OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Child Maltreatment is 5. 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
Connected After Care: Youth Characteristics, Policy, and Programs Associated With Postsecondary Education and Employment for Youth With Foster Care Histories	15
Sibling Separation and Placement Instability for Children in Foster Care	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
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

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
The Co-Occurrence of Child Maltreatment and Intimate Partner Violence in Families: Effects on Children’s Externalizing Behavior Problems	12
Children With Intellectual Disability and Victimization: A Logistic Regression Analysis	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
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
Modeling the Adverse Childhood Experiences Questionnaire–International Version	7
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
Is Household Unemployment Associated With Increased Verbal and Physical Child Abuse During the COVID Pandemic?	6
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
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