Child Abuse & Neglect

Article	Citations
Life-course trajectories of children through the U. S foster care system	130
Violence Exposure and Trauma Screener for Youth (VETSY)	127
School closures, child maltreatment reporting and victimization during the pandemic	95
Arrests among adolescents with a history of foster care placements in group home settings	89
Cytotoxic edema is associated with injury severity but not abusive mechanism in young children with traumatic brain injury	79
The moderating role of social media motives in the relationship between screen usage and cybervictimization	73
Aims & Scope	66
Parents' experiences of parent training after reported child abuse: A qualitative study	63
Long-term impacts of childhood neighborhood quality on depression in later midlife mediated by childhood domestic violence: A nationwide longitudinal analysis	61
The mediating role of childhood emotional neglect in the association between childhood neighborhood quality and adult depression outcomes: A nationwide longitudinal analysis	60
A network approach to understanding bullying victimization and its co-occurrence with depressive symptoms among Chinese students in different developmental periods	58
Longitudinal associations between childhood victimization and neuroticism from middle childhood to early adolescence	57
Research on the trajectory and influential factors of poly-victimization: A longitudinal study of Chinese adolescents	54
Effect sizes and effect size benchmarks in family violence research	53
Deviations in criminal filings of child abuse and neglect during COVID-19 from forecasted models: An analysis of the state of Oklahoma, USA	52
Hospitalization for physical child abuse: Associated medical factors and medical history since birth	51
Adverse childhood experiences and sleep disorders among Tunisian adolescents: The mediating role of internet addiction	50
Examining relationships between positive and adverse childhood experiences with physical and mental health indicators in a low-income adult sample	49
Educational strengths and functional resilience at the start of primary school following child maltreatment	48
Subdural hemorrhage in a cohort with cerebral sinovenous thrombosis: Application to abusive head trauma	48
Cooperative guardian offenders and sentencing outcomes: Evidence from criminal sentencing documents of child trafficking crime in China	45
Abuse and neglect correlates of poor mental health among 15-year-old schoolchildren in a southeast European country	41
Educators' experiences of coping with cases of child abuse and neglect: Challenges and supports	40
A commentary	40
“Stigmatization and perceived dangerousness for intrafamilial child sexual abuse of fathers with a history of sexual offenses and paraphilic interests: Results from a survey of legal psychological exp	40

Prevalence and associated factors of adverse childhood experiences (ACE) in a sample of Brazilian university students	39
Neglecting the impact of childhood neglect: A scoping review of the relation between child neglect and emotion regulation in adulthood	39
Changing the paradigm: Using strategic communications to promote recognition of child sexual abuse as a preventable public health problem	38
The economic burden of child marriage in Nigeria	38
Childhood victimization and poly-victimization of online sexual offenders: A developmental psychopathology perspective	38
Complex PTSD and identification with the aggressor among survivors of childhood abuse	36
A pilot study of the adverse childhood experiences-dimensions questionnaire (ACE-DQ): Associations with depression	36
Analysis of longitudinal patterns of child maltreatment reports in the United States	36
Risk and protective factors for children's psychopathology in the context of domestic violence – A study using nationally representative longitudinal survey data	36
“Knock me down a little bit more”: Support networks of parents impacted by the child welfare system, a mixed methods study	36
The prevalence of child sexual abuse perpetrated by leaders or other adults in religious organizations in Australia	36
Parathyroid hormone changes in infants investigated for inflicted injury; an observational retrospective single centre cohort study	35
The impacts of COVID-19 on LGBTQ+ foster youth alumni	35
Prevalence of adverse childhood experiences and their association with suicidal ideation and non-suicidal self-injury among incarcerated methamphetamine users in Japan	35
Child maltreatment, parent-child relationship quality, and parental monitoring in relation to adolescent behavior problems: Disaggregating between and within person effects	34
Addressing challenges at the intersection of early intervention and child welfare	34
Human capital and child protection: A research framework in the CRC context	33
“We were there all alone”: Sexual abuse within the peer group in boarding schools in Israel – Retrospective perceptions of adult survivors	33
