The effects of COVID-19 on the development of reported incidents of child maltreatment over time: A systematic literature review

IF 3.4 2区 心理学 Q1 FAMILY STUDIES
A. Jud , E. Orban , A. Kaman , U. Ravens-Sieberer , M. Jarczok , L.Y. Li , C. Laser , B. Ondruschka , J. Zwirner , M. Hildebrand , J. Ewert , C. Jung-Sievers , S. Wiegand-Grefe , V. Clemens
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Abstract

Background

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the life of families all over the world changed unprecedentedly, risks and vulnerabilities for child maltreatment might have altered. While several studies and reviews look at altered reports to child protective services and other organizations in the child protection system, particularly during the first lockdown in spring 2020, there is a gap in research on trends of reported child maltreatment incidents over time.

Objective

To bridge the gap on mid- to long-term developments and trends of changes over time, we aimed at summarizing findings on monthly breakdowns of CM reports over time during the pandemic.

Methods

In systematic searches of academic literature databases, we have identified 11 articles that adhere to the inclusion criteria of monthly breakdown data from child protective services during the COVID-19 pandemic with a pre-pandemic comparison period. Three additional grey literature reports haven been identified. Both studies and reports had to be published in either English, Arabic, French, German, Portuguese, or Spanish.

Results

Notably, overall, the level of reported incidents has decreased compared to the years before the COVID-19 pandemic. Overall, no clear and reliable picture emerges in developments by different types of reporters. If the number of reports decreases overall, consequently, the overall number or responses to reports does. Some studies, however, report an altered proportion of responses that increased.

Conclusion

There is still a lot to be investigated and understood when it comes to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on CM. Policy-makers are called to not only invest into more research on the topic, but, first and foremost, to anticipate a potentially surging need in improved responses to a vulnerable group.
COVID-19 对儿童虐待事件报告随时间发展的影响:系统性文献综述。
背景:在 COVID-19 大流行期间,世界各地家庭的生活发生了前所未有的变化,虐待儿童的风险和脆弱性也可能随之改变。虽然有几项研究和综述探讨了向儿童保护服务机构和儿童保护系统中的其他组织报告的变化情况,特别是在 2020 年春季第一次封锁期间,但有关儿童虐待事件报告的长期趋势的研究仍是空白:为了弥补中长期发展和变化趋势方面的空白,我们旨在总结大流行病期间每月虐待儿童事件报告的细分结果:在对学术文献数据库进行系统搜索时,我们发现了 11 篇符合纳入标准的文章,这些文章涉及 COVID-19 大流行期间儿童保护服务的月度细分数据以及大流行前的对比时期。另外还发现了三篇灰色文献报告。研究和报告都必须以英语、阿拉伯语、法语、德语、葡萄牙语或西班牙语发表:结果:值得注意的是,与 COVID-19 大流行前几年相比,报告的事件数量总体上有所下降。总体而言,不同类型报告人的发展情况并不清晰可靠。如果报告数量总体减少,那么报告的总体数量或对报告的回应也会随之减少。然而,一些研究报告称,回应的比例有所上升:关于 COVID-19 大流行对中医的影响,仍有许多问题有待调查和了解。政策制定者不仅要对这一主题进行更多的研究,而且首先要预见到在改善对这一弱势群体的应对措施方面可能会激增的需求。
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期刊介绍: Official Publication of the International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect. Child Abuse & Neglect The International Journal, provides an international, multidisciplinary forum on all aspects of child abuse and neglect, with special emphasis on prevention and treatment; the scope extends further to all those aspects of life which either favor or hinder child development. While contributions will primarily be from the fields of psychology, psychiatry, social work, medicine, nursing, law enforcement, legislature, education, and anthropology, the Journal encourages the concerned lay individual and child-oriented advocate organizations to contribute.
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