Showing papers in "Child Abuse & Neglect in 2008"

TL;DR: It is found that children and adolescents living with domestic violence are at increased risk of experiencing emotional, physical and sexual abuse, of developing emotional and behavioral problems and of increased exposure to the presence of other adversities in their lives.

TL;DR: Much of the association between CPA and later mental health reflects the general family context in which CPA occurs, whereas this is less the case for CSA.

TL;DR: In this article, the linkages between exposure to childhood sexual abuse (CSA) and childhood physical punishment/abuse (CPA) and mental health issues in early adulthood was examined and it was estimated that exposure to CPA accounted for approximately 5% of the mental health problems experienced by the cohort.

TL;DR: Findings provide strong support for the need for early intervention with abused and neglected children and their families to prevent subsequent exposure to traumas and victimization experiences.

TL;DR: Investigation of disclosure rates and disclosure patterns and predictors of non-disclosure in a sample of male and female adolescents with self-reported experiences of sexual abuse indicate that a gender perspective is helpful when developing guidelines for professionals.

TL;DR: There appear to be distinct profiles of maltreatment among preschoolers that have differential associations to measures of adjustment, and these profiles may guide in tailoring interventions to the needs of maltreated children.

TL;DR: It is suggested that the presence of general risk factors may lead to a variety of negative behavioral outcomes, including the perpetration of child sexual offending, as well as other negative behaviors.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors compared incidents of maltreatment identified prospectively, retrospectively, or through a combination of both methods, and concluded that the discrepancy in methods by which cases of child maltreatment are identified is the greatest methodological problem in the study of childhood maltreatment.

TL;DR: Preliminary evidence is provided that the CEVQ is a brief, reliable, valid and informative instrument for assessing exposure to victimization and maltreatment among youth.

TL;DR: Trajectory analysis provides a useful analytical tool for understanding heterogeneous nature of child maltreatment and the impact of maltreatment on subsequent juvenile offending.

TL;DR: Findings suggest that who is offered home visitation may be an important factor in explaining the differential effectiveness of home visitation programs and improved effects may be realized by prioritizing the populations served or by enhancing the model to meet program objectives for hard-to-serve families.

TL;DR: M maltreated children show heightened ability to identify fearful faces, evidenced by faster reaction times relative to controls, and this association between maltreatment and atypical processing of emotion is independent of PTSD diagnosis.

TL;DR: The fact that child abuse predicted two debilitating conditions in middle-aged women indicates the potential long-term consequences of these experiences, and the first to the authors' knowledge that compares associations of child abuse with both depression and obesity in adults.

TL;DR: Behavior/mental health conditions placed low-income children under age 6 at the highest risk of abuse or neglect, while chronic physical health conditions increased the risk slightly among this group of children.

TL;DR: The findings suggest the importance of a child's ability to feel safe in reducing the distress that occurs as a result of exposure to violence, and the need for early intervention before maladaptive coping mechanisms have developed.

TL;DR: The results reinforce the notion that both child- and parent/caretaker report measures should be used in the evaluation of traumatized children, so that multiple sources of information can be considered simultaneously.

TL;DR: The study findings suggest that preventive services when youth first enter the child welfare system that focus on enhancing caregiver skills in building positive relationships with their youth and increased monitoring of the youth's activity may alter the pathway to delinquent behaviors for these youth.

TL;DR: Findings from this study support the role of specific developmental experiences as etiological factors in differential sexual offending and suggest that sexual offenders have been socialized to satisfy human needs of intimacy and sexuality through maladaptive means.

TL;DR: Parents with a documented history of child physical abuse or child neglect also are distinguished from non-maltreating parents by the levels of aversiveness, positivity, and involvement they display during interactions that constitute the parent-child relationship.

TL;DR: The results suggest that a promise to tell the truth may increase true disclosures without increasing false allegations, but may increase acquiescence among some children.

TL;DR: Prevention messages about blogging need to directly address the risks of interacting with people youth meet online and the risk of online harassment, especially if they also interacted with others online.

TL;DR: Findings indicated that abuse history was positively related to self-reported engagement in HIV-related risk behaviors and sensation-seeking and risk-taking propensity mediated this relationship, impulsivity did not.

TL;DR: Porest health status was observed in women with a history of both physical and sexual child abuse compared to women without these abuse histories, adding to the literature showing a graded association between multiple adverse events in childhood and adult health.

TL;DR: Findings extend previous work documenting a relationship between early life maltreatment and suboptimal parental bonding, suggesting gender-specific effects of maternal and paternal care.

TL;DR: Children experienced a substantially increased risk of maltreatment when partner psychological abuse was present in the homes and domestic violence and child welfare agencies must recognize the link between partner psychological Abuse and child maltreatment and work together to develop effective screening for each of these problems.

TL;DR: Contrary to conventional wisdom, this study finds that children who are the subject of investigations involving substantiated exposure to domestic violence are less likely to be removed from their home than children experiencing other forms of maltreatment.

TL;DR: Despite the relatively modest prevalence of childhood sexual contact among Chinese adults, the association with multiplex adult outcomes suggests that much as in the West early sexual contact is a significant issue.

TL;DR: The findings suggest that abusive fathers require comprehensive assessment that includes mental health screening, and interventions should be selected carefully to target abusive fathers' high levels of negative affect and negative perceptions.

TL;DR: The present findings support the idea that individuals who develop eating disorders after sexual trauma are likely to have experienced posttraumatic stress disorder symptomatology, and have significant implications for causal models of eating disorder onset in trauma victims.

TL;DR: Important challenges facing street children in Khartoum are highlighted, and specific recommendations for how they might be better assisted while on the streets are provided, rather than current large-scale beating and incarceration by government authorities, or small-scale and costly residential housing by NGOs.