OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Child Maltreatment is 2. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
The Perfect Storm: Hidden Risk of Child Maltreatment During the Covid-19 Pandemic	111
Experiences With COVID-19 Stressors and Parents’ Use of Neglectful, Harsh, and Positive Parenting Practices in the Northeastern United States	67
Association of State-Level Earned Income Tax Credits With Rates of Reported Child Maltreatment, 2004–2017	52
Higher Levels of Harsh Parenting During the COVID-19 Lockdown in the Netherlands	37
On Racial Disparities in Child Abuse Reports: Exploratory Mapping the 2018 NCANDS	35
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Child Protection System Referrals and Responses in Colorado, USA	31
Social Cohesion and Informal Social Control as Mediators Between Neighborhood Poverty and Child Maltreatment	30
Spillover and Crossover Effects: Mothers’ and Fathers’ Intimate Partner Violence, Parent-Child Aggression Risk, and Child Behavior Problems	20
Inequities in Child Protective Services Contact Between Black and White Children	20
Childhood Maltreatment and Eating Disorders: A Prospective Investigation	19
Integrating Animal-Assisted Therapy Into TF-CBT for Abused Youth With PTSD: A Randomized Controlled Feasibility Trial	19
Harsh Parenting and Child Brain Morphology: A Population-Based Study	18
Prenatal Substance Exposure and Child Maltreatment: A Systematic Review	18
Patterns of Maternal Childhood Maltreatment and Disrupted Interaction Between Mothers and Their 4-Month-Old Infants	17
Co-Reporting of Child Maltreatment and Intimate Partner Violence: The Likelihood of Substantiations and Foster Care Placements	16
Public Opinion About Adverse Childhood Experiences: Social Stigma, Attribution of Blame, and Government Intervention	16
What Proportion of Foster Care Children Do Not Have Child Protective Services Reports? A Preliminary Look	16
Assessing Changes in Parent Sensitivity in Telehealth and Hybrid Implementation of Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-Up During the COVID-19 Pandemic	16
Sibling Separation and Placement Instability for Children in Foster Care	15
Connected After Care: Youth Characteristics, Policy, and Programs Associated With Postsecondary Education and Employment for Youth With Foster Care Histories	15
Risk Factors for Child Death During an Intimate Partner Homicide: A Case-Control Study	14
The Association Between Child Maltreatment and Loneliness Across the Lifespan: A Systematic Review and Multilevel Meta-Analysis	14
Socio-Ecological Predictors of Resilience Development Over Time Among Youth With a History of Maltreatment	13
Childhood Abuse and Cognitive Function in a Large Cohort of Middle-Aged Women	13
Racial/Ethnic Differences in Child Protective Services Reporting, Substantiation and Placement, With Comparison to Non-CPS Risks and Outcomes: 2005–2019	13

Child Maltreatment During School and Childcare Closure Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic	13
What Does Child Protective Services Investigate as Neglect? A Population-Based Study	13
Children With Intellectual Disability and Victimization: A Logistic Regression Analysis	12
The Co-Occurrence of Child Maltreatment and Intimate Partner Violence in Families: Effects on Children’s Externalizing Behavior Problems	12
Leveraging Administrative Data to Better Understand and Address Child Maltreatment: A Scoping Review of Data Linkage Studies	11
Adolescent Neglect and Health Risk	10
State Child Welfare Policies and the Measurement of Child Maltreatment in the United States	10
Reasonable Efforts? Child Maltreatment Investigations and Service Referrals of Parents With Ascribed Cognitive Impairments in Canada	10
Suppositional Wh-Questions About Perceptions, Conversations, and actions are More Productive than Paired Yes-No Questions when Questioning Maltreated Children	9
Child Protective Services Guidelines for Substantiating Exposure to Domestic Violence as Maltreatment and Assigning Caregiver Responsibility: Policy Analysis and Recommendations	9
