Child Abuse & Neglect

Papers
(The median citation count of Child Abuse & Neglect is 3. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Effectiveness of the caregiver support intervention on child psychosocial wellbeing among Syrian refugees in Lebanon: Mediation and secondary analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial93
Research on the trajectory and influential factors of poly-victimization: A longitudinal study of Chinese adolescents84
Child maltreatment, parent-child relationship quality, and parental monitoring in relation to adolescent behavior problems: Disaggregating between and within person effects78
A response to Evangelist et al., 202376
The role of fellowship experience in decreasing burnout for child abuse pediatricians68
Editorial: Letter from Christine Wekerle, the outgoing editor-in-chief of child abuse & neglect63
Child torture victimization: Review of criminal statutes and medico-legal issues63
Association between rumination and drug craving in Chinese male methamphetamine use disorder patients with childhood trauma54
“Knock me down a little bit more”: Support networks of parents impacted by the child welfare system, a mixed methods study52
Contact with mothers for children in out-of-home-care: Group-based trajectory modelling from the Pathways of Care Longitudinal Study (POCLS)48
Impact of COVID-19 lockdown: Domestic and child abuse in Bridgend47
Child maltreatment and substances use throughout adolescence and adulthood: Data from a Brazilian Birth Cohort47
The longitudinal relationship between childhood trauma and adolescents' externalizing problems: A moderated mediation model45
Facility dogs during police investigative interviews: Does it decrease children’s reluctance?44
‘Just’ prevention of child sexual abuse: A critique and call to action44
What drives change in children receiving telephone-delivered Common Elements Treatment Approach (t-CETA)? A multiple n = 1 study with Syrian refugee children and adolescents in Lebanon43
Explaining child maltreatment and aggression among Chinese drug user: The mediating and moderating roles of drug craving and impulsivity43
Dimensions of family stress and repetitive nonsuicidal self-injury in adolescence: Examining the interactive effects of impulsivity and emotion dysregulation41
Nuances in the effect of types of intimate partner violence on aspects of child development: Evidence from the Philippines41
An integrated review of social information processing as a mechanism in the association between maltreatment and depression among youth of color41
Adverse childhood experiences and adult outcomes using a causal framework perspective: Challenges and opportunities41
Violence among adolescents: A study of overlapping of bullying, cyberbullying, sexual harassment, dating violence and cyberdating violence41
Professional and informal help-seeking among low-income adolescents exposed to violence in the community and at school41
Cyberbullying involvement, parental support, and cannabis use among adolescents40
Peer victimization, environmental and psychological distress, and academic performance among children in China: A serial mediation model moderated by migrant status40
A dyadic analysis of childhood violence exposure through parental discipline in a population-based cohort40
Risk and protective factors for children's psychopathology in the context of domestic violence – A study using nationally representative longitudinal survey data40
Developing quality standards for community-based online child sexual exploitation and abuse interventions39
Maternal adverse childhood experiences, child resilience factors, and child mental health problems: A multi-wave study37
A pilot study of the adverse childhood experiences-dimensions questionnaire (ACE-DQ): Associations with depression37
Building police capability in child protection in Kenya37
Supporting resilience among young people at risk of child abuse in Ethiopia: The role of social system alignment36
Posttraumatic growth, spiritual damage, and psychosocial and mental health problems in survivors of clergy-perpetrated child sexual abuse: A mixed methods approach36
Trauma behind the keyboard: Exploring disparities in child sexual abuse materials exposure and mental health factors among investigators and forensic examiners – A network analysis36
Exploring youth voices in a pre-college program: Implications for policy, practice & research36
Child maltreatment and emergency department visits: a longitudinal birth cohort study from infancy to early adulthood35
The prevalence of emotional abuse in children living in Sub-Saharan Africa – A systematic review35
The prevalence of child sexual abuse perpetrated by leaders or other adults in religious organizations in Australia34
Adverse childhood experiences and all-cause mortality risk in adulthood34
Are different types of childhood adversities correlated within and across time? A comparison of data on adversity co-occurrence from three longitudinal birth cohort studies33
