racial Identification as a Protective Factor for At-Risk Parenting in Black Parents: A Longitudinal, Multi-Method Investigation2
Measuring Image-Based Sexual Abuse (IBSA): Psychometric Validation and Analysis of the IBSA Scale2
Invisible Scars: Residual Consequences of Childhood Maltreatment Even in Adults Classified as Resilient2
Linked Child Welfare and Medicaid Data in Kentucky and Florida Highlights Racial Disparities in Access to Care2
Child Welfare Outcomes After Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-Up Intervention Participation: A Quasi-Experimental Study2
Introduction: Special Collection of Medical and Health-Related Research2
Profiling Changes in the Needs of Caregivers With Child Welfare Involvement: What Do They Tell Us About Risk for Maltreatment?2
Couples’ Childhood Maltreatment Profiles and Trajectories of Sexual Health Over One Year2
What Happens When Child Abuse Pediatricians and CPS Investigators Collaborate? A Study of the Multidisciplinary Pediatric Education and Evaluation Consortium2
Impact of Safe@Home on Placement and Permanency Outcomes: Results of a Quasi-Experimental Study2
Call for Papers: Special Issue: Rural Child Maltreatment and Child Welfare Practice2
Graduate Student/Postdoctoral Fellow Section of Child Maltreatment Editorial Board2
School-Based Victimization Prevention Education Programs for Children and Youth With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: A Scoping Review2
Corrigendum to “The Relationship Between Temperature and Temporal Patterns and Incidence of Abusive Head Trauma in a Midwest Region Hospital”1
Adverse Childhood Experiences, Pregnancy and Postpartum Depressive Symptoms, and Child Socioemotional Problems Over the First Three Years of Life1
Longitudinal Impacts of Housing Cost Burden on Physical and Psychological Aggression of Children From Age 3 to 151
Examining Foster Care Outcomes for American Indian Children in the Context of the Indian Child Welfare Act1
Polyvictimization Profiles and Variations in Youth Mental Health Symptoms: A Person-Centered Approach1
Commentary: The Legal System Response to Child Maltreatment1
The Cumulative Prevalence of Congregate Care Placement for U.S. Children by Race/Ethnicity, 20191
Dimensions of Child Maltreatment in Australians With a History of Out-of-Home Care1
Intergenerational Continuity of Childhood Adversity and Its Underlying Mechanisms Among Teen Mothers and Their Offspring1
Assessing Dimensions of Children’s Exposure to Family Violence with the Family Socialization Interview – Revised 2.01
Infant and Pre-birth Involvement With Child Protection Across Australia1
Rates of Emotional Disturbance Among Children in Foster Care: Comparing Federal Child Welfare Data and Medicaid Records in Two States1
Child Maltreatment and Harsh Parenting: The Role of Maternal Chronic Relational Strains1
Differential Response and the Reduction of Child Maltreatment and Foster Care Services Utilization in the U.S. From 2004 to 20171
More Severe Juror Sexual Abuse Strengthens Empathy for Child Sexual Abuse Victims: Meta-Analyses1
The Role of Protective Adults in Mitigating Health Outcomes Linked to Childhood Physical and Sexual Abuse1
Clinical Consultation During a Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Community-Based Learning Collaborative: Examination of Consultation Content, Consultative Strategies, and Provider Engagement1
Child Welfare System-Level Factors Associated with All-Cause Mortality Among Children in Foster Care in the United States, 2009–20181
From Pachymeningitis Hemorrhagica to Abusive Head Trauma: A Journey Through the Centuries1
Exploring State Level Factors Associated with Short-Stays in Child Welfare: The Role of Systemic Risk and Surveillance1
Birth Spacing and Child Maltreatment: Population-Level Estimates for North Carolina1
Are Home Evictions Associated with Child Welfare System Involvement? Empirical Evidence from National Eviction Records and Child Protective Services Data1
Child Maltreatment 2021 Best Article Award1
Delivery and Impact of Foster Parent Training: Similarities and Differences for Relative and Non-Relative Foster Parents1
Call for Papers: Special Issue: Ten Years Later: An Updated Critical Look at Trauma Informed Care (TIC) Among Agencies and Systems Serving Youth and Their Families1
Characteristics of Child Sexual Abuse Material in Peer-to-Peer Networks and Predictors of its Severity: Insights From Filenames1
Childcare Subsidy Employment and Copayment Requirements and Child Maltreatment1
Childhood Maltreatment and Midlife Mortality: A Prospective Investigation1
Effects of COVID on Mandated Child Abuse Reporting Among Nurses: The Mediating Role of Compassion Fatigue1
Reducing Problematic Parenting Behaviors, Child Neglect, and Internalizing and Externalizing Problems in Multisystemic Therapy for Child Abuse and Neglect1
Creating a Path From Crisis to Care and Connection: Perspectives on Child Removal and Family Separation from Parental Substance Use1
Role of Sports Motivation and Basic Psychological Needs in the Relationship Between Child Maltreatment and Psychological Adaptation in Adolescents1
Leveraging Administrative Data to Better Understand and Address Child Maltreatment: A Scoping Review of Data Linkage Studies1
Emergency Department Presentations for Injuries Following Agency-Notified Child Maltreatment: Results From the Childhood Adversity and Lifetime Morbidity (CALM) Study1
Graduate Student/Postdoctoral Fellow Section of Child Maltreatment Editorial Board1
Out-of-Home-Care Rates among Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Children in Countries With Histories of Settler Colonialism1
Stability of Treatment Effects and Caregiver-Reported Outcomes: A Meta-Analysis of Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Children and Adolescents1
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