Time Dimension of Childhood Adversities and Externalizing Behavior Among Children of Teen Mothers: Sensitive Period Hypothesis vs. Accumulation Hypothesis	9
The Development of Young Peoples’ Internalising and Externalising Difficulties Over the First Three-Years in the Public Care System	9
From Maltreatment to Psychiatric Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence: The Relevance of Emotional Maltreatment	8
Patterns of Child Maltreatment and the Development of Conflictual Emerging Adult Romantic Relationships: An Examination of Mechanisms and Gender Moderation	8
Intergenerational Pathways Linking Mothers’ Adverse Childhood Experiences and Children’s Social-Emotional Problems	8
Modeling the Adverse Childhood Experiences Questionnaire–International Version	7
Prevalence of Injuries Among Medicaid Enrolled Infants Prior to Child Abuse and Neglect	7
Using a Person-Centered Approach to Identify Patterns of Exposure to Intimate Partner Violence and Child Abuse in Women: Associations With Mental Health	7
Estimating Surveillance Bias in Child Maltreatment Reporting During Home Visiting Program Involvement	7
Breaking the Cycle of Intergenerational Childhood Maltreatment: Effects on Offspring Mental Health	7
An Exploration of Factors that Mediate the Relationship Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Sexual Assault Victimization Among LGBTQ+ College Students	7
Nonverbal Emotions While Disclosing Child Abuse: The Role of Interviewer Support	7
Children’s Signaling of Incomprehension: The Diagnosticity of Practice Questions During Interview Instructions	7
Cascades of Risk Linking Intimate Partner Violence and Adverse Childhood Experiences to Less Sensitive Caregiving During Infancy	7
Examining Mothers’ Childhood Maltreatment History, Parental Reflective Functioning, and the Long-Term Effects of the Minding the Baby® Home Visiting Intervention	7
Childhood Sexual Abuse: A Longitudinal Study of Disclosures and Denials	7
Differential Response and the Reduction of Child Maltreatment and Foster Care Services Utilization in the U.S. From 2004 to 2017	7
Is Household Unemployment Associated With Increased Verbal and Physical Child Abuse During the COVID Pandemic?	6
Childhood Maltreatment and Adolescents’ Aggression: A Moderated Mediation Model of Callous-Unemotional Traits and Friendship Quality	6
Child Maltreatment Prevention Service Cases are Significantly Reduced During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Longitudinal Investigation Into Unintended Consequences of Quarantine	6
The Cumulative Prevalence of Congregate Care Placement for U.S. Children by Race/Ethnicity, 2019	6
Testing a QuantCrit-Informed Approach to the Empirical Study of Race/Ethnicity and Child Maltreatment	6
Polyvictimization and Psychosocial Outcomes Among Trauma-Exposed, Clinic-Referred Youth Involved in the Juvenile Justice System	5
Black Moms Matter: A Qualitative Approach to Understanding Barriers to Service Utilization at a Children’s Advocacy Center Following Childhood Abuse	5
Elaborations and Denials in Children’s Responses to Yes–No Any/Some Questions in Forensic Interviews	5
Sexual Behavior Problems Among Sexually Abused Children: Associations With Co-Occurring Symptoms	5
Injuries Associated With Subsequent Child Maltreatment Diagnosis: By Age, Race, Gender, and Medicaid Status	5
Risk and Protective Factors Associated with Adverse Childhood Experiences in Vulnerable Families: Results of a Randomized Clinical Trial of SafeCare®	5
Pseudotemporal Invitations: 6- to 9-year-Old Maltreated Children’s Tendency to Misinterpret Invitations Referencing “Time” as Solely Requesting Conventional Temporal Information	5
Changes in Electroencephalography Alpha Associated With Childhood Neglect and Adolescent Alcohol Use	5
Change in Caregivers’ Attitudes and Use of Corporal Punishment Following a Legal Ban: A Multi-Country Longitudinal Comparison	5