“Instead of just taking my baby, they could've actually given me a chance”: Experiences with plans of safe care among birth parents impacted by perinatal substance use33
Editorial: Letter from Tracie O. Afifi, the incoming editor-in-chief of Child Abuse & Neglect32
Violence and abuse experiences and associated risk factors during the COVID-19 outbreak in a population-based sample of Norwegian adolescents32
The impact of adverse childhood experiences on postpartum post-traumatic stress disorder in women: A prospective cohort study in China32
In their own words: Child and adolescent perceptions of caregiver stress during early COVID-1932
Primary emotional systems, childhood trauma, and suicidal ideation in youths with bipolar disorders32
Severe sexual abuse in childhood and altered neurophysiological response to reward in female adults30
Child welfare workers satisfaction and wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic: Perspectives of agency staff in Ohio30
Sexual exploitation of children: Barriers for boys in accessing social supports for victimization30
Patterns of adverse childhood experiences and their associations with depression, life satisfaction and short-form video addiction in Chinese college students30
Attachment & biobehavioral catch-up participation & reunification in a family treatment court30
Factors associated with reunification and placement move for children placed in kinship care under the age of thirteen30
Health-related quality of life after child maltreatment in institutions: Results from a representative population-based sample in Germany29
Factors associated with poor neurological outcome in children after abusive head trauma: A multicenter retrospective study29
Changes in parents' mental health related to child out-of-home care placements: A Swedish national register study29
Early adverse childhood experiences and preschoolers' attentional regulation: A latent class analysis29
The shielding effect of not responding: Peritraumatic responses to child abuse and their links to posttraumatic symptomatology29
The ethics of child maltreatment surveys in relation to participant distress: Implications of social science evidence, ethical guidelines, and law28
Effects of formal center-based care and positive parenting practices on children in foster care28
Aggressive parenting behavior among grandparents providing childcare for grandchildren: A case study of Shenzhen, China.28
Adverse childhood experiences in Australian youth adjudicated for sexual offences and non-sexual violent offences28
Linkages between childhood emotional maltreatment and adulthood marital attitudes among rural first-generation college students in China: A latent profile analysis and multigroup comparisons27
Inside Front Cover - Editorial Board27
Social anxiety and bullying victimization: A three-level meta-analysis of cross-sectional and longitudinal studies27
Impressions of child advocacy center leaders: How problematic sexual behavior in children and adolescents is perceived by community professionals27
Positive developments and ongoing challenges in supporting child and youth resilience in sub-Saharan Africa27
Nurturing roots: Motivations of Inuit foster parents caring for Inuit children in Nunavik26
Exposure to family and domestic violence is associated with lower attendance and higher suspension in school children26
Profiles of abuse and neglect and the association with mental health indicators among a large sample of boys and girls from India26
Maximizing the return on investment in Early Childhood Home Visiting through enhanced eligibility screening26
Dual system youth and their pathways in Los Angeles County: A replication of the OJJDP Dual System Youth Study26
Peer parent programs in child welfare: A systematic review26
School bullying among refugee and non-refugee adolescent students in Lebanon26
Sibling sexual abuse: What do we know? What do we need to know? Stage 1 analysis of a 2-stage scoping review26
Why emotional neglect brings suicidal ideation? The mediating effect of meaning in life and the moderating effect of post-stress growth26
Childhood maltreatment and suicide attempts: A prospective cohort study in Chinese middle school students26
Technology assisted child sexual abuse: Professionals’ perceptions of risk and impact on children and young people25
Psychological and physical abuse towards four-year-old children as reported by their parents: A national Finnish survey25
Reactions to the disclosure of intrafamilial childhood sexual abuse: Findings from the National Sexual Assault Online Hotline25
The missing link between poverty and child maltreatment: Parental burnout25
Adverse childhood experiences, HIV and sexual risk behaviors ― Five sub-Saharan countries, 2018–202025
Psychological maltreatment and depression symptoms among Chinese adolescents: A multiple mediation model25
Differences in ambulance attendances between children with and without an identified history of out-of-home-care25
