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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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Children’s Elaborated Responses to Yes-No Questions in Forensic Interviews About Sexual Abuse	46
Child Maltreatment 2023 Article of the Year	43
“I Want Everybody to Know as Much of My Life Story as They Can”: Life Stories of Former Foster Youth	38
A Qualitative Analysis of the Effects of COVID-19 on Home Visiting Service Provision	38
Prenatal and Infant Reports and Child Protection Involvement: A Longitudinal Cohort Study	22
Child Maltreatment During the Pandemic	21
Graduate Student/Postdoctoral Fellow Section of Child Maltreatment Editorial Board	17
Intimate Partner Violence and Children’s Health After Parental Separation: Development and Psychometric Testing of the HELP-T Scale	17
Testing the Appropriateness of Social Disorganization Theory in the Study of Neighborhood Factors and Rural Child Maltreatment	17
Ten Years Later: An Updated Critical Look at Trauma Informed Care Among Agencies and Systems Serving Youth and Their Families	15
Black Moms Matter: A Qualitative Approach to Understanding Barriers to Service Utilization at a Children’s Advocacy Center Following Childhood Abuse	14
Perinatal Health Profiles Associated With Removal From the Home and Subsequent Child Protective Services Report in Maltreated Infants	14
Caregiver Psychological Maltreatment Behaviors Toward Children on TikTok	14
When Empathy Helps and Hurts: Non-Linear Associations Between Early Childhood Maltreatment History, Empathy and Self-Harm Thoughts	13
Development and Performance of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network Trauma-Informed Organizational Assessment	13
Early Childhood Income Instability and Mental Health in Adolescence: Parenting Stress and Child Maltreatment as Mediators	12
Child Maltreatment, the Law, and Two Types of Error	11
Prevalence of Suspected Medical Child Abuse in the School Setting: A Study of School Nurses	10
Caseworker Visitation After Reunification and Children’s Reentry Into Foster Care: A Survival Analysis	10
Call for Editorial Board Nominations	10
A Multimethod Exploration of the COVID-Era Transition to Virtual Hearings in Child Welfare Court Cases	10
Home Visiting and Child Welfare Involvement: A Matched Comparison Group Study	9
Factors Associated with Child Removal Among American Indian and Alaska Native People in an Alcohol Intervention Study	9
Introduction: COVID-19 Related Professional Challenges, Innovations, and Implications for Child Maltreatment Victims	8
Child Maltreatment Among Children in Out-of-Home Care: Secondary Analysis of NCANDS and AFCARS Data	8

Telehealth Delivery of the Child and Family Traumatic Stress Intervention is Associated With Reduced Posttraumatic Stress in Children and Caregivers	7
Public Knowledge and Attitudes About the Nature and Impact of Child Emotional Abuse: A Systematic Review	7
The role of maltreatment risk in the interplay between maternal and child’s empathy over time	7
Subtle Forms of Reluctance in Commercially Sexually Exploited Adolescents’ Responses when Questioned by the Police and at Trial	7
Call for Papers: Special Issue: The Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA): Policy, Implementation, Equity, and Outcomes	6
Graduate Student/Postdoctoral Fellow Section of Child Maltreatment Editorial Board	6
Intergenerational (Dis)continuity of Child Maltreatment: Variation by Parents’ Childhood Victimization Experiences and Sex	6
Factors Associated With Permanency for Children in Out-Of-Home Placement: A Survival Analysis	6
What About the Children? Co-Occurrence of Child Maltreatment and Parental Separation	6
Substance Use-Associated Infant Maltreatment Report Rates in the Context of Complex Prenatal Substance Use Policy Environments	6
Validation of the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ) in the Context of Trauma-Focused Treatment	6
Acknowledgement of Child Maltreatment’s 2023 External Reviewers The Editors	6
The Impact of Data Suppression on Re-Identification Risk and Data Access in the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System	6
