{"title":"Child Ordination in Sri Lankan Buddhist Monasteries: Is It a Cultural Exception or a Cause for Concern?","authors":"Chandana Namal Rathnayake","doi":"10.1002/car.70020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/car.70020","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The purpose of this article is to explore the practice of ordaining young children in Sri Lanka from a rights-based perspective with reference to the United Nation's Convention of the Rights of Child. According to some estimates, 60,000 children are living in more than 12,000 monasteries scattered across the country. Incidents of child abuse in monasteries have been consistently reported in the media and safety and ethical concerns around child ordination have also been raised. However, no formal studies have been conducted on this subject. This article attempts to explore this topic through the lenses of author's two decades of lived experience as a Buddhist monk, media reports and limited scientific literature.</p>","PeriodicalId":47371,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse Review","volume":"34 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/car.70020","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143707201","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}
Wilfredo P. Caube, Francis Ann R. Sy, Don Eliseo Lucero Prisno
{"title":"Subject: Mainstreaming Emotional Education in Schools in the Philippines","authors":"Wilfredo P. Caube, Francis Ann R. Sy, Don Eliseo Lucero Prisno","doi":"10.1002/car.70017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/car.70017","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47371,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse Review","volume":"34 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143612445","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":"Suicide in Children and Adolescents: New Interventions and Risk FactorsBy Michelle A. Patriquin and Katrina A. Rufino (eds.), London: Taylor and Francis, 2023. 138 pp. ISBN: 9781032058412","authors":"V. Kalyani","doi":"10.1002/car.70018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/car.70018","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47371,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse Review","volume":"34 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143466108","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":"An Investigation Into the Positive and Negative Outcomes for Clinicians Working With Child Survivors of Sexual Abuse","authors":"Diarmuid Sheehan, Joanne Nelson, Alan Carr","doi":"10.1002/car.70015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/car.70015","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Working with children who have experienced child sexual abuse (CSA) may have a negative impact on a clinician's wellbeing. However, there is some evidence to indicate CSA work may also result in positive outcomes for the clinician. This study aimed to explore the positive and negative outcomes for clinicians working with CSA. Eighteen clinicians working across a range of services in Ireland and the United Kingdom participated in this study. All were involved in the management of CSA, and their ages ranged between 31 and 53 years (mean = 41.9 years). Participants were recruited through an opt-in regime following a targeted advertisement and email campaign. Semi-structured interviews were completed to explore clinicians' perceived experiences of the positive and negative outcomes of CSA work. Data was analysed using thematic analysis. The thematic analysis developed four themes and four subthemes. The first two were ‘Protecting the Clinician’ and ‘Fulfilment from CSA Work’, which identified participants' subjective understanding of what systemic supports and personal actions maintain their psychological and physical wellbeing. The third and fourth themes, ‘Intrapersonal Disruption’ and ‘The Multiple Challenges of CSA Work’, described the difficulties of working with CSA and the negative impact it can have for clinicians. Findings highlight the importance of supporting clinicians to develop protective strategies to manage the negative impact of CSA work while also acknowledging the positive outcomes, notably a sense of fulfilment associated with working in this specialist area.</p>","PeriodicalId":47371,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse Review","volume":"34 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/car.70015","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143120131","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}
Ozge Nur Dogan, Taner Artan, Ahmed Taha Arifoglu, Aylin Arici
{"title":"Factors Related to Parents' Sensitivity to Violence Against Child in Türkiye: A Cross-Sectional Study","authors":"Ozge Nur Dogan, Taner Artan, Ahmed Taha Arifoglu, Aylin Arici","doi":"10.1002/car.70016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/car.70016","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The literature indicates that parents can also be perpetrators of violence against children, which is influenced by various factors. This study investigated the relationships between parents' prosocial behaviour, educational status and adverse childhood experiences on their tendency to engage in physical violence against children. A quantitative research design and convenience sampling were utilized, with 500 parents residing in Türkiye, who had children under 18 years of age. The statistical significance level was set at <i>p</i> < 0.05, with a reliability interval of 95%. The data were evaluated using a moderated moderation analysis method. The results of the study indicated that the asssociation of parents' adverse childhood experiences on prosocial behaviour and sensitivity to child-directed violence varies depending on their level of education. The interaction between adverse childhood experiences and educational level was found to have a significant association with the relationship between parents' prosocial behaviour and sensitivity to child-directed violence. Various recommendations were made at the end of the study.