Receipt of parenting, disability, unemployment, and other income support payments in persons aged 16 to 33 years – the associations with child maltreatment24
Associations between experiences of childhood maltreatment and perceived acceptability of child maltreatment: A cross-cultural and exploratory study24
Testing a hybrid risk assessment model: Predicting CSAM offender risk from digital forensic artifacts24
Exploring the relationship between adoption and psychological trauma for children who are adopted from care: A longitudinal case study perspective24
Cumulative risk, factor analysis, and latent class analysis of childhood adversity data in a nationally representative sample24
The effect of therapeutic and deterrent messages on Internet users attempting to access ‘barely legal’ pornography23
Child protective services contact and youth outcomes23
Home visitors' needs and perceptions of the benefits of a home visiting program for childcare support in Japan: A qualitative study of home visitors23
A qualitative analysis of child protection professionals' challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic23
Child protection system involvement in children of incarcerated mothers: A linked data study23
Future orientation in justice-involved youth: The effects of adverse and positive childhood experiences, and being dual-status23
Longitudinal trajectories of depressive symptoms among sexually abused adolescents involved in child protection services22
Transdiagnostic factors in the COVID-19 pandemic: Examining the role of childhood abuse and neglect in establishing latent profiles of risk and resilience22
ISPCAN Child Abuse Screening Tool for Children (ICAST-C): Translation and adaptation to Mexican Spanish, and psychometric properties tested in Mexico City adolescents22
Association between lifetime sexual violence victimization and selected health conditions and risk behaviors among 13–24-year-olds in Lesotho: Results from the Violence Against Children and Youth Surv22
On the relationship between economic inequality and child maltreatment: Takeaways from the special issue and future directions22
Childhood sexual abuse and cholesterol risk: Testing body mass index as a mediator across gender in a national sample of adults22
Psychosocial functioning as a mediator between childhood trauma and symptom severity in patients with schizophrenia22
Abusive head trauma: Annual medical costs for inpatient care of children managed at a single tertiary care centre in Malaysia22
The mediating role of adolescent psychopathology in the association between frequent or severe childhood abuse and labor market inactivity in young adulthood: A causal mediation approach22
Foster youth's placement preferences: The roles of kin, siblings, and age22
Motivations and perspectives on the use of corporal punishment at home: A qualitative study of Ghanaian parents22
“It burns her more than it burns for me”: The sibling subsystem in the context of child physical abuse as portrayed by children during forensic interviews22
Labor trafficking of children and youth in the United States: A scoping review21
Childhood abuse and risk of migraine: A systematic review and meta-analysis21
Chronic bullying victimization and life satisfaction among children from multicultural families in South Korea: Heterogeneity by immigrant mothers' country of origin21
Aims & Scope21
The association between peer rejection and aggression types: A meta-analysis21
Parents' and professionals' perspectives on school-based maltreatment prevention education for children with intellectual and developmental disabilities20
The role of childhood maltreatment and mental health disorders on suicidal behaviour in adolescents20
Rediscovering latent trauma: An adopted adult's perspective20
Prevalence of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and association with dating violence and symptoms of mental illness among adolescents in the Dominican Republic20
“Maybe what happened is actually OK?” Child sexual abuse by authority figures in the ultra-orthodox community in Israel: Survivors' perceptions of their relationships with the perpetrator20
Exploring nursing students' awareness about child abuse and neglect20
Caring Dads intervention for fathers who have perpetrated abuse within their families: Quasi-experimental evaluation of child protection outcomes over two years19
Modeling changes in adolescent health risk behaviors approaching and just after the time of emancipation from foster care19
Racial/ethnic and gender disparities in child protection decision-making: What role do stereotypes play?19
Adverse childhood experiences, mental health, and social functioning: A scoping review of the literature19
What's the matter with ACEs? Recommendations for considering early adversity in educational contexts19
Psychological resilience and childhood maltreatment: The role of self-efficacy, personality functioning and social support in young adult residential care leavers18