Successful Criminal Prosecutions of Sex Trafficking and Sexual Abuse of Minors: A Comparative Analysis	5
Childhood Maltreatment, Executive Function, and Suicide Attempts in Adolescents	5
School Closure and Child Maltreatment During the COVID-19 Pandemic	5
Note: The Review Process for the Drake (2024) Commentary and the Palusci (2024) Response	5
Measurement Models of Child Maltreatment and Associations With Suicidal Ideation Endorsement by Youth in Foster Care: A Multiverse Analytic Approach	5
A Pilot Proof-of-Concept Study of Telehealth-Based Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Autistic Youth: Initial Evidence of Efficacy and Acceptability	5
Preventable Emergency Department Utilization Among Patients With Foster Care History Compared to Patients Without Foster Care History	5
Adolescence Does Not Divert Sex Offending Adolescents of Color from Criminal Legal System Involvement	5
Maternal History of Childhood Maltreatment and Brain Responses to Infant Cues Across the Postpartum Period	5
The Impact of Child Maltreatment and Adverse Childhood Experiences on Problematic Alcohol Use in a Nationally Representative Survey of Youth	5
State Policy Levers for Reducing Early Childhood Maltreatment: The Importance of Family Planning and Economic Support Policies	5
Impact of Children’s Presence on Police Responses to Domestic Violence Call Situations	4
“Locked in a Jail Cell in Your Own Home”: Child Maltreatment Investigators’ Perspectives of COVID-19’s Effects on Maltreated Children	4
Evidence-Based Home Visiting Provisions and Child Maltreatment Report Rates: County-Level Analysis of US National Data From 2016 to 2018	4
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 Cases	4
Going Home: Predictors of Reunification and Reentry in Dutch Child Protection Cases	4
From Maltreatment to Psychiatric Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence: The Relevance of Emotional Maltreatment	4
Profiles of Childhood Adversity, Strengths, and Wellbeing in Adulthood	4
Ophthalmologists’ Attitudes, Knowledge, and Willingness to Report Child Abuse	4
Child Maltreatment and Adolescent Dissociative Symptomatology: Moderation by Autonomic Regulation	4
Estimating Surveillance Bias in Child Maltreatment Reporting During Home Visiting Program Involvement	4
Adults’ Ability to Detect the Pseudotemporal Problem when Children Give “I Don’t Know” Responses	4
Structured Topic Modeling of Child Fatal Injury Narratives Using Machine Learning with County-Level Demographic Indicators to Strengthen Prevention Strategies	4
Associations Between Medication for Opioid Use Disorder and Family Functioning in Child Welfare-Involved Families	4
Perinatal Intervention Desires of New Fathers Who Have a History of Child Maltreatment: A Mixed Methods Study	4
Acknowledgement of Child Maltreatment’s 2022 External Reviewers	4
Pathways of Intergenerational Risk: Examining the Association Between Maternal Adverse Childhood Experiences and Child Socio-Emotional and Behavioral Concerns at 8 Years of Age	4
Patterns of Protective Factors Following Childhood Maltreatment and Youth Developmental Outcomes	4
Childhood Traumatic Experiences and Happiness of Nursing Students: A Mixed Methods Study	4
A Commentary on Recent Announcements by The American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children and Child Maltreatment	3
Self-Reported and Agency-Notified Child Abuse as Contributors to Suicidal Behaviour in a Population-Based Birth Cohort Study at 30-Year-Follow-Up	3
Exploring the Area-Level Link Between Poverty and Different Types of Child Maltreatment: Is Neglect the Most Pronounced?	3
Prenatal Substance Exposure and Infant Discharge Placement: Results From the ACT NOW Study	3
Predicting Maltreatment in Foster Homes: The Role of Child Welfare Agency Policies	3
Parenting, Child Maltreatment, and Social Disadvantage: A Population-Based Implementation and Evaluation of the Triple P System of Evidence-Based Parenting Support	3
Understanding Black-White Disparities in Illinois Child Welfare: A Socioeconomic Explanation	3
Community-Based Victimization Prevention Education for Children and Youth With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: A Scoping Review	3

