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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
The Perfect Storm: Hidden Risk of Child Maltreatment During the Covid-19 Pandemic	96
Healing Interpersonal and Racial Trauma: Integrating Racial Socialization Into Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for African American Youth	82
Experiences With COVID-19 Stressors and Parents’ Use of Neglectful, Harsh, and Positive Parenting Practices in the Northeastern United States	56
How COVID-19 Is Placing Vulnerable Children at Risk and Why We Need a Different Approach to Child Welfare	46
Association of State-Level Earned Income Tax Credits With Rates of Reported Child Maltreatment, 2004–2017	37
A Systematic Review and Synthesis of Trauma-Informed Care Within Outpatient and Counseling Health Settings for Young People	36
Child Sexual Abuse and Risk of Revictimization: Impact of Child Demographics, Sexual Abuse Characteristics, and Psychiatric Disorders	32
Higher Levels of Harsh Parenting During the COVID-19 Lockdown in the Netherlands	29
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Child Protection System Referrals and Responses in Colorado, USA	26
On Racial Disparities in Child Abuse Reports: Exploratory Mapping the 2018 NCANDS	25
Social Cohesion and Informal Social Control as Mediators Between Neighborhood Poverty and Child Maltreatment	22
Informant Discrepancies in Child Maltreatment Reporting: A Systematic Review	19
Spillover and Crossover Effects: Mothers’ and Fathers’ Intimate Partner Violence, Parent-Child Aggression Risk, and Child Behavior Problems	18
Parental Exposure to Childhood Maltreatment and Offspring’s Mental Health: Investigating Pathways Through Parental Adversity and Offspring Exposure to Maltreatment	16
Child Maltreatment Investigations in Canada: Main and Moderating Effects of Primary Caregiver Cognitive Impairment	15
A Systematic Review of Controlled-Trials for PTSD in Maltreated Children and Adolescents	15
Child Maltreatment, Early Adult Substance Use, and Mediation by Adolescent Behavior Problems	15
Childhood Maltreatment and Eating Disorders: A Prospective Investigation	15
What Proportion of Foster Care Children Do Not Have Child Protective Services Reports? A Preliminary Look	14
Co-Reporting of Child Maltreatment and Intimate Partner Violence: The Likelihood of Substantiations and Foster Care Placements	14
Prenatal Substance Exposure and Child Maltreatment: A Systematic Review	14
Harsh Parenting and Child Brain Morphology: A Population-Based Study	13
Risk Factors for Child Death During an Intimate Partner Homicide: A Case-Control Study	13
Parent-Focused Sexual Abuse Prevention: Results From a Cluster Randomized Trial	13
Patterns of Maternal Childhood Maltreatment and Disrupted Interaction Between Mothers and Their 4-Month-Old Infants	13

Integrating Animal-Assisted Therapy Into TF-CBT for Abused Youth With PTSD: A Randomized Controlled Feasibility Trial	13
The Co-Occurrence of Child Maltreatment and Intimate Partner Violence in Families: Effects on Children’s Externalizing Behavior Problems	12
Connected After Care: Youth Characteristics, Policy, and Programs Associated With Postsecondary Education and Employment for Youth With Foster Care Histories	12
Public Opinion About Adverse Childhood Experiences: Social Stigma, Attribution of Blame, and Government Intervention	12
School Absenteeism Associated With Child Protection System Involvement, Maltreatment Type, and Time in Out-of-Home Care	11
Poverty and Economic Pressure, Financial Assistance, and Children’s Behavioral Health in Kinship Care	11
Sibling Separation and Placement Instability for Children in Foster Care	11
What Does Child Protective Services Investigate as Neglect? A Population-Based Study	11
Assessing, Consulting, Reporting Heuristics in Professional Decision-Making Regarding Suspected Child Maltreatment in Community Healthcare Services	10
Assessing Changes in Parent Sensitivity in Telehealth and Hybrid Implementation of Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-Up During the COVID-19 Pandemic	10
Child Maltreatment During School and Childcare Closure Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic	10