Growth recovery lines in children: A comparison between psychosocial short stature and other pathological causes of short stature18
The impact of stay-at-home orders on the rate of emergency department child maltreatment diagnoses18
Drivers to implementing a whole-system approach to enquiring about adverse childhood experiences: A mixed methods evaluation from a single county in England18
A systematic review and meta-analysis of trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy for children and adolescents18
Disclosure and help-seeking behaviors related to sexual and physical violence in childhood and adolescence: Results from the Namibia Violence Against Children and Youth Survey18
Inside Front Cover - Editorial Board18
Associations between prospective and retrospective measures of child abuse and self-reported adult health at midlife18
Positive childhood experiences serve as protective factors for mental health in pandemic-era youth with adverse childhood experiences18
The impact of case factors on the initial screening decision in child welfare investigations in Norway18
Making every contact count: Can healthcare professionals do more to avoid preventable child deaths?18
The association between early reports to Child Protective Services and developmental trajectories through middle childhood18
The religious implications of being sexually abused by a rabbi: Qualitative research among Israeli religious men17
What's missing? Violently injured Black men's narratives around Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)17
Lifetime psychiatric diagnoses among adolescents with severe conduct problems – A register-based follow-up study17
The relationship between national racism and child abuse among Palestinians in Israel: The moderating role of coping strategies17
What do children say about seeking help in situations of gender-based violence? Different perspectives depending on whether they have experienced such situations or not17
The mediating role of self-regulation on the link between child maltreatment and later substance use among Latinx youth17
The global impact of COVID-19 on child protection professionals: A scoping review and thematic analysis17
A macro-level understanding of levels and trends in the abuse and homicide of children, 1997–202017
Psychological maltreatment and aggression in preadolescence: Roles of temperamental effortful control and maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies17
The problematization of child sexual abuse in policy and law: The Indonesian example16
Childhood maltreatment predicts poorer executive functioning in adulthood beyond symptoms of internalizing psychopathology16
The role of maternal child maltreatment history and unsupportive emotion socialization in the intergenerational transmission of emotion regulation difficulties16
Offenders' approaches to overcoming victim resistance in technology-assisted child sexual abuse16
Spanking and children's social competence: Evidence from a US kindergarten cohort study16
‘It's not like we use the word emotional abuse’. A study on Norwegian child welfare workers understanding of emotional abuse16
A national survey of pediatric emergency medicine physicians on improving education in child maltreatment recognition and reporting child abuse & neglect16
The reliability and validity of the brief measures of perceived childhood harshness and unpredictability: A revised Chinese version for emerging adults16
Examining mental health service use across intergenerational patterns of child protection system contact: A case for cross-sector supports16
County-level analysis on occupation and ecological determinants of child abuse and neglect rates employing elastic net regression16
Corrigendum to “Adaptation and psychometrical assessment of the Juvenile Victimization Questionnaire self-report for Children and Early Adolescents (JVQ-CEA)” [Child Abuse & Neglect, volume 163 (216
Family characteristics, responses, and dynamics associated with sibling sexual abuse: A scoping review16
Interparental violence and children's attentional bias: The mediating effect of parental harsh discipline in China16
“No one wants you back, you will stay here forever”: Exploring the story of the Israeli children who were held in captivity by Hamas16
Child maltreatment, adult romantic attachment and parental sense of competence16
“Maybe I imagined it, maybe it really was all just childish play”: Complexity and ambiguity in survivors' perceptions of harmful preadolescent sexual behavior16
Leveraging machine learning for effective child maltreatment prevention: A case study of home visiting service assessments16
Preliminary findings for adverse childhood experiences and associations with negative physical and mental health and victimization in transmasculine adults16
Pilot randomized controlled trial of an attachment- and trauma-focused intervention for kinship caregivers16
Adolescent substance use at the intersections of foster care, sexual orientation and gender identity, racial/ethnic identity, and sex assigned at birth15