Using an AI-based avatar for interviewer training at Children’s Advocacy Centers: Proof of Concept	3
Qualitative Analysis of the Lived Experiences of Nurses on Forensic Teams	3
Prevalence of Contact Child Sexual Abuse Victimization in the US: Perpetration Types and Cohort Differences	3
Response to Drake (2024) “A Commentary on Recent Announcements by American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children and Child M altreatment	3
Verified Human Trafficking Allegations Among Single and Dual System-Involved Children: Predicting Initial and Repeat Victimization	3
Building Trauma Informed School Systems: Training and Practice Uptake as Part of a Systemwide Initiative in an Urban School District	3
From Early Trauma to Cardiovascular Risk Among a Nationally Representative Sample of Young Adults	3
Affordable Housing and Neighborhood Child Maltreatment Reports	3
Relations Between Psychological Maltreatment by Teachers and Cyberbullying Perpetration Among Elementary School Students: The Roles of Self-Esteem and Sex	3
The Prevalence and Patterns of Maltreatment, Childhood Adversity, and Mental Health Disorders in an Australian Out-Of-Home Care Sample	3
Addressing the Neglect of Emotional Neglect: Prevalence and Long-Term Consequences in a Low-Income Sample	3
Traumatized Sexuality: Understanding and Predicting Profiles of Sexual Behaviors Using Childhood Abuse and Trauma Measures	3
Child Maltreatment Welcomes New Editors	3
Internalizing and Externalizing Pathways From Polyvictimization to Adult Risky Sexual Behavior: The Roles of Timing and Chronicity	2
Couples’ Childhood Maltreatment Profiles and Trajectories of Sexual Health Over One Year	2
Complex Trauma Exposure and Placement Stability among Systems-Impacted Black and Latinx Youth: The Mediating Role of Multisystemic Strengths	2
Different Reporters, Different Futures? Child and Parent Outcomes after Child Protection Reports	2
Impact of Safe@Home on Placement and Permanency Outcomes: Results of a Quasi-Experimental Study	2
Child Welfare Outcomes After Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-Up Intervention Participation: A Quasi-Experimental Study	2
Invisible Scars: Residual Consequences of Childhood Maltreatment Even in Adults Classified as Resilient	2
The Role of Psychopathology and Emotion Regulation in the Intergenerational Transmission of Childhood Abuse: A Family Study	2
The Impact of Data Suppression Rules on Data Access and Re-Identification Risk in Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System Annual Files	2
Swedish Courts’ Evaluations of Interpreter-Mediated Child Investigative Interviews	2
Profiling Changes in the Needs of Caregivers With Child Welfare Involvement: What Do They Tell Us About Risk for Maltreatment?	2
Identification of Child Survivors of Sex Trafficking From Electronic Health Records: An Artificial Intelligence Guided Approach	2
What Happens When Child Abuse Pediatricians and CPS Investigators Collaborate? A Study of the Multidisciplinary Pediatric Education and Evaluation Consortium	2
Contamination in Observational Research on Child Maltreatment: A Conceptual and Empirical Review With Implications for Future Research	2
Factors Influencing School Social Workers’ Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Behaviors	2
A Systematic Review and Critical Appraisal of the Psychometric Properties of the Child Abuse Potential Inventory (CAPI)	2
The Comparative Productivity of the Birthday Narrative in 6- to 11-year-Old Maltreated Children	2
What Do Child Abuse and Neglect Medical Evaluation Consultation Notes Tell Researchers and Clinicians?	2
Practice Analysis: Developing a Content Outline for the Child Abuse Pediatrics Certification Exam	2
Describing Coercion in the Courtroom: The Influence of Language and Maltreatment Severity on Jurors’ Perceptions of Child Witnesses	2
Understanding the Mediation Effect of Social Cohesion on the Relationship Between Material Hardship and Child Maltreatment by Poverty Spells	2
School-Based Victimization Prevention Education Programs for Children and Youth With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: A Scoping Review	2
Effects of COVID on Mandated Child Abuse Reporting Among Nurses: The Mediating Role of Compassion Fatigue	1
