{"title":"Factorial Validation of the Greek Schema Questionnaire for Children: A Comparison of Community and Clinical Samples","authors":"George Tsouvelas, Michaila Chondrokouki","doi":"10.1002/car.70031","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/car.70031","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study reexamined the organization of Young's 15 early maladaptive schemas (EMS) using confirmatory factors analyses based on different taxonomies of higher order schemas in children and adolescents. It also investigated whether there were any differences in EMS between community and clinical/residential samples. A Greek sample (<i>N</i> = 186) of 139 children living in the community and 47 children living in residential care (66.1% girls, aged 15.7 ± 1.4 years) completed the Greek version of the Schema Questionnaire for Children. We identified the single factor analysis as the most appropriate one in terms of interpretability and empirical indices. Regarding conditionality, the two-factor solution was partially validated. The clinical/residential sample presented statistically significantly higher scores on Dependence, Vulnerability to Harm, Emotional Deprivation, Insufficient Self-control, Conditional Schemas, Impaired Autonomy/Performance and Impaired Limits, in comparison to the community sample. Our results are consistent with the key theoretical assumptions underlying Schema Theory. Further research is required to substantiate these findings. Future research could use larger sized samples, consider different placements (residential care, foster families and kinship families) and implement longitudinal research designs.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47371,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse Review","volume":"34 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143875531","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cristián Pinto-Cortez, Norman Garrido-Cabezas, Cristóbal Guerra
{"title":"Psychological Consequences in Victims of Ecclesiastical Sexual Abuse by Catholic Church Representatives: A Qualitative Study in Chile","authors":"Cristián Pinto-Cortez, Norman Garrido-Cabezas, Cristóbal Guerra","doi":"10.1002/car.70030","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/car.70030","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study aims to explore and describe the consequences in adults who were victims of child sexual abuse perpetrated by representatives of the Catholic Church in Chile. A qualitative methodology was used to analyse interviews with victims of childhood sexual abuse in Catholic institutional settings in different cities of the country. The results revealed that harm distributed in categories, including emotional, cognitive, interpersonal, self-regulation of behaviour and spiritual harm. This study contributes to understanding the phenomenon through the testimony of victims. In conclusion, this article offers insight into the profound and long-lasting impact of child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church context and its implications for adult life. The practical implications of this study may provide information to public policy and a potential commission for reparation and justice for victims of institutional child abuse in Chile.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47371,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse Review","volume":"34 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143875530","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mark Adrian Hilado, Carly Paige Barruga Duong, Melissa Siccama
{"title":"Hyaline Fibromatosis Syndrome Presenting as Abuse","authors":"Mark Adrian Hilado, Carly Paige Barruga Duong, Melissa Siccama","doi":"10.1002/car.70029","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/car.70029","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Hyaline fibromatosis syndrome (or HFS, subcategorized as infantile systemic hyalinosis and juvenile hyaline fibromatosis) has presenting clinical features that may overlap with findings typically identified in cases concerning for nonaccidental trauma. For example, hyperpigmentation over bony prominences (an early presenting finding seen in the most severe cases of HFS) can raise concern for bruising in young infants.</p>\u0000 <p>In the following case report, we describe a 13-week-old female who initially presented as a hospital consult to our forensic child abuse team with concerns for bruising and re-presented to our team as an emergency department consult at 10 months of age with anal lesions, raising concerns for sexual abuse.</p>\u0000 <p>Both findings are known clinical features of HFS, which was subsequently diagnosed in this patient via genetic testing. While HFS is a rare syndrome, paediatricians should be aware of the symptoms and clinical features to consider when presented with a case that may be mistaken for abuse.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47371,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse Review","volume":"34 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143857052","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"‘Where’ Are the Children in Safeguarding Policies of Sport? An Analysis of National and International Discourses in Policy Documentation","authors":"Suzanne Everley","doi":"10.1002/car.70027","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/car.70027","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Within sport governance, there is increasing recognition of the significance of policy in protecting athlete welfare. However, there has been a distinct lack of research evaluating the messages conveyed in policy text. This research evaluated safeguarding policies of sport governing bodies nationally and internationally to understand how the concept of ‘safeguarding’ and child protection are constructed, the location of ‘children’ in text and the implications this has for practice. The study analysed safeguarding policies of Sports Receiving Funding from Sport England—National Governing Bodies (NGBs) and Global equivalents of these organisations—International/Global/World Governing Bodies. The study analysed data using Foucauldian discourse analysis to evaluate meanings conveyed through language as constitutive. Findings demonstrated World Governing Bodies attended to elite athlete equality with NGBs focusing on shared responsibilities of all involved in child sport environments. This is considered from perspectives of legal requirement and moral imperative. ‘Children’ in policy were identified as a group to be represented by adults with limited attention to their own agency. A shift towards acknowledgement of children's rights with good practice requires attention to holistic development of the child. Policy included accessible reporting mechanisms although lacked guidance on managing power relations in reporting processes.</p>","PeriodicalId":47371,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse Review","volume":"34 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/car.70027","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143835819","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Book Review: Offenders and the Sexual Abuse of Children: Interventions and Limitations","authors":"Carleigh Bristol Slater","doi":"10.1002/car.70028","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/car.70028","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47371,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse Review","volume":"34 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143818566","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alhassan Abdullah, Felix Mensah, Enoch B. Amponsah
