Understanding the challenges of professionals in addressing child adversity is key to improving the detection, protection, and care of exposed children. We aimed to synthesize findings from qualitative studies of professionals’ ...

The objective was to report the prevalence of weapons involved in the victimization of youth with particular emphasis on weapons with a “high lethality risk” and how such exposure fits into the broader victimization and ...

Children are often required to describe specific details associated with each occurrence of repeated abuse. Research consistently demonstrates that children quickly develop scripts as to what "usually happens" when events ...

here are social upheavals afloat that change the way we interact with the world— 24/7 media, an "always on" work culture, rapid technological advancements and more. There is a communal longing for a deeper sense of ...

The use of human figure drawings in forensic interviewing remains a controversial topic. The NCAC recently issued a position paper which concluded that, based on current research, human figure drawings should not be used ...

The purpose of this article was to evaluate theories that (1) weight-related abuse (WRA) plays a unique role in the development of disordered eating, above and beyond general childhood verbal abuse and weight-related ...

This research examined whether a memorable and unexpected change (deviation details) presented during 1 instance of a repeated event facilitated children’s memory for that instance and whether a repeated event facilitated ...