Nuances in the effect of types of intimate partner violence on aspects of child development: Evidence from the Philippines	33
Effects of a Nurturing Care Group behavior change program on child protection outcomes in Ghana: A controlled before and after trial	33
Abusive head trauma in infants: An observational single centre study comparing developmental and functional outcome between 18 months and 5 years	33
Inside Front Cover - Editorial Board	32
Letter to the Editor re: Narang et al. on overturned abusive head trauma and shaken baby syndrome convictions	32
Addressing the overrepresentation of Black children in Ontario's child welfare system: insights from child welfare workers and community service providers	32
A study on the subjectivity of South Korean parents regarding corporal punishment in early childhood	32
“Invisible” children: A multiple case study on the experiences and protection of hospital-stranded children	32
Effect of therapeutic competence, adherence, and alliance on treatment outcome in youth with PTSD treated with developmentally adapted cognitive processing therapy	32
Associations between adverse childhood experiences and contraceptive use among young adults in Honduras	32
Inside Front Cover - Editorial Board	32
Predictive model for intra-familial child maltreatment re-reports and recurrence in South Korea: Analysis of national child protection services case records	31
A response to Evangelist et al., 2023	31
Inside Front Cover - Editorial Board	31
Learning from child welfare staff experiences during the pandemic: Practices to maintain and discontinue	30
‘Cold feet’: The attrition of historic child sexual abuse cases reported to the police in a Northern Canadian Territory	29
Inside Front Cover - Editorial Board	29
A gap in the data: Defining, identifying, and tracking children with medical complexity in the child welfare system	29
The deinstitutionalization of children and adolescents in El Salvador's child protection system	29
Child torture victimization: Review of criminal statutes and medico-legal issues	28
Inside Front Cover - Editorial Board	28
Female teachers' child abuse reporting role in Oman: Results from focus groups	28
Childhood psychiatric outcomes in the context of suspected neglect and abuse reports related and unrelated to parental substance use	27
Indigenous youth wellbeing: Risk and resilience	27
Growing up unequal: Objective and subjective economic disparities and authoritarian parenting	27
Mother-child reporting discrepancies of child physical abuse: Associations with internalizing and externalizing symptoms	26
Developmental factors associated with inappropriate coping strategies among sexual aggressors of children	26
The role of fellowship experience in decreasing burnout for child abuse pediatricians	26
Building police capability in child protection in Kenya	26
Virtual education can perpetuate anti-black racism	25
Pocket ACE: Child sexual abuse survivors missed by the ACEs Study Questionnaire	25
Inside Front Cover - Editorial Board	25

Risk and protective factors of mental health in children in residential care: A nationwide study from Luxembourg	25
Violence and sexual abuse rates before and during the Covid-19 pandemic: A prospective population-based study on Norwegian youth	24
Proving promise and support: Preliminary evaluation of the Indiana Family Preservation Services	24
Adverse childhood experiences and adult outcomes using a causal framework perspective: Challenges and opportunities	24
Retinal hemorrhages due to intracranial hypertension, is it possible to differentiate them from those associated with abuse?	24
Readiness assessment for implementation of a large scale child maltreatment prevention program in Qatar	24
Applying shared decision-making to screening for trauma and adversity in youth	24
Verbal, physical and sexual dating violence among a population-based sample of teens: Does exposure to intimate partner violence in the home account for the association between dating violence and men	24
Foster care during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative analysis of caregiver and professional experiences	24
An updated examination of the predictors of running away from foster care in the United States and trends over ten years (2010–2019)	24
Disclosing the abuse: The effect of ethnoreligious identity on CSA disclosure in forensic interviews	23
An introduction to twenty-five years of adverse childhood experiences: A special issue	23
Associations between adverse childhood experiences and substance use: A meta-analysis	23
Editorial: Letter from Christine Wekerle, the outgoing editor-in-chief of child abuse & neglect	23
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 Lebanon	23
Chest CT in the evaluation of child abuse – When is it useful?	23
A contemporary case file analysis of child sexual abuse in institutional settings in England and Wales	22