{"title":"Conceptualization of Child Labour: Contemporary Understanding and Gaps","authors":"Alhassan Abdullah, Felix Mensah, Enoch B. Amponsah","doi":"10.1002/car.70025","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/car.70025","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Although it is estimated that over 38.24 million children are involved in child labour in sub-Saharan Africa, recent evidence indicates minor improvements in reducing the prevalence of child labour. These improvements are partly attributed to efforts by international, multinational and local child welfare organizations to promote communities' understanding and acceptance of child labour as an undesirable activity. Knowing child labour and accepting it to be undesirable is the crux for preventing and reducing child labour. This study involved interviews with 50 community members (40 parents and 10 community leaders) across four fishing and cocoa communities in Ghana to unravel contemporary contextual understandings of child labour in Ghana to inform targeted intervention to accelerate prevention. The study revealed (1) the nature of work, (2) hours spent on the work and (3) age appropriateness, as the three foci of definition. In addition to some divergence, there were nuances in definitions, including child fatigue, child capability, child work versus child labour and the act of sending children to the farm for supervision, which could negatively promote child labour. Gaps, including a lack of understanding of child labour and education and the adverse impact of child labour, were identified.</p>","PeriodicalId":47371,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse Review","volume":"34 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/car.70025","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143801305","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Child Sexual Abuse in Black and Minoritised Communities: Improving Legal, Policy and Practical ResponsesBy Aisha K. Gill and Hannah Begum (eds.), Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, 2022. 441 pp. $32.09 (ebook). ISBN: 978-3-03-106337-4","authors":"Ananda Kumar Biswas, Abdullah Al Mas-ud","doi":"10.1002/car.70023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/car.70023","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47371,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse Review","volume":"34 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143770486","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Attitudes of Nursing Students About Reporting Child Abuse in Izmir, Türkiye: Descriptive Study","authors":"Dilek Zengin, Aycin Ezgi Onel, Hatice Bal Yılmaz","doi":"10.1002/car.70021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/car.70021","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Abuse and neglect is a problem that has medical, legal and social dimensions; leaves permanent scars in the life of the child/young person; and causes serious injuries, disabilities and even mortality. The aim of this cross-sectional and descriptive study was to determine the attitudes of nursing students in the baccalaureate program towards reporting child abuse. The study was conducted with a sample of 546 students. Data were collected via the ‘Individual Identification Form’ and the ‘Healthcare Provider Attitudes Towards Child Maltreatment Reporting Scale’ administered during the fall semester. It was found that nursing students had high scores on the Healthcare Provider Attitudes Towards Child Maltreatment Reporting Scale, especially female students who had higher scores. In addition, it was found that as the years of study increased, students showed a more positive attitude towards reporting child abuse and neglect. It was determined that there was a statistically significant difference between being pleased with choosing the nursing profession and reporting child abuse and that students who were pleased to choose the nursing profession had better awareness of child abuse. Nursing students have an important responsibility for early diagnosis of abuse as they are likely to encounter child abuse situations during clinical practice. This study shows that the participants have a high level of positive attitude towards reporting child abuse, but their concerns about reporting are at an average level.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47371,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse Review","volume":"34 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143749467","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Systems Complexity in Child Protection and Welfare: Policy, Leadership, Practice and EvaluationBy Aisling Gillen, John Canavan, Carmel Devaney, and Caroline McGregor, Oxon and New York: Routledge, 2024. 186 pp. $162.00 (hardback); $51.29 (ebook). ISBN: 978-1-03-260118-2","authors":"Ning Zhu, Timo Toikko","doi":"10.1002/car.70024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/car.70024","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47371,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse Review","volume":"34 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143749468","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Teaching Protective Behaviours to Young Children: Empowering Young Children to Feel SaferBy C. Gelenter, R. Bailey, B. Riley. . London: Routledge. 2024, pp. 168. £160.19 (Hardcover). ISBN: 978-1032393773","authors":"Huichao Bi, Jiaqi Tang","doi":"10.1002/car.70022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/car.70022","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47371,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse Review","volume":"34 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143741514","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}