Child Abuse & Neglect

Papers
(The TQCC of Child Abuse & Neglect is 8. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)
ArticleCitations
Effectiveness of the caregiver support intervention on child psychosocial wellbeing among Syrian refugees in Lebanon: Mediation and secondary analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial95
Research on the trajectory and influential factors of poly-victimization: A longitudinal study of Chinese adolescents85
Child maltreatment, parent-child relationship quality, and parental monitoring in relation to adolescent behavior problems: Disaggregating between and within person effects81
The role of fellowship experience in decreasing burnout for child abuse pediatricians78
Child torture victimization: Review of criminal statutes and medico-legal issues71
Association between rumination and drug craving in Chinese male methamphetamine use disorder patients with childhood trauma66
Editorial: Letter from Christine Wekerle, the outgoing editor-in-chief of child abuse & neglect66
“Knock me down a little bit more”: Support networks of parents impacted by the child welfare system, a mixed methods study57
Contact with mothers for children in out-of-home-care: Group-based trajectory modelling from the Pathways of Care Longitudinal Study (POCLS)54
Child maltreatment and substances use throughout adolescence and adulthood: Data from a Brazilian Birth Cohort51
Facility dogs during police investigative interviews: Does it decrease children’s reluctance?49
The longitudinal relationship between childhood trauma and adolescents' externalizing problems: A moderated mediation model49
‘Just’ prevention of child sexual abuse: A critique and call to action47
Nuances in the effect of types of intimate partner violence on aspects of child development: Evidence from the Philippines46
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 Lebanon46
Professional and informal help-seeking among low-income adolescents exposed to violence in the community and at school46
Dimensions of family stress and repetitive nonsuicidal self-injury in adolescence: Examining the interactive effects of impulsivity and emotion dysregulation45
An integrated review of social information processing as a mechanism in the association between maltreatment and depression among youth of color45
Violence among adolescents: A study of overlapping of bullying, cyberbullying, sexual harassment, dating violence and cyberdating violence43
Cyberbullying involvement, parental support, and cannabis use among adolescents43
Peer victimization, environmental and psychological distress, and academic performance among children in China: A serial mediation model moderated by migrant status43
A dyadic analysis of childhood violence exposure through parental discipline in a population-based cohort42
Developing quality standards for community-based online child sexual exploitation and abuse interventions42
Building police capability in child protection in Kenya41
Exploring youth voices in a pre-college program: Implications for policy, practice & research40
A pilot study of the adverse childhood experiences-dimensions questionnaire (ACE-DQ): Associations with depression40
Maternal adverse childhood experiences, child resilience factors, and child mental health problems: A multi-wave study40
Supporting resilience among young people at risk of child abuse in Ethiopia: The role of social system alignment38
Posttraumatic growth, spiritual damage, and psychosocial and mental health problems in survivors of clergy-perpetrated child sexual abuse: A mixed methods approach38
Adverse childhood experiences and all-cause mortality risk in adulthood37
The prevalence of emotional abuse in children living in Sub-Saharan Africa – A systematic review37
Are different types of childhood adversities correlated within and across time? A comparison of data on adversity co-occurrence from three longitudinal birth cohort studies37
Impact of COVID-19 lockdown: Domestic and child abuse in Bridgend36
Primary emotional systems, childhood trauma, and suicidal ideation in youths with bipolar disorders36
Risk and protective factors for children's psychopathology in the context of domestic violence – A study using nationally representative longitudinal survey data36
A response to Evangelist et al., 202336
The prevalence of child sexual abuse perpetrated by leaders or other adults in religious organizations in Australia35
“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 use34
Child maltreatment and emergency department visits: a longitudinal birth cohort study from infancy to early adulthood34
Adverse childhood experiences and adult outcomes using a causal framework perspective: Challenges and opportunities34
In their own words: Child and adolescent perceptions of caregiver stress during early COVID-1933
Trauma behind the keyboard: Exploring disparities in child sexual abuse materials exposure and mental health factors among investigators and forensic examiners – A network analysis33
Factors associated with reunification and placement move for children placed in kinship care under the age of thirteen32
Editorial: Letter from Tracie O. Afifi, the incoming editor-in-chief of Child Abuse & Neglect32
Child welfare workers satisfaction and wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic: Perspectives of agency staff in Ohio32
The impact of adverse childhood experiences on postpartum post-traumatic stress disorder in women: A prospective cohort study in China32
Patterns of adverse childhood experiences and their associations with depression, life satisfaction and short-form video addiction in Chinese college students32
