OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Child Maltreatment is 2. 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
The Perfect Storm: Hidden Risk of Child Maltreatment During the Covid-19 Pandemic	100
Healing Interpersonal and Racial Trauma: Integrating Racial Socialization Into Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for African American Youth	88
Experiences With COVID-19 Stressors and Parents’ Use of Neglectful, Harsh, and Positive Parenting Practices in the Northeastern United States	62
How COVID-19 Is Placing Vulnerable Children at Risk and Why We Need a Different Approach to Child Welfare	48
A Systematic Review and Synthesis of Trauma-Informed Care Within Outpatient and Counseling Health Settings for Young People	40
Association of State-Level Earned Income Tax Credits With Rates of Reported Child Maltreatment, 2004–2017	38
Child Sexual Abuse and Risk of Revictimization: Impact of Child Demographics, Sexual Abuse Characteristics, and Psychiatric Disorders	36
Higher Levels of Harsh Parenting During the COVID-19 Lockdown in the Netherlands	33
On Racial Disparities in Child Abuse Reports: Exploratory Mapping the 2018 NCANDS	27
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Child Protection System Referrals and Responses in Colorado, USA	26
Social Cohesion and Informal Social Control as Mediators Between Neighborhood Poverty and Child Maltreatment	23
Informant Discrepancies in Child Maltreatment Reporting: A Systematic Review	21
Spillover and Crossover Effects: Mothers’ and Fathers’ Intimate Partner Violence, Parent-Child Aggression Risk, and Child Behavior Problems	18
Prenatal Substance Exposure and Child Maltreatment: A Systematic Review	17
Integrating Animal-Assisted Therapy Into TF-CBT for Abused Youth With PTSD: A Randomized Controlled Feasibility Trial	17
Childhood Maltreatment and Eating Disorders: A Prospective Investigation	17
Patterns of Maternal Childhood Maltreatment and Disrupted Interaction Between Mothers and Their 4-Month-Old Infants	15
Parent-Focused Sexual Abuse Prevention: Results From a Cluster Randomized Trial	15
Co-Reporting of Child Maltreatment and Intimate Partner Violence: The Likelihood of Substantiations and Foster Care Placements	15
Child Maltreatment, Early Adult Substance Use, and Mediation by Adolescent Behavior Problems	15
A Systematic Review of Controlled-Trials for PTSD in Maltreated Children and Adolescents	15
What Proportion of Foster Care Children Do Not Have Child Protective Services Reports? A Preliminary Look	14
Harsh Parenting and Child Brain Morphology: A Population-Based Study	14
Connected After Care: Youth Characteristics, Policy, and Programs Associated With Postsecondary Education and Employment for Youth With Foster Care Histories	13
Risk Factors for Child Death During an Intimate Partner Homicide: A Case-Control Study	13

Public Opinion About Adverse Childhood Experiences: Social Stigma, Attribution of Blame, and Government Intervention	13
Sibling Separation and Placement Instability for Children in Foster Care	13
Poverty and Economic Pressure, Financial Assistance, and Children’s Behavioral Health in Kinship Care	13
The Co-Occurrence of Child Maltreatment and Intimate Partner Violence in Families: Effects on Children’s Externalizing Behavior Problems	12
Child Maltreatment During School and Childcare Closure Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic	12
Assessing Changes in Parent Sensitivity in Telehealth and Hybrid Implementation of Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-Up During the COVID-19 Pandemic	12
An Attachment-Based Parental Capacity Assessment to Orient Decision-Making in Child Protection Cases: A Randomized Control Trial	11
Socio-Ecological Predictors of Resilience Development Over Time Among Youth With a History of Maltreatment	11
Assessing, Consulting, Reporting Heuristics in Professional Decision-Making Regarding Suspected Child Maltreatment in Community Healthcare Services	11
Predictors of Adoption and Guardianship Dissolution: The Role of Race, Age, and Gender Among Children in Foster Care	10
Childhood Abuse and Cognitive Function in a Large Cohort of Middle-Aged Women	10
Inequities in Child Protective Services Contact Between Black and White Children	10