Predictors of Adoption and Guardianship Dissolution: The Role of Race, Age, and Gender Among Children in Foster Care	10
Childhood Abuse and Cognitive Function in a Large Cohort of Middle-Aged Women	10
Socio-Ecological Predictors of Resilience Development Over Time Among Youth With a History of Maltreatment	10
An Attachment-Based Parental Capacity Assessment to Orient Decision-Making in Child Protection Cases: A Randomized Control Trial	10
Inequities in Child Protective Services Contact Between Black and White Children	9
Child Protective Services Guidelines for Substantiating Exposure to Domestic Violence as Maltreatment and Assigning Caregiver Responsibility: Policy Analysis and Recommendations	9
Intergenerational Transmission of Abusive Parenting: Role of Prospective Maternal Distress and Family Violence	9
Factors Associated With Caregiver–Child Symptom Concordance Among Trauma-Exposed Children	9
Earlier Contact with Child Protection Services Among Children of Parents With Criminal Convictions and Mental Disorders	9
Leveraging Administrative Data to Better Understand and Address Child Maltreatment: A Scoping Review of Data Linkage Studies	9
Distinguishing Characteristics and Disparities in Child Protective Services-Investigated Maltreatment by Fathers	8
The Association Between Child Maltreatment and Loneliness Across the Lifespan: A Systematic Review and Multilevel Meta-Analysis	8
From Child Welfare to Jail: Mediating Effects of Juvenile Justice Placement and Other System Involvement	8
Children With Intellectual Disability and Victimization: A Logistic Regression Analysis	8
Variation in States’ Implementation of CAPTA’s Substance-Exposed Infants Mandates: A Policy Diffusion Analysis	8
Suppositional Wh-Questions About Perceptions, Conversations, and actions are More Productive than Paired Yes-No Questions when Questioning Maltreated Children	7
Reasonable Efforts? Child Maltreatment Investigations and Service Referrals of Parents With Ascribed Cognitive Impairments in Canada	7
Children’s Signaling of Incomprehension: The Diagnosticity of Practice Questions During Interview Instructions	7
Adolescent Neglect and Health Risk	7
Modeling the Adverse Childhood Experiences Questionnaire–International Version	7
Intergenerational Pathways Linking Mothers’ Adverse Childhood Experiences and Children’s Social-Emotional Problems	7
Cascades of Risk Linking Intimate Partner Violence and Adverse Childhood Experiences to Less Sensitive Caregiving During Infancy	6
Time Dimension of Childhood Adversities and Externalizing Behavior Among Children of Teen Mothers: Sensitive Period Hypothesis vs. Accumulation Hypothesis	6
Pathways From Parental Substance Use to Child Internalizing and Externalizing Behaviors in a Child Protective Services Sample	6
Using a Person-Centered Approach to Identify Patterns of Exposure to Intimate Partner Violence and Child Abuse in Women: Associations With Mental Health	6
From Maltreatment to Psychiatric Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence: The Relevance of Emotional Maltreatment	6
Differential Response and the Reduction of Child Maltreatment and Foster Care Services Utilization in the U.S. From 2004 to 2017	6
State Child Welfare Policies and the Measurement of Child Maltreatment in the United States	6
Patterns of Child Maltreatment and the Development of Conflictual Emerging Adult Romantic Relationships: An Examination of Mechanisms and Gender Moderation	6
An Exploration of Factors that Mediate the Relationship Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Sexual Assault Victimization Among LGBTQ+ College Students	5
Young Children and Ongoing Child Welfare Services: A Multilevel Examination of Clinical and Worker Characteristics	5
Association Between Mothers’ Alcohol Use Histories and Deficient Parenting in an Economically Disadvantaged Sample	5
Change in Caregivers’ Attitudes and Use of Corporal Punishment Following a Legal Ban: A Multi-Country Longitudinal Comparison	5
Sexual Behavior Problems Among Sexually Abused Children: Associations With Co-Occurring Symptoms	5
Young Children’s Ability to Describe Intermediate Clothing Placement	5