Explaining child maltreatment and aggression among Chinese drug user: The mediating and moderating roles of drug craving and impulsivity32
Severe sexual abuse in childhood and altered neurophysiological response to reward in female adults31
Attachment & biobehavioral catch-up participation & reunification in a family treatment court31
Sexual exploitation of children: Barriers for boys in accessing social supports for victimization31
Factors associated with poor neurological outcome in children after abusive head trauma: A multicenter retrospective study30
Early adverse childhood experiences and preschoolers' attentional regulation: A latent class analysis30
The ethics of child maltreatment surveys in relation to participant distress: Implications of social science evidence, ethical guidelines, and law29
The shielding effect of not responding: Peritraumatic responses to child abuse and their links to posttraumatic symptomatology29
Health-related quality of life after child maltreatment in institutions: Results from a representative population-based sample in Germany29
Risk vulnerability among children living in residential care in England: A study using multi-level models29
Changes in parents' mental health related to child out-of-home care placements: A Swedish national register study29
Aggressive parenting behavior among grandparents providing childcare for grandchildren: A case study of Shenzhen, China.28
Inside Front Cover - Editorial Board28
Cumulative risk, factor analysis, and latent class analysis of childhood adversity data in a nationally representative sample28
Effects of formal center-based care and positive parenting practices on children in foster care28
Adverse childhood experiences in Australian youth adjudicated for sexual offences and non-sexual violent offences28
Why emotional neglect brings suicidal ideation? The mediating effect of meaning in life and the moderating effect of post-stress growth28
Impressions of child advocacy center leaders: How problematic sexual behavior in children and adolescents is perceived by community professionals28
Hematologic versus non-accidental trauma etiologies for bruising identified using an emergency department bruising pathway28
Linkages between childhood emotional maltreatment and adulthood marital attitudes among rural first-generation college students in China: A latent profile analysis and multigroup comparisons27
Social anxiety and bullying victimization: A three-level meta-analysis of cross-sectional and longitudinal studies27
The missing link between poverty and child maltreatment: Parental burnout27
School bullying among refugee and non-refugee adolescent students in Lebanon27
Positive developments and ongoing challenges in supporting child and youth resilience in sub-Saharan Africa27
Sibling sexual abuse: What do we know? What do we need to know? Stage 1 analysis of a 2-stage scoping review27
Nurturing roots: Motivations of Inuit foster parents caring for Inuit children in Nunavik27
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
Associations between experiences of childhood maltreatment and perceived acceptability of child maltreatment: A cross-cultural and exploratory study26
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 maltreatment and depression symptoms among Chinese adolescents: A multiple mediation model25
Exposure to family and domestic violence is associated with lower attendance and higher suspension in school children25
Reactions to the disclosure of intrafamilial childhood sexual abuse: Findings from the National Sexual Assault Online Hotline25
Differences in ambulance attendances between children with and without an identified history of out-of-home-care25
Peer parent programs in child welfare: A systematic review25
The effect of therapeutic and deterrent messages on Internet users attempting to access ‘barely legal’ pornography24
Testing a hybrid risk assessment model: Predicting CSAM offender risk from digital forensic artifacts24
Child protection system involvement in children of incarcerated mothers: A linked data study24
Receipt of parenting, disability, unemployment, and other income support payments in persons aged 16 to 33 years – the associations with child maltreatment24
Future orientation in justice-involved youth: The effects of adverse and positive childhood experiences, and being dual-status24
Adverse childhood experiences, HIV and sexual risk behaviors ― Five sub-Saharan countries, 2018–202024
Transdiagnostic factors in the COVID-19 pandemic: Examining the role of childhood abuse and neglect in establishing latent profiles of risk and resilience23
Exploring the relationship between adoption and psychological trauma for children who are adopted from care: A longitudinal case study perspective23
On the relationship between economic inequality and child maltreatment: Takeaways from the special issue and future directions23
Childhood sexual abuse and cholesterol risk: Testing body mass index as a mediator across gender in a national sample of adults23
A qualitative analysis of child protection professionals' challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic23
Longitudinal trajectories of depressive symptoms among sexually abused adolescents involved in child protection services23
Labor trafficking of children and youth in the United States: A scoping review23
Rediscovering latent trauma: An adopted adult's perspective22
ISPCAN Child Abuse Screening Tool for Children (ICAST-C): Translation and adaptation to Mexican Spanish, and psychometric properties tested in Mexico City adolescents22
