OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Child Maltreatment is 5. 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
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
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
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
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

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
Assessing Changes in Parent Sensitivity in Telehealth and Hybrid Implementation of Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-Up During the COVID-19 Pandemic	12
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, Consulting, Reporting Heuristics in Professional Decision-Making Regarding Suspected Child Maltreatment in Community Healthcare Services	11
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
Leveraging Administrative Data to Better Understand and Address Child Maltreatment: A Scoping Review of Data Linkage Studies	10
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
What Does Child Protective Services Investigate as Neglect? A Population-Based Study	9
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
Children With Intellectual Disability and Victimization: A Logistic Regression Analysis	8
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
Modeling the Adverse Childhood Experiences Questionnaire–International Version	7
Children’s Signaling of Incomprehension: The Diagnosticity of Practice Questions During Interview Instructions	7
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
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
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
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
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