Prevalence of Injuries Among Medicaid Enrolled Infants Prior to Child Abuse and Neglect	5
Predictors of Prosecutorial Decisions in Reports of Child Sexual Abuse	5
Testosterone Associations With Parents’ Child Abuse Risk and At-Risk Parenting: A Multimethod Longitudinal Examination	4
Is Household Unemployment Associated With Increased Verbal and Physical Child Abuse During the COVID Pandemic?	4

Childhood Maltreatment and Psychosis: A Comparative Validity Study of Maltreatment Indices	4
Risk and Protective Factors Associated with Adverse Childhood Experiences in Vulnerable Families: Results of a Randomized Clinical Trial of SafeCare®	4
The Development of Young Peoples’ Internalising and Externalising Difficulties Over the First Three-Years in the Public Care System	4
A Review of Screened-Out Families and Child Protective Services Involvement: A Missed Opportunity to Prevent Future Maltreatment With Community-Based Services	4
Breaking the Cycle of Intergenerational Childhood Maltreatment: Effects on Offspring Mental Health	4
Racial/Ethnic Differences in Child Protective Services Reporting, Substantiation and Placement, With Comparison to Non-CPS Risks and Outcomes: 2005–2019	4
Therapists’ Perceived Competence in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Client Outcomes: Findings From a Community-Based Learning Collaborative	4
Examining Mothers’ Childhood Maltreatment History, Parental Reflective Functioning, and the Long-Term Effects of the Minding the Baby® Home Visiting Intervention	4
Child Welfare System Involvement Among Children With Medical Complexity	4
Child Maltreatment Prevention Service Cases are Significantly Reduced During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Longitudinal Investigation Into Unintended Consequences of Quarantine	4
Polyvictimization and Psychosocial Outcomes Among Trauma-Exposed, Clinic-Referred Youth Involved in the Juvenile Justice System	4
Maltreatment Type Classifications and Transitions During Childhood for a California Birth Cohort	4
Injuries Associated With Subsequent Child Maltreatment Diagnosis: By Age, Race, Gender, and Medicaid Status	4
Child Maltreatment and Substance Use: A Behavior Genetic Analysis	4
Childhood Sexual Abuse: A Longitudinal Study of Disclosures and Denials	4
Introduction to the Special Issue on the Intersection of Intimate Partner Violence and Child Maltreatment	4
Next Steps in Untangling the Web of Violence: A Research Agenda	4
Incidence of Injury, Maltreatment, and Developmental Disorders Among Substance Exposed Infants	4
Contradictions and Their Consequences: How Competing Policy Mandates Facilitate Use of a Punitive Framework in Domestic Violence–Child Maltreatment Cases	3
Associations Between Emotion Dysregulation Dimensions and Parenting Behaviors in Trauma-Exposed African American Mothers	3
Maternal Reminiscing Is Associated With Preschoolers’ Reports of Maltreatment During Forensic Interviews	3
Testing a QuantCrit-Informed Approach to the Empirical Study of Race/Ethnicity and Child Maltreatment	3
Concurrent Childhood Experiences Impact Underage Substance Use	3
Reports and Removals of Child Maltreatment-Related Hospitalizations: A Population-Based Study	3
Screening for & Responding to Suicidality Among Youth Presenting to a Children’s Advocacy Center (CAC)	3
Parenting Mediates Associations Between Intimate Partner Violence at Different Life Stages and Toddler Social–Emotional Problems	3
The Association Between Maternal Reminiscing and Maternal Perpetration of Neglect	3
Neighborhood Contexts and Child Maltreatment Reports Among Families Receiving AFDC/TANF: A Longitudinal and Multilevel Study	3
Team Functioning and Performance in Child Advocacy Center Multidisciplinary Teams	3
Factors Predicting Family Violence Revictimization Among Army Families With Child Maltreatment	3
Peer Relations and Delinquency Among Girls in Foster Care Following a Skill-Building Preventive Intervention	3
Understanding Children’s Emotions: Differences in Mothers With a History of Childhood Maltreatment	3
Black Moms Matter: A Qualitative Approach to Understanding Barriers to Service Utilization at a Children’s Advocacy Center Following Childhood Abuse	3