Leveraging Administrative Data to Better Understand and Address Child Maltreatment: A Scoping Review of Data Linkage Studies	10
Earlier Contact with Child Protection Services Among Children of Parents With Criminal Convictions and Mental Disorders	9
The Association Between Child Maltreatment and Loneliness Across the Lifespan: A Systematic Review and Multilevel Meta-Analysis	9
Factors Associated With Caregiver–Child Symptom Concordance Among Trauma-Exposed Children	9
Child Protective Services Guidelines for Substantiating Exposure to Domestic Violence as Maltreatment and Assigning Caregiver Responsibility: Policy Analysis and Recommendations	9
Intergenerational Transmission of Abusive Parenting: Role of Prospective Maternal Distress and Family Violence	9
Adolescent Neglect and Health Risk	9
What Does Child Protective Services Investigate as Neglect? A Population-Based Study	9
Variation in States’ Implementation of CAPTA’s Substance-Exposed Infants Mandates: A Policy Diffusion Analysis	8
Distinguishing Characteristics and Disparities in Child Protective Services-Investigated Maltreatment by Fathers	8
Reasonable Efforts? Child Maltreatment Investigations and Service Referrals of Parents With Ascribed Cognitive Impairments in Canada	8
Suppositional Wh-Questions About Perceptions, Conversations, and actions are More Productive than Paired Yes-No Questions when Questioning Maltreated Children	8
Children With Intellectual Disability and Victimization: A Logistic Regression Analysis	8
State Child Welfare Policies and the Measurement of Child Maltreatment in the United States	7
From Maltreatment to Psychiatric Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence: The Relevance of Emotional Maltreatment	7
Time Dimension of Childhood Adversities and Externalizing Behavior Among Children of Teen Mothers: Sensitive Period Hypothesis vs. Accumulation Hypothesis	7
Intergenerational Pathways Linking Mothers’ Adverse Childhood Experiences and Children’s Social-Emotional Problems	7
Modeling the Adverse Childhood Experiences Questionnaire–International Version	7
Children’s Signaling of Incomprehension: The Diagnosticity of Practice Questions During Interview Instructions	7
Cascades of Risk Linking Intimate Partner Violence and Adverse Childhood Experiences to Less Sensitive Caregiving During Infancy	6
Using a Person-Centered Approach to Identify Patterns of Exposure to Intimate Partner Violence and Child Abuse in Women: Associations With Mental Health	6
Patterns of Child Maltreatment and the Development of Conflictual Emerging Adult Romantic Relationships: An Examination of Mechanisms and Gender Moderation	6
Prevalence of Injuries Among Medicaid Enrolled Infants Prior to Child Abuse and Neglect	6
Racial/Ethnic Differences in Child Protective Services Reporting, Substantiation and Placement, With Comparison to Non-CPS Risks and Outcomes: 2005–2019	6
Differential Response and the Reduction of Child Maltreatment and Foster Care Services Utilization in the U.S. From 2004 to 2017	6
Young Children and Ongoing Child Welfare Services: A Multilevel Examination of Clinical and Worker Characteristics	6
Childhood Sexual Abuse: A Longitudinal Study of Disclosures and Denials	6
An Exploration of Factors that Mediate the Relationship Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Sexual Assault Victimization Among LGBTQ+ College Students	5
Examining Mothers’ Childhood Maltreatment History, Parental Reflective Functioning, and the Long-Term Effects of the Minding the Baby® Home Visiting Intervention	5
Predictors of Prosecutorial Decisions in Reports of Child Sexual Abuse	5
Young Children’s Ability to Describe Intermediate Clothing Placement	5
Injuries Associated With Subsequent Child Maltreatment Diagnosis: By Age, Race, Gender, and Medicaid Status	5
The Development of Young Peoples’ Internalising and Externalising Difficulties Over the First Three-Years in the Public Care System	5
Child Maltreatment Prevention Service Cases are Significantly Reduced During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Longitudinal Investigation Into Unintended Consequences of Quarantine	5
Incidence of Injury, Maltreatment, and Developmental Disorders Among Substance Exposed Infants	5
Change in Caregivers’ Attitudes and Use of Corporal Punishment Following a Legal Ban: A Multi-Country Longitudinal Comparison	5