Intergenerational Continuity of Childhood Adversity and Its Underlying Mechanisms Among Teen Mothers and Their Offspring	1
Are Home Evictions Associated with Child Welfare System Involvement? Empirical Evidence from National Eviction Records and Child Protective Services Data	1
The Cumulative Prevalence of Congregate Care Placement for U.S. Children by Race/Ethnicity, 2019	1
Polyvictimization Profiles and Variations in Youth Mental Health Symptoms: A Person-Centered Approach	1
Graduate Student/Postdoctoral Fellow Section of Child Maltreatment Editorial Board	1
Early Exposure to Deprivation or Threat Moderates Expected Associations Between Neural Structure and Age in Adolescent Girls	1
Measuring Image-Based Sexual Abuse (IBSA): Psychometric Validation and Analysis of the IBSA Scale	1
Immediate Postpartum Long-Acting Reversible Contraception Access and Child Maltreatment Rates	1
Out-of-Home-Care Rates among Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Children in Countries With Histories of Settler Colonialism	1
Dimensional Modeling of Adverse Childhood Experiences: An Empirical Analysis and Critique	1
Characteristics of Child Sexual Abuse Material in Peer-to-Peer Networks and Predictors of its Severity: Insights From Filenames	1
Examining Foster Care Outcomes for American Indian Children in the Context of the Indian Child Welfare Act	1
Commentary: The Legal System Response to Child Maltreatment	1
Adverse Childhood Experiences, Pregnancy and Postpartum Depressive Symptoms, and Child Socioemotional Problems Over the First Three Years of Life	1
Reducing Problematic Parenting Behaviors, Child Neglect, and Internalizing and Externalizing Problems in Multisystemic Therapy for Child Abuse and Neglect	1
Childcare Subsidy Employment and Copayment Requirements and Child Maltreatment	1
Racial Identification as a Protective Factor for At-Risk Parenting in Black Parents: A Longitudinal, Multi-Method Investigation	1
Glimpsing the Iceberg: Parent-Child Physical Aggression and Abuse	1
Role of Sports Motivation and Basic Psychological Needs in the Relationship Between Child Maltreatment and Psychological Adaptation in Adolescents	1
Corrigendum to “Child sexual abuse and boundary violating behaviors in youth serving organizations: National prevalence and distribution by organizational type”	1
From Pachymeningitis Hemorrhagica to Abusive Head Trauma: A Journey Through the Centuries	1
Infant and Pre-birth Involvement With Child Protection Across Australia	1
Child Maltreatment and Harsh Parenting: The Role of Maternal Chronic Relational Strains	1
Longitudinal Impacts of Housing Cost Burden on Physical and Psychological Aggression of Children From Age 3 to 15	1
Dimensions of Child Maltreatment in Australians With a History of Out-of-Home Care	1
Child, Family and Societal Factors Related to Neglect Recurrence After CPS Investigation	1
More Severe Juror Sexual Abuse Strengthens Empathy for Child Sexual Abuse Victims: Meta-Analyses	1
Creating a Path From Crisis to Care and Connection: Perspectives on Child Removal and Family Separation from Parental Substance Use	1
Clinical Consultation During a Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Community-Based Learning Collaborative: Examination of Consultation Content, Consultative Strategies, and Provider Engagement	1
Call for Papers: Special Issue: Rural Child Maltreatment and Child Welfare Practice	1
Risk Factors Associated Image-Based Sexual Abuse in Childhood: Findings From a Diverse Sample of Young Adults	1
Linked Child Welfare and Medicaid Data in Kentucky and Florida Highlights Racial Disparities in Access to Care	1
Birth Spacing and Child Maltreatment: Population-Level Estimates for North Carolina	1
Child Welfare System-Level Factors Associated with All-Cause Mortality Among Children in Foster Care in the United States, 2009–2018	1
Rates of Emotional Disturbance Among Children in Foster Care: Comparing Federal Child Welfare Data and Medicaid Records in Two States	1
The Role of Protective Adults in Mitigating Health Outcomes Linked to Childhood Physical and Sexual Abuse	1
Childhood Maltreatment and Midlife Mortality: A Prospective Investigation	1