Decision-Making Factors in the Mandatory Reporting of Child Maltreatment

dc.contributor.authorTufford, L., & Lee, B.
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-10T14:55:28Z
dc.date.available2021-05-10T14:55:28Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractThe goal of this exploratory study was to investigate the factors that may impact a social worker’s decision to report suspected child maltreatment. A volunteer sample of social workers (n = 439) from Ontario, Canada completed an online survey where they reviewed three hypothetical vignettes of potential child maltreatment (exposure to intimate partner violence, physical, emotional). Social workers responded to questions regarding their decision-making and the factors which would impact their reporting decision (legal requirements, ethnicity of caregivers, circumstances around disclosure, reporting history, consultation or supervision, field of practice). A series of multiple logistic regression analyses were performed for each version of the three vignettes. The study found that consultation or supervision were significant predictors in social worker’s decision to report suspected child maltreatment. Peer consultation may assist with emotional regulation and provide an outside perspective to guide decision-making.en_US
dc.identifier.citationTufford, L., & Lee, B. (2019). Decision-making factors in the mandatory reporting of child maltreatment. Journal of child & adolescent trauma, 12(2), 233-244.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7163820/
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/5087
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJournal of child & adolescent traumaen_US
dc.subjectmandatory reportingen_US
dc.subjectchild maltreatmenten_US
dc.subjectcultureen_US
dc.subjectsocial worken_US
dc.subjectsurveyen_US
dc.subjectresearchen_US
dc.subjectCanadaen_US
dc.subjectInternational Resourcesen_US
dc.titleDecision-Making Factors in the Mandatory Reporting of Child Maltreatmenten_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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