Sexual Behavior Problems Among Sexually Abused Children: Associations With Co-Occurring Symptoms	5
Risk and Protective Factors Associated with Adverse Childhood Experiences in Vulnerable Families: Results of a Randomized Clinical Trial of SafeCare®	5

A Review of Screened-Out Families and Child Protective Services Involvement: A Missed Opportunity to Prevent Future Maltreatment With Community-Based Services	5
Association Between Mothers’ Alcohol Use Histories and Deficient Parenting in an Economically Disadvantaged Sample	5
The Co-Occurrence of Child Maltreatment and Intimate Partner Violence: A Commentary on the Special Issue	4
Maltreatment Type Classifications and Transitions During Childhood for a California Birth Cohort	4
Is Household Unemployment Associated With Increased Verbal and Physical Child Abuse During the COVID Pandemic?	4
Our Commitment to Promoting Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice in Child Maltreatment	4
Child Welfare System Involvement Among Children With Medical Complexity	4
Next Steps in Untangling the Web of Violence: A Research Agenda	4
Contradictions and Their Consequences: How Competing Policy Mandates Facilitate Use of a Punitive Framework in Domestic Violence–Child Maltreatment Cases	4
Child Maltreatment and Substance Use: A Behavior Genetic Analysis	4
Addressing Systemic Racism in the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children Publications	4
Polyvictimization and Psychosocial Outcomes Among Trauma-Exposed, Clinic-Referred Youth Involved in the Juvenile Justice System	4
Breaking the Cycle of Intergenerational Childhood Maltreatment: Effects on Offspring Mental Health	4
Testosterone Associations With Parents’ Child Abuse Risk and At-Risk Parenting: A Multimethod Longitudinal Examination	4
Therapists’ Perceived Competence in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Client Outcomes: Findings From a Community-Based Learning Collaborative	4
Childhood Maltreatment and Psychosis: A Comparative Validity Study of Maltreatment Indices	4
Introduction to the Special Issue on the Intersection of Intimate Partner Violence and Child Maltreatment	4
Parenting Mediates Associations Between Intimate Partner Violence at Different Life Stages and Toddler Social–Emotional Problems	3
Pseudotemporal Invitations: 6- to 9-year-Old Maltreated Children’s Tendency to Misinterpret Invitations Referencing “Time” as Solely Requesting Conventional Temporal Information	3
Estimating Surveillance Bias in Child Maltreatment Reporting During Home Visiting Program Involvement	3
Neighborhood Contexts and Child Maltreatment Reports Among Families Receiving AFDC/TANF: A Longitudinal and Multilevel Study	3
Team Functioning and Performance in Child Advocacy Center Multidisciplinary Teams	3
Elaborations and Denials in Children’s Responses to Yes–No Any/Some Questions in Forensic Interviews	3
State Child Maltreatment Policies and Disparities in Substantiation: A Study of State-Administered Child Welfare Systems in the U.S.	3
County-Level Factors Matter: The Role of Contextual Factors in Foster Youths’ Extended Foster Care Participation and Human Capital Outcomes	3
Peer Relations and Delinquency Among Girls in Foster Care Following a Skill-Building Preventive Intervention	3
Understanding Children’s Emotions: Differences in Mothers With a History of Childhood Maltreatment	3
Testing a QuantCrit-Informed Approach to the Empirical Study of Race/Ethnicity and Child Maltreatment	3
Black Moms Matter: A Qualitative Approach to Understanding Barriers to Service Utilization at a Children’s Advocacy Center Following Childhood Abuse	3
Child Abuse Pediatricians Assess a Low Likelihood of Abuse in Half of 2890 Physical Abuse Consults	3
Reports and Removals of Child Maltreatment-Related Hospitalizations: A Population-Based Study	3
Childhood Maltreatment and Adolescents’ Aggression: A Moderated Mediation Model of Callous-Unemotional Traits and Friendship Quality	3
Prospective Associations Between Early Childhood Intimate Partner Violence Exposure and Middle Childhood Internalizing and Externalizing Psychopathology	3
Factors Predicting Family Violence Revictimization Among Army Families With Child Maltreatment	3