Therapists’ Perceived Competence in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Client Outcomes: Findings From a Community-Based Learning Collaborative	5
Introduction to the Special Issue on the Intersection of Intimate Partner Violence and Child Maltreatment	5
Predictors of Prosecutorial Decisions in Reports of Child Sexual Abuse	5
A Review of Screened-Out Families and Child Protective Services Involvement: A Missed Opportunity to Prevent Future Maltreatment With Community-Based Services	5
Team Functioning and Performance in Child Advocacy Center Multidisciplinary Teams	5
County-Level Factors Matter: The Role of Contextual Factors in Foster Youths’ Extended Foster Care Participation and Human Capital Outcomes	5
Addressing Systemic Racism in the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children Publications	5
Child Welfare System Involvement Among Children With Medical Complexity	5
Reports and Removals of Child Maltreatment-Related Hospitalizations: A Population-Based Study	4

Our Commitment to Promoting Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice in Child Maltreatment	4
Understanding Children’s Emotions: Differences in Mothers With a History of Childhood Maltreatment	4
Examining Housing Instability Among Females Who Are System-Involved: Comparing Females With and Without Histories of Commercial Sexual Exploitation	4
Successful Criminal Prosecutions of Sex Trafficking and Sexual Abuse of Minors: A Comparative Analysis	4
Longitudinal Predictors of Mother- and Child-Report of Maternal Support Following Child Sexual Abuse	4
Child Maltreatment and Substance Use: A Behavior Genetic Analysis	4
Childhood Traumatic Experiences and Happiness of Nursing Students: A Mixed Methods Study	4
Concurrent Childhood Experiences Impact Underage Substance Use	4
Maltreatment Type Classifications and Transitions During Childhood for a California Birth Cohort	4
Responsible Behavior With Younger Children: Results From a Pilot Randomized Evaluation of a School-Based Child Sexual Abuse Perpetration Prevention Program	4
Associations Between Emotion Dysregulation Dimensions and Parenting Behaviors in Trauma-Exposed African American Mothers	4
The Co-Occurrence of Child Maltreatment and Intimate Partner Violence: A Commentary on the Special Issue	4
Next Steps in Untangling the Web of Violence: A Research Agenda	4
Novel Forms of Reluctance Among Suspected Child Sexual Abuse Victims in Adolescence	3
Prospective Associations Between Early Childhood Intimate Partner Violence Exposure and Middle Childhood Internalizing and Externalizing Psychopathology	3
Effects of Community-Based Wraparound Services on Child and Caregiver Outcomes Following Child Protective Service Involvement	3
The Relationship Between Temperature and Temporal Patterns and Incidence of Abusive Head Trauma in a Midwest Region Hospital	3
Child Maltreatment During the Pandemic	3
Child Abuse Pediatricians Assess a Low Likelihood of Abuse in Half of 2890 Physical Abuse Consults	3
Prevalence of Diverse Genders and Sexualities in Australia and Associations With Five Forms of Child Maltreatment and Multi-type Maltreatment	3
Risk of Postneonatal Infant Mortality Associated With Prior Founded Allegations of Child Abuse	3
Factors Predicting Family Violence Revictimization Among Army Families With Child Maltreatment	3
Memory Accuracy After 20 Years for Interviews About Child Maltreatment	3
Parenting Mediates Associations Between Intimate Partner Violence at Different Life Stages and Toddler Social–Emotional Problems	3
Is the Affordable Care Act Medicaid Expansion Associated With Reported Incidents of Child Sexual Abuse?	3
Association Between Child Maltreatment and Substance Use Disorder Across Emerging Adulthood	3
Maltreatment in Childhood and Perceived Partner Responsiveness in Adult Romantic Relationships: A Dyadic Daily Diary and Longitudinal Study	3
Evidence-Based Home Visiting Provisions and Child Maltreatment Report Rates: County-Level Analysis of US National Data From 2016 to 2018	3