Prevalence of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and association with dating violence and symptoms of mental illness among adolescents in the Dominican Republic22
Abusive head trauma: Annual medical costs for inpatient care of children managed at a single tertiary care centre in Malaysia22
Foster youth's placement preferences: The roles of kin, siblings, and age22
The role of childhood maltreatment and mental health disorders on suicidal behaviour in adolescents22
Aims & Scope22
Parents' and professionals' perspectives on school-based maltreatment prevention education for children with intellectual and developmental disabilities22
Exploring nursing students' awareness about child abuse and neglect22
Modeling changes in adolescent health risk behaviors approaching and just after the time of emancipation from foster care21
Psychosocial functioning as a mediator between childhood trauma and symptom severity in patients with schizophrenia21
“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 interviews21
Motivations and perspectives on the use of corporal punishment at home: A qualitative study of Ghanaian parents21
The impact of case factors on the initial screening decision in child welfare investigations in Norway20
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 approach20
What's the matter with ACEs? Recommendations for considering early adversity in educational contexts20
Psychological resilience and childhood maltreatment: The role of self-efficacy, personality functioning and social support in young adult residential care leavers19
Measuring violence against children in a national prevalence survey in the UK: Questionnaire development and content validity19
Adapting to adversity: Challenges and resilience in child protection during COVID-1919
Chronic bullying victimization and life satisfaction among children from multicultural families in South Korea: Heterogeneity by immigrant mothers' country of origin19
Caring Dads intervention for fathers who have perpetrated abuse within their families: Quasi-experimental evaluation of child protection outcomes over two years19
Positive childhood experiences serve as protective factors for mental health in pandemic-era youth with adverse childhood experiences19
Home visitors' needs and perceptions of the benefits of a home visiting program for childcare support in Japan: A qualitative study of home visitors19
Racial/ethnic and gender disparities in child protection decision-making: What role do stereotypes play?19
A systematic review and meta-analysis of trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy for children and adolescents19
Adverse childhood experiences, mental health, and social functioning: A scoping review of the literature18
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 Surv18
Making every contact count: Can healthcare professionals do more to avoid preventable child deaths?18
“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 perpetrator18
Inside Front Cover - Editorial Board18
Child protective services contact and youth outcomes18
The association between peer rejection and aggression types: A meta-analysis18
Childhood abuse and risk of migraine: A systematic review and meta-analysis18
Growth recovery lines in children: A comparison between psychosocial short stature and other pathological causes of short stature18
The association between early reports to Child Protective Services and developmental trajectories through middle childhood17
The religious implications of being sexually abused by a rabbi: Qualitative research among Israeli religious men17
County-level analysis on occupation and ecological determinants of child abuse and neglect rates employing elastic net regression17
Examining mental health service use across intergenerational patterns of child protection system contact: A case for cross-sector supports17
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on child abuse and neglect: A cross-sectional study in a French Child Advocacy Center17
The impact of stay-at-home orders on the rate of emergency department child maltreatment diagnoses17
Drivers to implementing a whole-system approach to enquiring about adverse childhood experiences: A mixed methods evaluation from a single county in England17
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
“Maybe I imagined it, maybe it really was all just childish play”: Complexity and ambiguity in survivors' perceptions of harmful preadolescent sexual behavior17
Child maltreatment, adult romantic attachment and parental sense of competence17
Spanking and children's social competence: Evidence from a US kindergarten cohort study17
Associations between prospective and retrospective measures of child abuse and self-reported adult health at midlife17
The global impact of COVID-19 on child protection professionals: A scoping review and thematic analysis17
Lifetime psychiatric diagnoses among adolescents with severe conduct problems – A register-based follow-up study17
Adolescent substance use at the intersections of foster care, sexual orientation and gender identity, racial/ethnic identity, and sex assigned at birth17
The relationship between national racism and child abuse among Palestinians in Israel: The moderating role of coping strategies17
Leveraging machine learning for effective child maltreatment prevention: A case study of home visiting service assessments16
Emotional valence and the types of information provided by children in forensic interviews16
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
