{"title":"Strengthening the Front Lines: A Child Welfare Programme for Families and Multidisciplinary Professionals","authors":"Joshua Russell, Terry Lee","doi":"10.1002/car.70055","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/car.70055","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Youth in the child welfare system depend on a competent and comprehensive team to provide quality care. Oftentimes, team members have knowledge gaps related to attachment, mental health and system navigation. This paper describes an educational initiative that creates pertinent training and materials for foster and adoptive families as well as front-line child welfare professionals. A curriculum and a website housing a curated library of resources were developed. Participants completed pre-test and post-test Likert-style evaluations. Results indicate self-rated comfort measures significantly increased, and self-rated knowledge measures showed a positive trend from pre-test to post-test. These results indicate that further resources should be directed towards increasing educational activities and materials for foster and adoptive families and front-line child welfare professionals involved with the child welfare system.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47371,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse Review","volume":"34 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144646857","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":"‘You're Talking About All These Things You're Doing … It Is Just Seen as the Norm’: Exploring Young People's Perspectives on Disclosing Their Own Use of Harmful Behaviour","authors":"Bethan Taylor, Sabrina Meechem","doi":"10.1002/car.70051","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/car.70051","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Existing research into adolescent dating abuse demonstrates that young people experiencing harm are most likely to confide in their friends, but far less is known about the disclosure habits of young people instigating harm. This paper explores the findings from a mixed-methods study relating to whom young people would speak to about their own use of behaviour they describe as harmful and why. Data were collected through a mixed-methods survey responded to by 749 young people aged 11–25, and through semistructured interviews with 11 young people aged 17–23. Analysis of this data identified closest friends as the group young people felt most likely to confide in, mirroring the literature on young victims, followed by their partners/the person they are seeing and a therapist/counsellor. Findings showed these individuals were chosen due to the young person feeling comfortable talking to them about this topic, believing their disclosure would remain confidential and feeling they would offer a nonjudgemental response. This paper outlines the need for a systemic response to abuse in young people's relationships, which is centred around improved relationship literacy for young people themselves and across society. It also highlights some practical implications focused on ensuring young people have adequate support and guidance in place to navigate early romantic/dating relationships. These findings offer some direction for where to focus resources and support, as well as some guidance around approaches that may encourage disclosures from young people instigating harm.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47371,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse Review","volume":"34 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/car.70051","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144635240","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":"Feeding Coparenting Scale (FCS): Validity and Reliability Study of the Turkish Adaptation","authors":"Ayfer Beyaz Coskun, Sehriban Duyar Ozer","doi":"10.1002/car.70054","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/car.70054","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Parental attitudes play an important role in the development of nutritional behaviour in children. In this context, the Feeding Coparenting Scale (FCS) is among the scales that can be used to evaluate the attitudes of parents towards the nutrition of their children. This study was planned to evaluate the validity and reliability of the FCS scale in the Turkish population and was conducted in two stages. In the pilot study, the suitability of the scale for validity analysis was evaluated with 34 parents. Then, in the second stage, confirmatory factor analyses of the FCS scale were conducted with 230 participants. Since the item-total score correlation values of 11 out of 13 items in the scale were high, 11 items were included in the factor analysis. Confirmatory Factor Analysis provided 11 items and 3-factor structural validity. As a result, it is thought that the Turkish form of the FCS scale can be a valid scale that can be used in the Turkish society with acceptable compliance in evaluating how mothers and fathers work together in the field of child nutrition.</p>","PeriodicalId":47371,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse Review","volume":"34 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/car.70054","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144624265","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":"The Child Protection Response to Victims of Technology-Assisted Child Sexual Abuse","authors":"Victoria Styan","doi":"10.1002/car.70052","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/car.70052","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Technology-assisted child sexual abuse (TA-CSA) is a contemporary child protection issue, yet myths about the seriousness of this form of physical, sexual and emotional abuse can contribute to victims receiving an ineffective response from professionals. This article aims to locate TA-CSA within child protection legislation and practice, to promote an understanding of its position as a child protection issue. It explores existing research into TA-CSA, to offer insight and guidance for professionals who work with children and families. Importantly, it highlights how the role of technology and the internet should be considered in all assessments with children and families to more accurately understand a child's lived experience, and to prevent, identify and respond to TA-CSA effectively.