Implementation of a screening tool for child sex trafficking among youth presenting to the emergency department – A quality improvement initiative15
Mental health of unaccompanied refugee minors in Europe: A systematic review15
Latent profiles of bullying perpetration and victimization: Gender differences and family variables15
A latent profile analysis of social anxiety among Chinese left-behind children and adolescents: Associations with online parent-child communication and online social capital15
Inside Front Cover - Editorial Board15
Re-referrals to Child Protective Services for children born to young parents15
Emotional valence and the types of information provided by children in forensic interviews15
Association of routine school closures with child maltreatment reporting and substantiation in the United States; 2010–201715
Pathways of Care: A longitudinal study of children in care in Australia15
Development and validation of a self-report measure assessing failures in the mentalization of trauma and adverse relationships15
The interplay of childhood trauma, oxytocin, and impulsivity in predicting the onset of methamphetamine use15
The influence of childhood abuse and prenatal intimate partner violence on childbirth experiences and breastfeeding outcomes15
Examining the profiles of school violence and their association with individual and relational covariates among South Korean children15
Client and staff experiences assessing adverse childhood experiences in a clinical setting: Results from the First Nations ACE Study15
Child maltreatment and NR3C1 exon 1F methylation, link with deregulated hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis and psychopathology: A systematic review15
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on child abuse and neglect: A cross-sectional study in a French Child Advocacy Center15
Caseworker documentation of mothers in foster care: A case study in California15
Childhood emotional abuse and depression symptoms among Chinese adolescents: The sequential masking effect of ruminative thinking and deliberate rumination15
Is teacher violence a form of betrayal trauma? Relationship with mental health problems among young adults14
Traumatic intracranial hemorrhage in pediatrics: Implications of factor XIII deficiency and consumptive coagulopathy in abusive head trauma evaluation14
Child and adolescent maltreatment patterns and risk of eating disorder behaviors developing in young adulthood14
A scoping review of participatory approaches in child maltreatment research across Europe14
Factors contributing to filicide-suicide: Differences between male and female perpetrators14
War and reintegration for girls and young women in northern Uganda: A scoping review14
Does it add up? Educational achievement mediates child maltreatment subtypes to allostatic load14
The impact of childhood emotional abuse on the developmental trajectory of non-suicidal self-injury in adolescents: The mediating role of self-compassion and peer attachment14
Unraveling cyber sexual abuse of minors: Psychometrics properties of the Multidimensional Online Grooming Questionnaire and prevalence by sex and age14
Neighborhood collective efficacy reduces child maltreatment through decreasing parenting stress: A longitudinal path model14
Do parenting behaviors intended as discipline vary by household religious affiliation in Cameroon?14
Listening to the Children Involved in Violent Military Conflict14
Multi-level factors associated with psychological resilience in the face of adverse childhood experiences among Chinese early adolescents14
Case reports unlocked: Harnessing large language models to advance research on child maltreatment14
Swedish interpreters' views and experiences of interpreting child forensic interviews14
“She was willing to send me there”: Intrafamilial child sexual abuse, exploitation and trafficking of boys14
Childhood irritability-aggression profiles and parent-to-child violence: Evidence of interactive effect in predicting youth violence13
Responding to concerns related to the measurement of ICD-11 complex posttraumatic stress disorder using the International Trauma Questionnaire13
Preventing harmful sexual behavior in primary schools: Barriers and solutions13
Change in Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) scores over time among children and youth in out-of-home care: A latent growth curve analysis13
“Just listen to me”: Experiences of therapy after childhood sibling sexual abuse13
Comparing bullying to ACEs in the national survey of children's health: Examining 2016–2019 prevalence trends among children and adolescents13
Aims & Scope13
Children are in need of humanitarian aid in Afghanistan13
Developing a trauma focused cognitive behavioral therapy application for adolescents with problematic sexual behaviors: A conceptual framework13
Assessing the effects of the Sacramento Neighborhood Alcohol Prevention Project (SNAPP) on child abuse and neglect13