Child Abuse Pediatricians Assess a Low Likelihood of Abuse in Half of 2890 Physical Abuse Consults	3
Setting the Ground Rules: Use and Practice of Ground Rules in Child Forensic Interviews	2
Examining Housing Instability Among Females Who Are System-Involved: Comparing Females With and Without Histories of Commercial Sexual Exploitation	2
Intervening With Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-Up to Reduce Behavior Problems Among Children Adopted Internationally: Evidence From a Randomized Controlled Trial	2
Maternal Childhood Maltreatment History and Child Behavior Problems: Developmental Patterns and Mediation via Maternal Depressive Symptoms and Parenting Behavior	2
The Relationship Between Temperature and Temporal Patterns and Incidence of Abusive Head Trauma in a Midwest Region Hospital	2
Annual Credit Checks for Adolescent Youth in Foster Care: Factors Associated with Identity Fraud Victimization	2
The Cumulative Prevalence of Congregate Care Placement for U.S. Children by Race/Ethnicity, 2019	2
Childhood Maltreatment and Adolescents’ Aggression: A Moderated Mediation Model of Callous-Unemotional Traits and Friendship Quality	2
Pre- and Perinatal Risk Factors for Child Maltreatment in Military Families Across the First Two Years of Life	2
Memory Accuracy After 20 Years for Interviews About Child Maltreatment	2
Effects of Community-Based Wraparound Services on Child and Caregiver Outcomes Following Child Protective Service Involvement	2
Rating the Honesty of White and Black Children via Implicit and Explicit Measures: Implications for Child Victims in the Criminal Justice System	2
Childhood Traumatic Experiences and Happiness of Nursing Students: A Mixed Methods Study	2
Rates of Emotional Disturbance Among Children in Foster Care: Comparing Federal Child Welfare Data and Medicaid Records in Two States	2
Evidence-Based Home Visiting Provisions and Child Maltreatment Report Rates: County-Level Analysis of US National Data From 2016 to 2018	2
Maltreatment in Childhood and Perceived Partner Responsiveness in Adult Romantic Relationships: A Dyadic Daily Diary and Longitudinal Study	2
Recurrence of Substantiated Maltreatment Reports between Low-Income Parents With Disabilities and Their Propensity-Score Matched Sample Without Disabilities	2
Elaborations and Denials in Children’s Responses to Yes–No Any/Some Questions in Forensic Interviews	2
Nonverbal Emotions While Disclosing Child Abuse: The Role of Interviewer Support	2
Prospective Associations Between Early Childhood Intimate Partner Violence Exposure and Middle Childhood Internalizing and Externalizing Psychopathology	2
State Child Maltreatment Policies and Disparities in Substantiation: A Study of State-Administered Child Welfare Systems in the U.S.	2
Glimpsing the Iceberg: Parent-Child Physical Aggression and Abuse	2
Pseudotemporal Invitations: 6- to 9-year-Old Maltreated Children’s Tendency to Misinterpret Invitations Referencing “Time” as Solely Requesting Conventional Temporal Information	2
Relevance of Routine Abdominopelvic Ultrasound in Suspected Child Abuse in Children Under 2 years of Age: Review of 15 years of Experience	2
Estimating Surveillance Bias in Child Maltreatment Reporting During Home Visiting Program Involvement	2
Examining Foster Care Outcomes for American Indian Children in the Context of the Indian Child Welfare Act	2
Changes in Electroencephalography Alpha Associated With Childhood Neglect and Adolescent Alcohol Use	2
Child Maltreatment and Substance Use in Emerging Adulthood: Internalizing and Externalizing Behaviors at the Transition to Adolescence as Indirect Pathways	2
What Do Child Abuse and Neglect Medical Evaluation Consultation Notes Tell Researchers and Clinicians?	2
Linkages Between Childhood Maltreatment, Intimate Partner Violence, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms in Pregnant Hispanic Women: A Network Analysis	2
Do Independent Living Services Protect Youth Aging Out Foster Care From Adverse Outcomes? An Evaluation Using National Data	2
What’s Fair in Child Welfare? Parent Knowledge, Attitudes, and Experiences	2