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47371,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse Review","volume":"34 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143119481","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":"Barnahus Is Coming: A Reflexive Thematic Analysis of How Child Sexual Abuse Services at a Dublin Hospital Adapt and Respond","authors":"Eimear Lacey, Mary Collins","doi":"10.1002/car.70014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/car.70014","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The Barnahus Model, influencing how professionals across child protection, criminal justice and health come together to support families, has become the core model of response to concerns of child sexual abuse (CSA) in Europe and represents a significant social innovation currently being developed in Ireland. In 2019, Barnahus West in Galway, Ireland, was launched. Two additional services, Barnahus South and East, are in development. Nine senior professionals, across three internal services in a Dublin hospital and members of this organisations Barnahus steering group, participated in semistructured interviews on this topic. This reflexive thematic analysis, utilising the lenses of leadership, innovation and change, explores how already existing services based in this Dublin hospital may adapt and respond to facilitate this social innovation. Three themes were identified: Focus of Change Management, Barriers to Change and First Steps to Implementation. Recommendations include that a collective leadership approach is best suited to implementation of this change. The steering group would also benefit from utilising a formal change model to support their work. Small-scale testing of an initial cross-system response to CSA to inform wider implementation of systemic change is recommended.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47371,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse Review","volume":"34 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143113608","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":"Peer Victimization Among a Clinical Sample of Turkish Youth With Autism Spectrum Disorder","authors":"Yagmur Gündüz, Alper Alnak, Murat Coskun","doi":"10.1002/car.70008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/car.70008","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Young subjects with developmental disabilities are vulnerable and may experience frequent peer victimization. Quantifying the risk and associated factors and consequences of peer victimization among this vulnerable population would have clinical and public health implications. In this descriptive cross-sectional study, we aimed to investigate peer victimization and relationships with psychiatric comorbidity and sociodemographic/socioeconomic variables in a clinical sample of young subjects with ASD without ID in a nonwestern country. The Revised Olweus Bully/Victim Questionnaire and a semistructured diagnostic instrument were used to investigate victimization experiences and psychiatric disorders, respectively. The majority of the subjects (68.8%) experienced victimization (verbal, relational or physical) by their peers. Only 45% (18/40) of the victims' parents were aware of their child's victimization status. Frequency of generalized anxiety disorder and self-reported anxiety scores were higher in those with more severe victimization. A binary logistic regression analysis for victimization yielded significant associations for having a single parent, a higher maternal educational level, a lower paternal educational level and higher depression scores. Psychiatric evaluation of young subjects with ASD should include questioning about bullying experiences. Because parents may not be aware of bullying experience, disclosing bullying experience only depending on the parental report may cause an underreport of bullying among young subjects with ASD.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47371,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse Review","volume":"33 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143118019","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":"Developing an Understanding of Complex Trauma Among Child Sexual Assault Survivors in South Africa: Implications for Practice","authors":"Shanaaz Mathews, Lizette M. Berry","doi":"10.1002/car.70012","DOIUrl":"10.1002/car.70012","url":null,"abstract":"<p>South Africa has extraordinarily high levels of CSA with profound immediate and long-term mental health outcomes. This study aimed to investigate the mental health adjustment of children who experienced CSA and accessed support services using mixed methods. Structured interviews using validated mental health screening tools were conducted with children, between the ages of 7–18 years at three intervals over