</p>","PeriodicalId":47371,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse Review","volume":"34 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/car.70052","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144624564","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":"From Broken Branches to New Shoots: The Role of Relational Needs and Positive Future Expectations in Low Psychological Distress Among Individuals With Childhood Maltreatment","authors":"Servet Kaçar-Başaran, Rukiye Kızıltepe","doi":"10.1002/car.70053","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/car.70053","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study delves into the psychological effects of childhood maltreatment, focusing on how relational needs and positive future expectations affect distress levels among individuals with childhood maltreatment. Additionally, it seeks to determine the mediating role of positive future expectations in the association between relational needs satisfaction and lower psychological distress. The sample consisted of 301 participants; however, analyses were conducted with 249 participants (M = 24.09, SD = 6.23) who reported experiencing at least one type of abuse or neglect during childhood. Participants aged 18 and over were recruited through an online survey platform, shared via various social media sites. Participants completed the Revised and Expanded Childhood Trauma Questionnaire, the Relational Needs Satisfaction Scale, the Positive Future Expectations Scale and the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale to assess childhood maltreatment, relational needs satisfaction, positive future expectations and psychological symptoms. The findings indicate that relational needs satisfaction and positive future expectations are negatively associated with lower psychological distress in individuals with childhood maltreatment experiences. Mediation analysis results confirm that the indirect effect of relational needs satisfaction on low psychological distress through positive future expectations is significant. Relational needs satisfaction may enhance positive future expectations and reduce the risk of psychological distress, thereby supporting psychological well-being in individuals exposed to childhood maltreatment. In this context, therapeutic approaches focusing on relational needs could be beneficial when working with individuals with traumatic experiences.</p>","PeriodicalId":47371,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse Review","volume":"34 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/car.70053","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144598643","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":"Psychometric Properties of Persian Version of the ISPCAN Child Abuse Screening Tool, Parent Version (ICAST-P)","authors":"Maryam Gharacheh, Leila Amiri-Farahani, Fahimeh Ranjbar, Simin Khatirpasha, Farzaneh Kashefi, Mohammad Hossein Torkzadeh, Tahereh Sadeghi","doi":"10.1002/car.70049","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/car.70049","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Child abuse adversely affects children's cognitive, socio-emotional and behavioural development. The ISPCAN Child Abuse Screening Tool, Parental version (ICAST-P) is a questionnaire that relies on parental responses to measure child abuse. Our objective was to assess the reliability, face validity, content validity and construct validity of the ICAST-P within an Iranian context. This is a methodological study that employed confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) using partial least squares (PLS) to evaluate construct validity. The study involved 430 Iranian mothers with children aged 7–12 from diverse socio-economic backgrounds. The CFA results confirmed the model's fit (GOF = 0.38, SRMR = 0.079), and reliability indices (Cronbach's alpha ranging from 0.707 to 0.883) supported the scale's internal consistency. The Persian version of the ICAST-P demonstrates robust psychometric properties, making it a reliable tool for identifying child maltreatment in Iran.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47371,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse Review","volume":"34 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144558222","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":"Children, the Law and the Welfare Principle: Perspectives From Australia & New Zealand, By Kerry O'Halloran, Routledge: London, 2024. 324 pp. ISBN: 978-1-03-254220-1","authors":"Priya C. P, Marimuthu U","doi":"10.1002/car.70037","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/car.70037","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47371,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse Review","volume":"34 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144558221","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":"Coping With Abuse—Child Referees in Football: Is It All Just Part of the Job?","authors":"Suzanne Everley","doi":"10.1002/car.70045","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/car.70045","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Following identification of child abuse embedded in sports, there has been a significant increase in research exploring the culture of sport and how this might be challenged to enable children's voices and support safeguarding. This