Child Maltreatment and Substance Use in Emerging Adulthood: Internalizing and Externalizing Behaviors at the Transition to Adolescence as Indirect Pathways	3
What About the Children? Co-Occurrence of Child Maltreatment and Parental Separation	3
State Child Maltreatment Policies and Disparities in Substantiation: A Study of State-Administered Child Welfare Systems in the U.S.	3
Linkages Between Childhood Maltreatment, Intimate Partner Violence, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms in Pregnant Hispanic Women: A Network Analysis	3
Rating the Honesty of White and Black Children via Implicit and Explicit Measures: Implications for Child Victims in the Criminal Justice System	3
Rates of Emotional Disturbance Among Children in Foster Care: Comparing Federal Child Welfare Data and Medicaid Records in Two States	3
Statutory Threshold Wording is Associated with Child Maltreatment Reporting	3
Infant and Pre-birth Involvement With Child Protection Across Australia	3
When Disclosure Fails to Substantiate Abuse: Child and Perpetrator Race Predict Child Sexual Abuse Substantiation	3
Do Independent Living Services Protect Youth Aging Out Foster Care From Adverse Outcomes? An Evaluation Using National Data	3
Why Are Men More Likely to Endorse Myths About Child Sexual Abuse Than Women? Evidence From Disposition and Situation-Based Approaches	2
Trying to Fit a Square Peg in a Round Hole? Testing the Robustness of Maltreatment Measurement Models for Youth	2
Exploring State Level Factors Associated with Short-Stays in Child Welfare: The Role of Systemic Risk and Surveillance	2
Anger and Attention Problems as Mechanisms Linking Maltreatment Subtypes and Witnessed Violence to Social Functioning Among Children in Out-of-Home Care	2
Glimpsing the Iceberg: Parent-Child Physical Aggression and Abuse	2
Maternal Childhood Maltreatment History and Child Behavior Problems: Developmental Patterns and Mediation via Maternal Depressive Symptoms and Parenting Behavior	2
Child Witnesses Productively Respond to “How” Questions About Evaluations but Struggle With Other “How” Questions	2
Birth Spacing and Child Maltreatment: Population-Level Estimates for North Carolina	2
Maternal History of Childhood Maltreatment and Brain Responses to Infant Cues Across the Postpartum Period	2
Annual Credit Checks for Adolescent Youth in Foster Care: Factors Associated with Identity Fraud Victimization	2
What’s Fair in Child Welfare? Parent Knowledge, Attitudes, and Experiences	2
Pre- and Perinatal Risk Factors for Child Maltreatment in Military Families Across the First Two Years of Life	2
Contamination in Observational Research on Child Maltreatment: A Conceptual and Empirical Review With Implications for Future Research	2
Intervening With Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-Up to Reduce Behavior Problems Among Children Adopted Internationally: Evidence From a Randomized Controlled Trial	2
Examining Foster Care Outcomes for American Indian Children in the Context of the Indian Child Welfare Act	2
Attorneys’ Questions and Children’s Responses Referring to the Nature of Sexual Touch in Child Sexual Abuse Trials	2
Recurrence of Substantiated Maltreatment Reports between Low-Income Parents With Disabilities and Their Propensity-Score Matched Sample Without Disabilities	2
Risk of Future Maltreatment: Examining Whether Worker Characteristics Predict Their Perception	2
Self-Reported and Agency-Notified Child Abuse as Contributors to Suicidal Behaviour in a Population-Based Birth Cohort Study at 30-Year-Follow-Up	2
Screening for and Responding to Suicidality Among Youth Presenting to a Children’s Advocacy Center (CAC)	2
Stability of Treatment Effects and Caregiver-Reported Outcomes: A Meta-Analysis of Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Children and Adolescents	2
Relevance of Routine Abdominopelvic Ultrasound in Suspected Child Abuse in Children Under 2 years of Age: Review of 15 years of Experience	2
Ophthalmologists’ Attitudes, Knowledge, and Willingness to Report Child Abuse	2