From parental issues of job and finance to child well-being and maltreatment: A systematic review of the pandemic-related spillover effect	22
Positive reading achievement outcomes in children who experience out-of-home care: Characteristics and predictors	22
Child safety decisions and parental mental health problems: A new analysis of mediating factors	22
Child maltreatment investigations: Comparing children, families, and reasons for referral in three European countries	22
Impact of COVID-19 lockdown: Domestic and child abuse in Bridgend	22
Trajectories for children and young people who experience out of home care: Examining the influences of pre-care characteristics on later wellbeing and placement stability	22
A review on clotting disorders and retinal hemorrhages: Can they mimic abuse?	22
Mediating effects of parent-child relationship on the association between childhood maltreatment and depressive symptoms among adolescents	22
Child maltreatment and substances use throughout adolescence and adulthood: Data from a Brazilian Birth Cohort	22
Exposure to violence, polyvictimization and youth's mental health and alcohol use in El Salvador	22
Swedish child homicide investigations: A population-based study 1998 to 2017	21
Sexual aggression against males: Differences between acts by males and females – Results from the German Health and Sexuality Survey (GeSiD)	21
Child disciplinary practices, abuse, and neglect: Findings from a formative study in Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe	21
Characteristics of child abuse fatalities: Insights from a statewide violent death reporting system	21
Understanding female adolescent ‘runaways’ and the implications of their decisions in Tigray, northern Ethiopia	21
“There are talibés and talibés”: Exploring the boundaries of the category of talibés who beg	21
Impact of paternal psychiatric disorders on parents-baby separation after mother-baby unit care	21
The influence of sexual violence on suicide risk among runaway youth in South Korea: The multiple additive moderating effect of peer attachment and parental attachment	21
Associations between childhood maltreatment and educational, health and economic outcomes among middle-aged Chinese: The moderating role of relative poverty	21
Contact with mothers for children in out-of-home-care: Group-based trajectory modelling from the Pathways of Care Longitudinal Study (POCLS)	21
How do physical and emotional abuse affect depression and problematic behaviors in adolescents? The roles of emotional regulation and anger	20
The characteristics of children referred to a child protection team in Japan and factors associated with decision-making: A retrospective study using a medical database	20
Applying Socio-Emotional Information Processing theory to explain child abuse risk: Emerging patterns from the COVID-19 pandemic	20
Reasons for admission to service and overrepresentation of Black youth in the child welfare system in Ontario, Canada: Does race matter?	20
The intergenerational transmission of executive function: The mediating effect of parental harsh discipline	20
The use of corporal punishment against children in Myanmar: An analysis of data from the 2015–2016 Myanmar Demographic and Health Survey	20
Cyberbullying involvement, parental support, and cannabis use among adolescents	20
Corporal punishment bans and adolescent suicide rates: An international ecological study	20
Longitudinal associations between traditional and cyberbullying victimization and depressive symptoms among young Chinese: A mediation analysis	20
Social and demographic characteristics of child maltreatment fatalities among children ages 5–17 years	20
Australian foster carers' views of supporting maternal breastfeeding and attachment in out-of-home care	20
Facilitators and barriers to Children's Advocacy Center-based multidisciplinary teamwork	20
“Not understanding but feeling guilty at the same time”: The peritraumatic responses of CSA survivors from the Muslim Arab community in Israel	20
Comparisons of violence exposure within and across contexts in predicting depression among Chinese children and adolescents	20
Associations between childhood maltreatment and suicidal ideation in depressed adolescents: The mediating effect of alexithymia and insomnia	20
Growing stronger together: Implementing the Strengthening Families Program with Indigenous communities	19
A pathway analysis of the impact of childhood domestic violence on depression in middle-aged and elderly people from the perspective of life course	19
An integrated review of social information processing as a mechanism in the association between maltreatment and depression among youth of color	19
Prospective effects of peer support and gender roles on the mental health and work functioning of child protection workers exposed to potentially traumatic events	19
Understanding how peers respond to online child maltreatment disclosures: A qualitative content analysis of family violence discussions on social media	19