The reliability and validity of the brief measures of perceived childhood harshness and unpredictability: A revised Chinese version for emerging adults16
A national survey of pediatric emergency medicine physicians on improving education in child maltreatment recognition and reporting child abuse & neglect16
Psychological maltreatment and aggression in preadolescence: Roles of temperamental effortful control and maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies16
What's missing? Violently injured Black men's narratives around Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)16
Family characteristics, responses, and dynamics associated with sibling sexual abuse: A scoping review16
The mediating role of self-regulation on the link between child maltreatment and later substance use among Latinx youth16
“No one wants you back, you will stay here forever”: Exploring the story of the Israeli children who were held in captivity by Hamas16
Pathways of Care: A longitudinal study of children in care in Australia16
Implementation of a screening tool for child sex trafficking among youth presenting to the emergency department – A quality improvement initiative16
A latent profile analysis of social anxiety among Chinese left-behind children and adolescents: Associations with online parent-child communication and online social capital16
Interparental violence and children's attentional bias: The mediating effect of parental harsh discipline in China16
The role of maternal child maltreatment history and unsupportive emotion socialization in the intergenerational transmission of emotion regulation difficulties16
Pilot randomized controlled trial of an attachment- and trauma-focused intervention for kinship caregivers16
Development and validation of a self-report measure assessing failures in the mentalization of trauma and adverse relationships16
Child maltreatment and NR3C1 exon 1F methylation, link with deregulated hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis and psychopathology: A systematic review15
The interplay of childhood trauma, oxytocin, and impulsivity in predicting the onset of methamphetamine use15
Re-referrals to Child Protective Services for children born to young parents15
The influence of childhood abuse and prenatal intimate partner violence on childbirth experiences and breastfeeding outcomes15
Caseworker documentation of mothers in foster care: A case study in California15
Cultural diversity in parental physical discipline and children's early social skill development: cross-lagged models in Japan and China15
Offenders' approaches to overcoming victim resistance in technology-assisted child sexual abuse15
Mental health of unaccompanied refugee minors in Europe: A systematic review15
A macro-level understanding of levels and trends in the abuse and homicide of children, 1997–202015
Childhood emotional abuse and depression symptoms among Chinese adolescents: The sequential masking effect of ruminative thinking and deliberate rumination15
Latent profiles of bullying perpetration and victimization: Gender differences and family variables15
Inside Front Cover - Editorial Board15
Child abuse and neglect awareness among future nurses: Does awareness influence attitudes towards reporting?15
Disclosure and help-seeking behaviors related to sexual and physical violence in childhood and adolescence: Results from the Namibia Violence Against Children and Youth Survey15
Association of routine school closures with child maltreatment reporting and substantiation in the United States; 2010–201715
‘It's not like we use the word emotional abuse’. A study on Norwegian child welfare workers understanding of emotional abuse15
Strategies to engage and retain pregnant individuals and young mothers in the nurse-family partnership program (Canada): An interpretive descriptive study15
Client and staff experiences assessing adverse childhood experiences in a clinical setting: Results from the First Nations ACE Study15
A scoping review of participatory approaches in child maltreatment research across Europe14
Case reports unlocked: Harnessing large language models to advance research on child maltreatment14
Influence of depressive symptoms and current suicidality on the stability of responses to the childhood trauma questionnaire14
Systematic review and critical appraisal of Childhood Trauma Questionnaire — Short Form (CTQ-SF)14
Multi-level factors associated with psychological resilience in the face of adverse childhood experiences among Chinese early adolescents14
War and reintegration for girls and young women in northern Uganda: A scoping review14
Association between maternal dissatisfaction with oneself at birth and shaking and smothering toward the offspring up to 18 months old14
Comparing bullying to ACEs in the national survey of children's health: Examining 2016–2019 prevalence trends among children and adolescents14
“Just listen to me”: Experiences of therapy after childhood sibling sexual abuse14
Exploring patterns of interpersonal violence and mental health service complexity amongst treatment-seeking children and youth in Canada14
Factors contributing to filicide-suicide: Differences between male and female perpetrators14
Traumatic intracranial hemorrhage in pediatrics: Implications of factor XIII deficiency and consumptive coagulopathy in abusive head trauma evaluation14
Swedish interpreters' views and experiences of interpreting child forensic interviews14
Does it add up? Educational achievement mediates child maltreatment subtypes to allostatic load14
Promoting family nurse resilience through Family Nurse Partnership education in Scotland: A continuous quality improvement initiative14