Maternal Reminiscing Is Associated With Preschoolers’ Reports of Maltreatment During Forensic Interviews	3
Concurrent Childhood Experiences Impact Underage Substance Use	3
Examining Housing Instability Among Females Who Are System-Involved: Comparing Females With and Without Histories of Commercial Sexual Exploitation	3
Successful Criminal Prosecutions of Sex Trafficking and Sexual Abuse of Minors: A Comparative Analysis	3
The Cumulative Prevalence of Congregate Care Placement for U.S. Children by Race/Ethnicity, 2019	3
Do Independent Living Services Protect Youth Aging Out Foster Care From Adverse Outcomes? An Evaluation Using National Data	3
Nonverbal Emotions While Disclosing Child Abuse: The Role of Interviewer Support	3
Associations Between Emotion Dysregulation Dimensions and Parenting Behaviors in Trauma-Exposed African American Mothers	3
Pre- and Perinatal Risk Factors for Child Maltreatment in Military Families Across the First Two Years of Life	2
What’s Fair in Child Welfare? Parent Knowledge, Attitudes, and Experiences	2
Glimpsing the Iceberg: Parent-Child Physical Aggression and Abuse	2
Intervening With Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-Up to Reduce Behavior Problems Among Children Adopted Internationally: Evidence From a Randomized Controlled Trial	2
Maternal Childhood Maltreatment History and Child Behavior Problems: Developmental Patterns and Mediation via Maternal Depressive Symptoms and Parenting Behavior	2
Maltreatment in Childhood and Perceived Partner Responsiveness in Adult Romantic Relationships: A Dyadic Daily Diary and Longitudinal Study	2
Annual Credit Checks for Adolescent Youth in Foster Care: Factors Associated with Identity Fraud Victimization	2
Risk of Future Maltreatment: Examining Whether Worker Characteristics Predict Their Perception	2
Anger and Attention Problems as Mechanisms Linking Maltreatment Subtypes and Witnessed Violence to Social Functioning Among Children in Out-of-Home Care	2
Novel Forms of Reluctance Among Suspected Child Sexual Abuse Victims in Adolescence	2
Screening for and Responding to Suicidality Among Youth Presenting to a Children’s Advocacy Center (CAC)	2
Rating the Honesty of White and Black Children via Implicit and Explicit Measures: Implications for Child Victims in the Criminal Justice System	2
Relevance of Routine Abdominopelvic Ultrasound in Suspected Child Abuse in Children Under 2 years of Age: Review of 15 years of Experience	2
Examining Foster Care Outcomes for American Indian Children in the Context of the Indian Child Welfare Act	2
Statutory Threshold Wording is Associated with Child Maltreatment Reporting	2
Changes in Electroencephalography Alpha Associated With Childhood Neglect and Adolescent Alcohol Use	2
Child Maltreatment and Substance Use in Emerging Adulthood: Internalizing and Externalizing Behaviors at the Transition to Adolescence as Indirect Pathways	2
Responsible Behavior With Younger Children: Results From a Pilot Randomized Evaluation of a School-Based Child Sexual Abuse Perpetration Prevention Program	2
Linkages Between Childhood Maltreatment, Intimate Partner Violence, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms in Pregnant Hispanic Women: A Network Analysis	2
Memory Accuracy After 20 Years for Interviews About Child Maltreatment	2
Effects of Community-Based Wraparound Services on Child and Caregiver Outcomes Following Child Protective Service Involvement	2
Childhood Traumatic Experiences and Happiness of Nursing Students: A Mixed Methods Study	2
Rates of Emotional Disturbance Among Children in Foster Care: Comparing Federal Child Welfare Data and Medicaid Records in Two States	2
The Relationship Between Temperature and Temporal Patterns and Incidence of Abusive Head Trauma in a Midwest Region Hospital	2
Evidence-Based Home Visiting Provisions and Child Maltreatment Report Rates: County-Level Analysis of US National Data From 2016 to 2018	2
Recurrence of Substantiated Maltreatment Reports between Low-Income Parents With Disabilities and Their Propensity-Score Matched Sample Without Disabilities	2
What About the Children? Co-Occurrence of Child Maltreatment and Parental Separation	2
Self-Reported and Agency-Notified Child Abuse as Contributors to Suicidal Behaviour in a Population-Based Birth Cohort Study at 30-Year-Follow-Up	2