Longitudinal associations between cyber victimization and problematic mobile phone use in adolescents: Disentangling between-person effects from within-person effects	19
From entertainment to extortion: Tunisian children's online experiences	19
Caregiver adverse childhood experiences and preschool externalizing problems: The role of factors that contribute to caregiver resilience	18
Emerging adult college students' descriptions of exposure to childhood emotional abuse and associated factors: A qualitative exploration	18
Longitudinal impacts of adverse childhood experiences on multidimensional health outcomes: Predicting trajectories in mental, physical, and behavioral health	18
A social network analysis of perpetrators of child maltreatment reported by youth in foster care	18
Adverse childhood experiences and all-cause mortality risk in adulthood	18
Trajectories of homelessness and association with mental health and substance use disorders among young people transitioning from out-of-home care in Australia	18
Comparison of ACE-IQ and CTQ-SF for child maltreatment assessment: Reliability, prevalence, and risk prediction	18
The continuation of non-physical abuse from childhood to adulthood in eating disorder patients: An interpretative phenomenological analysis	18
Dimensions of family stress and repetitive nonsuicidal self-injury in adolescence: Examining the interactive effects of impulsivity and emotion dysregulation	18
The experience of childhood sexual abuse: An exploratory description of psychological and adaptive functioning in Canadian men	18
Trauma behind the keyboard: Exploring disparities in child sexual abuse materials exposure and mental health factors among investigators and forensic examiners – A network analysis	17
Posttraumatic growth, spiritual damage, and psychosocial and mental health problems in survivors of clergy-perpetrated child sexual abuse: A mixed methods approach	17
The longitudinal relationship between childhood trauma and adolescents' externalizing problems: A moderated mediation model	17
The relationship between bullying victimization and problematic behaviors: A focus on the intrapersonal emotional competence and interpersonal social competence	17
Maternal adverse childhood experiences, child resilience factors, and child mental health problems: A multi-wave study	17
Executive functioning in child victims of sexual abuse: A multi-informant comparative study	17
Coping motives as a mediator of the relationship between child maltreatment and substance use problems in south African adolescents	17
Facility dogs during police investigative interviews: Does it decrease children’s reluctance?	16
Innovations from the launch of the child sexual abuse reduction research network	16
Childcare subsidy receipt and reduced emotional neglect: Examining parents' enhanced self-efficacy as a mediator	16
Dimensions of early life adversity and cognitive processing of emotion in youth	16

Childhood trauma exposure, age and self-compassion as predictors of later-life symptoms of depression and anxiety in American Indian adults	16
Socioeconomic risk and the longitudinal child lifetime prevalence of child protection involvement	16
Effects of a behavioral intervention with foster families: A randomized controlled trial	16
Exploring the relationship between adverse childhood experiences and HPV vaccination in a national sample of adults	16
Interprofessional perspectives on ACEs: Results from a statewide interprofessional training program	16
Characteristics that predict exposure to and subsequent intentional viewing of child sexual abuse material among a community sample of Internet users	16
Intergenerational transmission of physical abuse, probability of conviction, and laws against abuse in Tunisia	16
Underlying mechanisms of change in the effects of cognitive behavior therapy on posttraumatic stress disorders among Chinese children: Results from a randomized controlled trial	16
Adverse childhood experiences and multimorbidity among middle-aged and older adults: Evidence from China	15
How school and community supports influence psychosocial outcomes of children experiencing emotional maltreatment	15
Does screening for maternal ACEs in prenatal care predict pregnancy health risk above and beyond demographic and routine mental health screening?	15
Executive functions as a mediator of childhood maltreatment on adult psychopathology: A longitudinal mediation analysis comparing maltreatment factor models	15
Does mental contamination mediate the association between childhood trauma and obsessive-compulsive symptoms in adults?	15
Teach to say “NO” – A mixed methods evaluation of a child sexual abuse prevention training for primary school teachers in Phnom Penh, Cambodia	15
Factors associated with decisions to refer possible abusive head trauma to a hospital-based child protection team in Aotearoa New Zealand	15