Is teacher violence a form of betrayal trauma? Relationship with mental health problems among young adults14
Child and adolescent maltreatment patterns and risk of eating disorder behaviors developing in young adulthood14
Listening to the Children Involved in Violent Military Conflict14
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
Comparing the prevalence of sexual behaviors and victimization among adolescents based on child welfare system involvement13
Developing a trauma focused cognitive behavioral therapy application for adolescents with problematic sexual behaviors: A conceptual framework13
“I felt like I was going to cause conflict. So, I kept quiet …” (Female child rape victim, 15 years)13
Health services utilization and cost of abusive head trauma in Taiwan: A population-based retrospective matched cohort study13
Do parenting behaviors intended as discipline vary by household religious affiliation in Cameroon?13
Responding to concerns related to the measurement of ICD-11 complex posttraumatic stress disorder using the International Trauma Questionnaire13
Unraveling cyber sexual abuse of minors: Psychometrics properties of the Multidimensional Online Grooming Questionnaire and prevalence by sex and age13
Comparison of crosswalk methods for translating ICD-9 to ICD-10 diagnosis codes for child maltreatment13
Association between Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and child maltreatment among a cohort of fragile families13
Preventing harmful sexual behavior in primary schools: Barriers and solutions13
Children are in need of humanitarian aid in Afghanistan13
Association between adverse childhood experiences and brain volumes among Japanese community-dwelling older people: Findings from the NEIGE study13
“She was willing to send me there”: Intrafamilial child sexual abuse, exploitation and trafficking of boys13
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
Moderated mediation analyses: Exploring the complex pathways between school bullying and suicidal ideation among vocational school students in China13
Assessing the effects of the Sacramento Neighborhood Alcohol Prevention Project (SNAPP) on child abuse and neglect13
Childhood irritability-aggression profiles and parent-to-child violence: Evidence of interactive effect in predicting youth violence13
Aims & Scope13
Examining the role of child welfare worker characteristics and the substantiation decision13
Neighborhood collective efficacy reduces child maltreatment through decreasing parenting stress: A longitudinal path model13
A trauma-informed substance use disorder prevention program for transracially adopted children and adolescents12
Effectiveness of digital game-based GISCC program on cyberbullying prevention among Chinese adolescents12
Associations between early child adversity and lifetime suicide attempts among gender diverse individuals: A moderated mediation12
Multi-type childhood maltreatment exposure and substance use development from adolescence to early adulthood: A GxE study12
Introduction to the special issue: Global insights on the sexual exploitation of boys12
Aims & Scope12
Association between childhood maltreatment and attachment disorganization in young adulthood: The protective role of early mother-child interactions12
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
Attachment and social support mediate associations between polyvictimization and psychological distress in early Uganda and Kenya adolescents12
Drug exposures in young children – The next frontier in occult injury testing12
Truancy: The relevance of resilience-related internal assets, student engagement and perception of school success in youth living with parents and in residential care12
Shadows of doubt: Ambivalent acknowledgment of abuse and identification with the aggressor12
Generating reliable data on street-connected children: Finding protection in numbers12
Prevalence and correlates of depressive disorders in commercially sexual exploited children: A cross-sectional study in Mombasa, Kenya12
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
The role of individual-, family-, and school-level resilience in the subjective well-being of children exposed to violence in Namibia12
Experiences of childhood adversity across generations – Continuity or change? A study from the Northern Ireland youth wellbeing survey12
Reasons police respond in schools: An analysis of narrative data from police incident reports12
Hidden hurt: A qualitative study of the microaggressions experienced by disabled children in education in China12
Diagnostic testing for and detection of physical abuse in infants with brief resolved unexplained events12
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
Parenting stress and children's trauma symptoms over the course of TF-CBT: Examining differences between relative and foster/adoptive caregivers12
Predictors of symptom severity and change among youth in trauma-informed residential care12
Mothers' experiences of emotional abuse from an intimate partner and its associations with children's developmental outcomes at 5 years12
Comparing female- to male-perpetrated child sexual abuse as presumed by survivors – A qualitative content analysis12
The effects of child maltreatment and exposure to intimate partner violence on the co-occurrence of anxious/depressive symptoms and aggressive behavior12
An introduction to twenty-five years of adverse childhood experiences: A special issue11
Addressing challenges at the intersection of early intervention and child welfare11
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