Association between Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and child maltreatment among a cohort of fragile families13
Examining the role of child welfare worker characteristics and the substantiation decision13
Association between maternal dissatisfaction with oneself at birth and shaking and smothering toward the offspring up to 18 months old13
Comparison of crosswalk methods for translating ICD-9 to ICD-10 diagnosis codes for child maltreatment13
Predictors of symptom severity and change among youth in trauma-informed residential care13
Parenting stress and children's trauma symptoms over the course of TF-CBT: Examining differences between relative and foster/adoptive caregivers13
Comparing the prevalence of sexual behaviors and victimization among adolescents based on child welfare system involvement13
Moderated mediation analyses: Exploring the complex pathways between school bullying and suicidal ideation among vocational school students in China13
Health services utilization and cost of abusive head trauma in Taiwan: A population-based retrospective matched cohort study13
“I felt like I was going to cause conflict. So, I kept quiet …” (Female child rape victim, 15 years)13
Association between adverse childhood experiences and brain volumes among Japanese community-dwelling older people: Findings from the NEIGE study13
Systematic review and critical appraisal of Childhood Trauma Questionnaire — Short Form (CTQ-SF)13
Aims & Scope13
The effects of child maltreatment and exposure to intimate partner violence on the co-occurrence of anxious/depressive symptoms and aggressive behavior12
Effectiveness of digital game-based GISCC program on cyberbullying prevention among Chinese adolescents12
The role of individual-, family-, and school-level resilience in the subjective well-being of children exposed to violence in Namibia12
Comparing female- to male-perpetrated child sexual abuse as presumed by survivors – A qualitative content analysis12
Disclosure and non-disclosure of childhood sexual abuse in Australia: Results from a national survey12
Drug exposures in young children – The next frontier in occult injury testing12
Orphan discipline and child neglect: An analysis from 48 countries12
Cost effectiveness of interventions to prevent the occurrence and the associated economic impacts of child maltreatment: A systematic review12
Truancy: The relevance of resilience-related internal assets, student engagement and perception of school success in youth living with parents and in residential care12
Mothers' experiences of emotional abuse from an intimate partner and its associations with children's developmental outcomes at 5 years12
Trauma-informed care as a rights-based “standard of care”: A critical review12
Attachment and social support mediate associations between polyvictimization and psychological distress in early Uganda and Kenya adolescents12
Children's right to participation in residential care: A staff-based study in Portugal12
Why do prospective and retrospective measures of childhood maltreatment differ? Qualitative analyses in a cohort study12
Diagnostic testing for and detection of physical abuse in infants with brief resolved unexplained events12
Emotion regulation after childhood maltreatment: Suppression tendency and reappraisal capacity12
Association between childhood maltreatment and attachment disorganization in young adulthood: The protective role of early mother-child interactions12
Prevalence and correlates of depressive disorders in commercially sexual exploited children: A cross-sectional study in Mombasa, Kenya12
Routine screening for adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) still doesn't make sense12
Early adolescent development in the face of violence: A systematic review running12
Reasons police respond in schools: An analysis of narrative data from police incident reports12
Response to the Reddy, Williams-Isom, & Putnam-Hornstein's brief “Racial sensitivity training: An inadequate solution to systemic racial disparities in child protection systems”12
Hidden hurt: A qualitative study of the microaggressions experienced by disabled children in education in China12
A trauma-informed substance use disorder prevention program for transracially adopted children and adolescents12
Shadows of doubt: Ambivalent acknowledgment of abuse and identification with the aggressor12
Generating reliable data on street-connected children: Finding protection in numbers12
Introduction to the special issue: Global insights on the sexual exploitation of boys12
Multi-type childhood maltreatment exposure and substance use development from adolescence to early adulthood: A GxE study12
The mediating role of childhood emotional neglect in the association between childhood neighborhood quality and adult depression outcomes: A nationwide longitudinal analysis11
Arrests among adolescents with a history of foster care placements in group home settings11
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