Severity of post-traumatic stress disorder and childhood abuse in adult crime victims as mediated by low resilience and dysfunctional coping strategies	15
The management of childhood sexual abuse by midwifery, nursing and medical providers in Tanzania	15
Violence against parents perpetrated by adolescent siblings of individuals with intellectual disability in South Korea	15
The impact of childhood sexual abuse and paternal rejection on economic marginalization in adulthood: A prospective population-based study of women in Sweden	15
“They are your sub-group”: The experience of siblinghood in out-of-home placements as conveyed by adults who aged out of family group homes in Israel	15
Cyberbullying victimization and nonsuicidal self-injury in adolescents: The role of maladaptive schemas and dispositional mindfulness	15
Professional and informal help-seeking among low-income adolescents exposed to violence in the community and at school	15
Child maltreatment and youth exposure to risky environments: Latent class analysis of youth activity spaces	15
The prevalence of sexual grooming behaviors among survivors of childhood sexual abuse	15
Prevalence and factors related to dating violence victimization and perpetration among a representative sample of adolescents and young adults in Haiti	14
Understanding healthcare services response to technology - assisted child sexual abuse: A freedom of information study	14
The association of subcortical brain injury and abusive head trauma	14
Exploring youth voices in a pre-college program: Implications for policy, practice & research	14
The influence of adverse and positive childhood experiences on young people's mental health and experiences of self-harm and suicidal ideation	14
Factor structure and internal consistency of the ISPCAN Child Abuse Screening Tool Parent Version (ICAST-P) in a cross-country pooled data set in nine Balkan countries	14
Direct and indirect factors associated with child marriage: Evidence from India using NFHS-4 data	14
Understanding factors associated with re-referral of youth for commercial sexual exploitation	14
Understanding the overrepresentation of Black children in Ontario's child welfare system: Perspectives from child welfare workers and community service providers	14
Modelling the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on violent discipline against children	14
When a house is never a home: Housing instability among youth affected by parental drug abuse	14
So close yet so different: Neighborhood inequality and child maltreatment	14
A collective impact approach to supporting youth transitioning out of government care	14
Peer victimization, environmental and psychological distress, and academic performance among children in China: A serial mediation model moderated by migrant status	14
Prevalence of adverse childhood experiences and their cumulative impact associated lifetime health outcomes in the Emirate of Abu-Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	13
Response to query regarding: Hymel KP, Boos SC, Armijo-Garcia V, Musick M, Weeks K, Haney SB, Marinello M, Herman BE, Frazier TN, Carroll CL, Even K, and Wang M. An analysis of physicians' diagnostic	13
Explaining child maltreatment and aggression among Chinese drug user: The mediating and moderating roles of drug craving and impulsivity	13
EEG responses to infant faces in young adults can be influenced by the quality of early care experiences with caregivers	13
Primary emotional systems, childhood trauma, and suicidal ideation in youths with bipolar disorders	13
Caseload factors predictive of family abuse and neglect treatment outcomes	13
Accessing child sexual abuse material: Pathways to offending and online behaviour	13
Online sexual abuse of children with disabilities: Analyzing reports of social workers' case files in Israel	13
A qualitative study on the implementation of a transdiagnostic cognitive behavioral therapy for children in a child welfare residential treatment program	13
A community-based study of the impact of trauma exposure on school-aged children's self-concept and improvements following TF-CBT	13
Effects of early institutionalization involving psychosocial deprivation on cognitive functioning 60 years later: Findings of the LifeStories project	13
Reprint of Children Fleeing War-Exploring the Mental Health of Refugee Children Arriving in Israel after the Ukraine 2022 Conflict	12
Association between maternal adverse childhood experiences and child resilience and self-esteem: Results from the K-CHILD study	12
The consequences of childhood maltreatment on dual-diagnosis psychiatric conditions and clinical outcomes in substance use disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis	12
Aims & Scope	12
The impact of child maltreatment on mental health outcome improvements among children and youth accessing community mental health care	12