has, however, focused largely on the experience of youth players with the place of youth officials significantly neglected in this context. This paper explores the experiences of youth referees through three English county FA case studies utilising a Foucauldian Discourse Analysis of interviews with U18 officials, adults working with them (Referee Development Officers, Referee Mentors, Youth Representative, Allocation Officer and parents). Findings showed that youth officials routinely experience abuse (physical/verbal) when fulfilling their role. The nature of this abuse is both physical and verbal, direct and proximal and largely normalised. Youth officials are actively prepared to anticipate and manage abusive situations. Despite wearing symbols indicating their status as children, youth officials are still subject to being targeted by both parents and managers. Abusive situations are rationalised as being the responsibility of the referee and due to the culture of football and wider society. Without cultural change, the continuation of abuse of referees is foreseen as an inevitability. Focusing on education, challenging a facilitating culture, and creating a discourse that cultivates the positive treatment of referees is crucial to addressing concerns to protect children's rights in refereeing football.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47371,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse Review","volume":"34 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/car.70045","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144519587","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}
Sabrina Page, Ashleigh McFeeters, Nurul Hasyimah Mat Rani, Carleigh Slater, James Stevenson, Ethel Quayle, Deborah Fry
{"title":"Psychological and Emotional Harms of Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in Children Under the Age of 18: A Systematic Review of the Evidence","authors":"Sabrina Page, Ashleigh McFeeters, Nurul Hasyimah Mat Rani, Carleigh Slater, James Stevenson, Ethel Quayle, Deborah Fry","doi":"10.1002/car.70048","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/car.70048","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Online child sexual exploitation and abuse (OCSEA) is a growing public health concern, with significant psychological and emotional impacts on victims. As digital communication evolves, the complexity and prevalence of OCSEA increase, highlighting the need for a comprehensive understanding of its effects on children. This systematic review examines the psychological and emotional harms experienced by victims under 18, with the goal of improving prevention and intervention strategies. This review also explores the relationship between specific forms of OCSEA and their psychological outcomes, informing future policies and practices. Following Cochrane guidelines and PRISMA standards, this review covers studies from 1989 onwards, including primary, secondary and mixed-methods research, as well as grey literature. Studies reporting psychological or emotional harm due to OCSEA victimisation are included. Data extraction and quality assessment were performed using standardised tools, and a narrative synthesis was employed to summarise the findings. This review enhances understanding of the psychological and emotional impacts of OCSEA, supporting the development of effective strategies for prevention and intervention.</p>","PeriodicalId":47371,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse Review","volume":"34 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/car.70048","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144503056","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}
Ziqiang Han, Yang Zhou, Jia Xue, Lei Chai, Lin Liu
{"title":"School Bullying Victimization, Perpetration, Witness and Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL): The Difference Between Boys and Girls","authors":"Ziqiang Han, Yang Zhou, Jia Xue, Lei Chai, Lin Liu","doi":"10.1002/car.70047","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/car.70047","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This paper investigated how different combinations of school bullying involvement (victimization, perpetration and witness) affected adolescents' HRQoL, with a focus on gender differences. A total of 3675 students from seven big cities across China were recruited. HRQoL was assessed by the KIDSCREEN-10 scale, and the bullying involvements were divided into eight types based on the criteria of whether a student was being bullied, being a perpetrator or being a witness. The prevalence of the eight types of school bullying involvements, ‘uninvolved’, ‘victim only’, ‘perpetrator only’, ‘witness only’, ‘victim-perpetrator’, ‘victim-witness’, ‘perpetrator-witness’, ‘victim-perpetrator-witness’, were 59.84%, 12.38%, 10.07%, 8.68%, 5.55%, 1.82%, 0.95% and 0.71%, respectively. Students who were ‘victim only’ (<i>β</i> = −1.79, 95% CI = [−2.69,−0.88]), ‘victim-perpetrator’ (<i>β</i> = −3.87, 95% CI = [−5.71,−2.03]), ‘victim-witness’ (<i>β</i> = −2.01, 95% CI = [−2.86,−1.16]) and ‘victim-perpetrator-witness’ (<i>β</i> = −3.41, 95% CI = [−4.52,−2.30]) had a significantly much lower degree of HRQoL in comparison with the ‘uninvolved’. The correlations between bullying involvement and HRQoL demonstrated different patterns between boys and girls. The victimization experience of school bullying harms adolescents' HRQoL most, while the perpetrator and witness experience can amplify these effects. Students with multiple roles, especially the victim-perpetrator-witness and the victim-perpetrator, are more vulnerable than others regarding HRQoL.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47371,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse Review","volume":"34 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144482176","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}