Showing papers in "Child Abuse & Neglect in 2020"

TL;DR: Findings suggest that although families experience elevated stressors from COVID-19, providing parental support and increasing perceived control may be promising intervention targets.

TL;DR: Job loss during the COVID-19 pandemic is a significant risk factor for child maltreatment and reframing coping may be an important buffer of this association on physical abuse and presents implications for maltreatment prevention.

TL;DR: Although each type of child maltreatment was positively associated with depression diagnosis and scores, there was variability in the size of the effects, with emotional abuse and emotional neglect demonstrating the strongest associations.

TL;DR: The first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic has not significantly affected suicide rates among children and adolescents during the school closure in Japan, according to preliminary findings.

TL;DR: It is indicated that maltreatment is broadly associated with poor emotion regulation as well as increased avoidance, emotional suppression, and expression of negative emotions in response to stress.

TL;DR: It is suggested that when exposed to COVID-19 rural adolescents should get prioritized professional family support and mental health counseling in particular when they have experienced family abuse and neglect in childhood, even though such support is more difficult to organize in rural areas.

TL;DR: The odds of substance use becomes significantly greater if the adolescent with a history of ACEs also experiences peer victimization, compared with experiencing ACEs only, according to this cross-sectional survey of adolescents in Manitoba, Canada.

TL;DR: It is recommended that limitations are addressed before further use of ACEs-10, and its derivatives, for either clinical or research purposes, because they have substantial drawbacks that warrant careful consideration about their use.

TL;DR: Themes that emerged showed the MeToo/#MeToo movement is precipitating sexual abuse/assault disclosures on social media in unprecedented ways; posters identified internal barriers, mixed responses from family, and friends/peers, as well as variable responses from professionals.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss both the benefits and barriers to telemental health in a child maltreatment population and offer considerations for child trauma service provision, program development, and policy during and post the COVID-19 pandemic.

TL;DR: Overall, there appear to have been more historical and recent improvements in ACEs than deteriorations, but the US still lags conspicuously behind other developed countries on many of these indicators.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors explored ACE prevalence in a large sample of LGBTQ+ youth; examined ACE patterns within and across subgroups; and compared results with the general population, and identified implications for trauma-informed practice and research.

TL;DR: The pandemic and restrictive measures were associated with increased risk factors for vulnerable children and families, including not having access to vital services and strategies that have been effective in filling these gaps.

TL;DR: Understanding the association between bullying victimization and suicidal ideation could contribute to early identification of adolescents who may be at risk for suicide.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the relationship between childhood maltreatment and prosocial behavior using a multiple mediation model that included empathy and gratitude as hypothesized mediators, and they found that the relationship is negatively related to adolescent prosocial behaviour, and the relation is mediated by empathy both parallelly and sequentially.

TL;DR: Outcomes among children with alleged or confirmed neglect were statistically significantly worse in all domains than impoverished children without maltreatment allegations, and similar to children with allegedly or confirmed abuse.

TL;DR: The present study can provide an understanding of how childhood psychological maltreatment influences college students' smartphone addiction and implications on how to reduce the effects of childhood Psychological maltreatment on smartphone addiction in college students.

TL;DR: The results suggest that parenting interventions can reduce rates of particular forms of violence against children, as well as promote positive parent-child interactions.

TL;DR: Evaluations are needed that address the efficacy of broader government-led or whole-of-community prevention interventions to reduce actual prevalence of child sexual abuse, or that can link increased knowledge and skill with reduced victimization.

TL;DR: Results suggest that teacher occupational wellbeing, particularly compassion satisfaction, plays a role in buy-in to TIC and retention among teachers.

TL;DR: A systematic review of the research to date on the relationship between ACEs and EF outcomes among child samples acts as a preliminary step towards broader understanding of outcomes related to early childhood experiences through the consideration of EFs.

TL;DR: The interaction between protection of maltreated children and their participation is discussed, and five aspects of child participation in the field of child maltreatment will be presented.

TL;DR: Counter-ACEs that occur in adolescence may diminish the negative effects of ACEs on young adult health and independently contribute to better health.

TL;DR: Suffering material hardship was significantly associated with higher odds of experiencing parenting stress among grandparent kinship providers, and grandparents’ mental health partially mediated this association.

TL;DR: A two-arm pilot randomized controlled trial of War Child Holland's Caregiver Support Intervention with Syrian refugees in Lebanon demonstrates the feasibility of the methodology for a definitive RCT, and suggests that the CSI shows promise as a scalable approach to strengthening parenting in refugee communities.

TL;DR: In a high-risk pediatric population, ACEs and other childhood adversities remain an independent predictor of poor health and increased efforts to screen and address early-life adversity are necessary.

TL;DR: Existing research reveals abundant areas of opportunity for healthcare professionals and healthcare administrators to improve access to, and quality of, medical and mental health care for trafficked children.

TL;DR: The prevalence of co-occurring domestic violence may indicate that family violence observed within one dyad could be a marker for dysfunctional functioning of the family system.

TL;DR: The present systematic review was the first to review the evidence on the associations between polyVictimization (as measured by the JVQ) and child and adolescent psychopathology in the global research literature and showed that polyvictimization is a substantial risk factor for mental health problems spanning both inner-directed and outer-directed mental health difficulties.

TL;DR: The findings reveal a complex pattern, indicating that CPTSD may be a risk factor for elevated levels of COVID-19-related fear and acute stress, and whetherCPTSD intervenes in such processes.