Child maltreatment and emergency department visits: a longitudinal birth cohort study from infancy to early adulthood	12
Childhood emotional maltreatment and psychological richness among Chinese adolescents: The mediating effect of gratitude	12
Parenting-related abuse among women survivors of attempted intimate partner homicide	12
Effectiveness of the caregiver support intervention on child psychosocial wellbeing among Syrian refugees in Lebanon: Mediation and secondary analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial	12
Overcoming the soul wound: Reflecting on experiences and resilience of intergenerational residential school survivors	12
The monthly incidence of abusive head trauma, inflicted skeletal trauma, and unexplained skin lesion in children in six French university hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic	12
Sexual orientation differences in childhood sexual abuse, suicide attempts, and DSM-5 alcohol, tobacco, other drug use, and mental health disorders in the US	12
School-based prevention education for children and youth with intellectual developmental disabilities	12
State-level structural sexism and adolescent sexual violence victimization in the US	12
Association between childhood trauma and social anxiety in adolescents: The mediating role of self-compassion and loneliness	12
Predictors of burnout, secondary traumatic stress, and compassion satisfaction among practitioners in Norwegian child advocacy centers	12
The mental functioning of school-age children in Poland since the outbreak of war in Ukraine and during the subsequent refugee crisis	12
“Who maltreats? Distinct pathways of intergenerational (dis)continuity of child maltreatment”	12
Highlights from the first-ever violence against children and youth survey conducted exclusively in a humanitarian setting	12
The dimensionality of adverse childhood experiences: A scoping review of ACE dimensions measurement	11
Nothing About Us Without Us: Using Participatory Action Research (PAR) and arts-based methods as empowerment and social justice tools in doing research with youth ‘aging out’ of care	11
Early adverse childhood experiences and adolescent sleep outcomes	11
Prenatal cannabis exposure and the risk of subsequent maltreatment	11
“This is not why we brought our children here!”: Tensions and challenges in responding to Adverse Childhood Experiences in African-background refugee families	11
Violence among adolescents: A study of overlapping of bullying, cyberbullying, sexual harassment, dating violence and cyberdating violence	11
Factors related to medical neglect recurrence and foster care and adoption services	11
Supporting resilience among young people at risk of child abuse in Ethiopia: The role of social system alignment	11
The global impact of adverse childhood experiences on criminal behavior: A cross-continental study	11
Childhood trauma and factors influencing primary school teachers' reporting of child abuse: Insights from Italy	11
The effects of childhood maltreatment and social support on the trajectories of depressive symptoms from adolescence to young adulthood	11
Experiences of Canadian mental health providers in identifying and responding to online and in-person sexual abuse and exploitation of their child and adolescent clients	11
Longitudinal links among paternal and maternal harsh parenting, adolescent emotional dysregulation and short-form video addiction	11
Exploring the health burden of cumulative and specific adverse childhood experiences in New Zealand: Results from a population-based study	11
Sexual abuse and disclosure concerns of youth in foster care	11
Parental absence as an adverse childhood experience among young adults in sub-Saharan Africa	11
Estimating the incidence of substance exposed newborns with child welfare system involvement	11
Left behind? Educational disadvantage, child protection, and foster care	11
Child exposure to violence and self-regulation in South African preschool-age children from low-income settings	11
Racial sensitivity training: An inadequate solution to systemic racial disparities in child protection systems	11
Youth engagement in child maltreatment research: Gaps, barriers, and approaches	10
Prevalence of Adverse Childhood Experiences in sub-Saharan Africa: A multicountry analysis of the Violence Against Children and Youth Surveys (VACS)	10
Children exposed to sibling sexual abuse: Sociodemographic and trauma symptom differences	10
Sibling sexual abuse: What do we know? What do we need to know? Stage 1 analysis of a 2-stage scoping review	10
‘We can be a family again, but different than before’. A single-case study on therapeutic interventions that initiated a recovery process in a family after the disclosure of sibling sexual behavior	10
Children's perceptions of their participation rights context when living in residential care and its relationship with their subjective well-being	10
Climate change is a threat multiplier for violence against children	10