a 10-month period. Semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted with primary caregivers to explore their views on the child's adjustment, and a validated parenting measure was used to assess parenting practices over time. Nearly 20% of all children met the clinical criteria for depression, but younger children showed increased recovery from depression over time. More than a third (37%) of younger children had full-symptom PTSD at baseline, with about a quarter (24%) of adolescents meeting the full-symptom PTSD criteria. We found that although full-symptom PTSD decreased to 26% for younger children, there was a slight increase (32%) in full-symptom PTSD among adolescents. Children's experiences of poly-victimisation were highlighted through caregiver interviews combined with caregivers' own experiences of unresolved trauma. Therapeutic models need to address the complex nature of trauma that children experience and unresolved trauma experienced by many families to break this intergenerational cycle.</p>","PeriodicalId":47371,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse Review","volume":"33 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11629608/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142814926","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":"Self-Esteem, Family Support and Online Grooming Risk Among Adolescents: The Role of Problematic Internet Usage","authors":"Yahya Aktu","doi":"10.1002/car.70007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/car.70007","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The online grooming risk (OGR) among adolescents has risen due to the development of technology and the growing use of social media. Although crucial links have been described among family support, self-esteem and OGR, little is known about the mechanisms problematic Internet usage has in these links. This study aims to investigate the mediating role of problematic Internet usage in the relationship among family support, self-esteem and OGR. The participants consist of a total of 406 adolescents in Türkiye, with 283 girls and 123 boys (age, mean ± standard deviation = 16.25 ± 1.68). The relationships among the variables were examined using the Pearson correlation, while mediation analyses were carried out using structural equation modelling. Correlational analyses reveal family support to be negatively associated with both OGR and problematic Internet usage. Meanwhile, family support was positively correlated with self-esteem. Similarly, a positive and statistically significant relationship was determined between OGR and problematic Internet usage. The results indicate problematic Internet usage to mediate the relationship between family support and OGR as well as the relationship between self-esteem and OGR. These results highlight the importance of paying attention to adolescents' mental health regarding problematic Internet usage by considering the protective factors of self-esteem and family support due to their close association with OGR.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47371,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse Review","volume":"33 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142860443","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}
Maria Camila Zuloaga-Sarmiento, Juan Jose Nofal-Ladino, Maria Alejandra Palacios-Ariza, Johana Benavides-Cruz, Maria Esperanza Duran, German Darío Briceño
{"title":"Frequency of Child Abuse Before, During and After Confinement by COVID-19: A Multicentre Cross-Sectional Study in Bogotá","authors":"Maria Camila Zuloaga-Sarmiento, Juan Jose Nofal-Ladino, Maria Alejandra Palacios-Ariza, Johana Benavides-Cruz, Maria Esperanza Duran, German Darío Briceño","doi":"10.1002/car.70010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/car.70010","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Child abuse represents a significant global issue with profound short- and long-term social consequences. The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated risk factors associated with child abuse, particularly during confinement periods. This study aimed to assess the frequency of child abuse in three health institutions in Bogotá from 2019 to 2021, encompassing the pre-pandemic, social isolation and social reopening phases. A cross-sectional analysis was conducted involving patients under 18 years diagnosed with child abuse through the ‘Buen Trato’ program at Clinica Colsanitas S.A. The study calculated the overall frequency of abuse across different periods and utilized descriptive statistics to characterize the cases. A total of 294 cases were identified, with a median age of 9.3 years; 60.9% were female, and 42.5% were adolescents. Sexual abuse emerged as the most prevalent form of abuse, primarily perpetrated by parents. The overall confirmed child abuse frequency was 47.6%, with a notable rise in cases during the pandemic: pre-pandemic (confirmed/reported: 104/207; 50.2%), social isolation (144/302; 47.7%) and social reopening (46/109; 42.2%). Interestingly, during the social isolation period, there was a decline in reported suspected abuse cases in health institutions, likely due to access barriers created by confinement measures.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47371,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse Review","volume":"33 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142860444","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}