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Adaptation and validation of the Juvenile Victimization Questionnaire-R2 for a national study of child maltreatment in Australia

Mathews, B., Meinck, F., Erskine, H. E., Tran, N., Lee, H., Kellard, K., ... & Haslam, D. M. (Child Abuse & Neglect, 2023)

Background To establish national prevalence of child maltreatment, reliable, valid and contextually appropriate measurement is needed. This paper outlines the refinement, adaptation and testing of child maltreatment ...

Physical violence against children with disabilities: A Danish national birth cohort prospective study

Elklit, A., Murphy, S., Skovgaard, C., & Lausten, M. (European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 2023)

Background: Children with disabilities are at heightened risk of violence compared to their non-disabled peers. However, extant research suffers from several limitations, focusing on child abuse and one or few types of ...

National Crime Victimization Survey: Validation of State-Level Estimates

Andrew Moore, Stephanie Zimmer, Marcus Berzofsky, Marissa Trotta, & Chris Krebs (RTI International, 2023)

This report describes an assessment of the redesigned National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) sample design to (1) identify potential sources of error that may compromise the validity of state-level estimates (i.e., ...

Predictors of Trauma-Related Self-Blame in Male Survivors of Nonconsensual Sexual Event(s)

Witherspoon, Nicole L. (Alliant International University, 2024)

Survivors of adult sexual assault (ASA) and child sexual abuse (CSA) experience numerous negative consequences because of the violence they experienced. Self-blame is an important symptom to consider, and some research ...

Maltreatment in Daycare Settings: A Review of Empirical Studies in the Field

Talmon, A., Ditzer, J., Talmon, A., & Tsur, N. (Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 2023)

Daycare maltreatment refers to abusive and/or neglectful acts perpetrated by teachers, directors, non-professionals or volunteers, family members of staff, and peers in a daycare setting. Despite growing evidence of its ...

Management of child maltreatment suspicions in general practice: A mixed methods study

Hoffmann Merrild, C., Kjeldsen, H. C., & Milidou, I. (Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, 2023)

Background: Maltreated children have many long-term consequences throughout their lives, but often maltreated children are not recognised in time by professionals. General practice could be central to the early recognition ...

Social Norms About Dating and Relationship Violence and Gender Among Adolescents: Systematic Review of Measures Used in Dating and Relationship Violence Research

Meiksin, R., Bonell, C., Bhatia, A., Melendez-Torres, G. J., Kyegombe, N., & Kohli, A. (Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 2023)

Adolescent dating and relationship violence (DRV) is widespread and associated with increased risk of subsequent poor mental health outcomes and partner violence. Shifting social norms (i.e., descriptive norms of perceived ...

The ‘Maltreatment and Abuse Chronology of Exposure’ (MACE) Scale for the Retrospective Assessment of Abuse and Neglect During Development

Teicher, M. H., & Parigger, A. (PLOS ONE, 2015)

There is increasing interest in childhood maltreatment as a potent stimulus that may alter trajectories of brain development, induce epigenetic modifications and enhance risk for medical and psychiatric disorders. Although ...

Behavioral Symptoms of Reported Abuse in Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Inpatient Settings

Brenner, J., Pan, Z., Mazefsky, C., Smith, K. A., & Gabriels, R. (Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 2018)

The objective of this study was to examine how behavioral manifestations of trauma due to abuse are expressed in youth with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) compared outcomes between ...

Child Sexual Abuse on the Internet

Matilda Dorotic;Jan William Johnsen (Norwegian Business School, 2023)

In this first chapter, this report starts by outlining the methodological approach taken and its limitations and familiarizing the reader with the main terminology used in the report. The second chapter outlines the main ...

Implementation of a Universal School-Based Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Program: A Longitudinal Cohort Study

Guastaferro, K., Shipe, S. L., Connell, C. M., Letourneau, E. J., & Noll, J. G. (Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2023)

Child sexual abuse (CSA) is a public health problem of considerable magnitude. The prevailing primary prevention strategies are universal, school-based CSA prevention programs, some of which have been designated as ...

State Statutes for Definitions of Child Abuse and Neglect

SCAN Policies Database (2021)

Relevant sections of state statutes are provided for those who are interested in statutory language regarding states’ definitions of child abuse and neglect in 2021. Information in the database about states’ definitions ...

The Adult Offending Outcomes of Adolescents Who Have Perpetrated a Sex Offense: Is Sexual Offending in Adolescence Indicative of Things to Come?

Chouinard-Thivierge, S., Lussier, P., & Charette, Y. (Youth violence and juvenile justice, 2023)

Being adjudicated for a sex offense carries significant social, legal, and penal implications that are almost unparalleled and adolescents are no exception to this differential treatment by the justice system. This ...

Adding Structured Components to Home Visitation to Reduce Mothers’ Risk for Child Maltreatment: a Randomized Controlled Trial

van der Stouwe, T., Leijten, P., Asscher, J. J., Deković, M., & van der Put, C. E. (Journal of Family Violence, 2023)

Purpose Home visitation program effects are generally small, which may be caused by flexible intervention content leading to inconsistent outcomes. In this study we therefore examined whether the effectiveness of a Dutch ...

The relationship between parental depression and child internalizing and externalizing problems: The roles of parenting stress and child maltreatment

Chen, C. (Frontiers in Public Health, 2023)

Introduction Although the relationships between parental mental health and child internalizing and externalizing problems have been explored by previous studies, the pathways between these two variables need further ...

Homotypical and Heterotypical Intergenerational Continuity of Child Maltreatment: Evidence from a Cohort of Families Involved with Child Protection Services

Langevin, R., Kern, A., Esposito, T., & Hélie, S. (International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2023)

Child maltreatment (CM) in one generation can predict CM in the next generation, a concept known as intergenerational continuity. Yet, the form taken by the intergenerational continuity of CM remains unclear and fathers ...

Understanding and Responding Proactively to Poly-victimization

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Children’s Bureau (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Children’s Bureau, 2020)

Assessing for poly-victimization in a family justice center.

Examining the Awareness Levels of Parents on Child Sexual Abuse

Berkmen, B. (Journal of Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 2023)

Introduction: Child sexual abuse (CSA) is defined as all kinds of actions that an adult uses a child for sexual purposes. The studies concluded that parents have incomplete or incorrect information and the protection of ...

The Family Justice Center Collaborative Model

Gwinn, C., Strack, G., Adams, S., & Lovelace, R. (Saint Louis University Public Law Review, 2007)

As we describe the now evolving national Family Justice Center movement, it must be emphasized that Family Justice Centers are not and should not be viewed as rejecting the community-based domestic violence movement, ...

The Impact of Supervisor Servant Leadership on Counselor Supervisee Burnout and Secondary Traumatic Stress

Grunhaus, C. M., Ward, T. J., Tuazon, V. E., & James, K. (Teaching and Supervision in Counseling, 2023)

This study investigates the prediction of supervisee burnout and secondary traumatic stress by perceived supervisor servant leadership. Authors hypothesized that the servant leadership of supervisors would predict diminished ...

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