Adrienne Schlatter, Rebecca T. Wiester, Alysha D. Thompson, Joyce Gilbert, Teresa Forshag, Kenneth W. Feldman
{"title":"Child torture: A Washington state case series","authors":"Adrienne Schlatter, Rebecca T. Wiester, Alysha D. Thompson, Joyce Gilbert, Teresa Forshag, Kenneth W. Feldman","doi":"10.1002/car.2848","DOIUrl":"10.1002/car.2848","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Child torture is a worldwide problem, but there is very little research on torture as a form of child abuse. In 2014 Knox et al. reported the first case series on child torture and developed criteria to diagnose child abuse torture. Our objective was to describe additional child abuse torture victims and to determine whether they shared similar patterns, including types of abuse, duration and possible opportunities for early identification. This multi-site case series reviewed 47 children identified as torture victims at three Washington State child abuse programs spanning 15 years. Data was collected through retrospective chart review. Simple descriptive statistics were utilised. Our study found that abuse occurred over months to years. All children experienced psychological maltreatment, 89 per cent had findings of physical abuse. Malnutrition and medical, emotional and educational neglect were common. Majority of torture victims had previously been involved with CPS or had seen a medical provider prior to diagnosis, at which time they had findings of torture, but received no protective intervention. It's important to develop criteria for recognition and early intervention since tortured children experienced sustained, systematic and escalating abuse.</p>","PeriodicalId":47371,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse Review","volume":"33 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135718778","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":"Families of four-year-old children experiencing violence: A national survey of parents and public health nurses on help and support","authors":"Tuija Leppäkoski, Maaret Vuorenmaa, Eija Paavilainen","doi":"10.1002/car.2847","DOIUrl":"10.1002/car.2847","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Intimate partner violence (IPV) and child maltreatment (CM) – together referred to as family violence (FV) – often co-occur. In Finland, public health nurses play an important role in identifying FV. They regularly meet families and assess children's health until the child turns seven. This nationwide retrospective cross-sectional survey (FinChildren) aimed to describe and compare help and support needs in violent families from the perspectives of the parents of four-year-old children and public health nurses for advancing families' and professionals' collaboration in preventing FV. The data (<i>N</i> = 7476 families) included the responses of one parent from each family and public health nurses, caring for that certain family. The data analysis encompassed statistical methods. The results showed that 47.0% of the parents reported FV. The public health nurses assessed that 0.7% of the parents would have needed support for CM and 1.3% for IPV. They assessed that the parents involved in FV needed more support for their personal coping (<i>p</i> < 0.001) and intimate relationship (<i>p</i> < 0.017) compared with parents without FV. These parents were also found to have other support needs. We concluded that public health nurses recognise only a fraction of FV occurring in families. Risk assessment tools are needed to enable child and family professionals to better intervene in and prevent FV.</p>","PeriodicalId":47371,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse Review","volume":"33 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/car.2847","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136308727","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":"Analysis of child abuse by science mapping method","authors":"Nurdan Unaldi","doi":"10.1002/car.2845","DOIUrl":"10.1002/car.2845","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Child abuse is defined as physical and emotional maltreatment, sexual abuse, neglect and exploitation that cause actual or potential harm to the child's health, development, or dignity. Bibliometrics analyses works produced in a particular field, period and region. It is used to determine the studies carried out in any field, their development and changes in the process, and possible trends. The Web of Science Core Collection database was preferred due to the vast amount of high-quality and effective scientific articles accepted in academic environments worldwide. The data obtained from the database were extracted and filtered. The Bibliometrix program was used to perform a bibliometric analysis of the data obtained from the database. In our research, 2684 articles were analysed. The first scientific study on child abuse research was entered into the database in 1980. It was used in 786 sources and 2684 documents between 1980 and 2021. <i>Child Abuse & Neglect</i> is the journal with the most publications, representing 15.05 per cent (404/2684) of the total articles. The publication of articles on child abuse in journals started in the 1980s. An increase was observed in the number of articles published in the following years.</p>","PeriodicalId":47371,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse Review","volume":"33 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135154316","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}
Molly O'Connor, Charlotte Wilson, Barry Coughlan, Robbie Duschinsky, Sarah Foster
{"title":"How clinical psychologists respond to child safeguarding dilemmas: A qualitative study","authors":"Molly O'Connor, Charlotte Wilson, Barry Coughlan, Robbie Duschinsky, Sarah Foster","doi":"10.1002/car.2850","DOIUrl":"10.1002/car.2850","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This research aimed to explore how clinical psychologists respond to child safeguarding dilemmas, with special attention to the role of psychology in child welfare. Transcripts from 20 semi-structured interviews with clinical psychologists working in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in England were analysed using a qualitative framework approach. In these interviews, two family case vignettes were used to examine how psychologists respond to child safeguarding dilemmas. We identified three overarching themes: operating within a system of stretched resources; characterising who is considered ‘supportable’ by psychological services; and challenges around conceptualising and responding to risk. Clinical psychologists viewed social services as responsible for family cases with safeguarding concerns and were reluctant to engage in high-risk cases where stability in the home was not yet established. They saw their role in child welfare primarily as sense-makers for families, by offering a contextualised explanation/formulation for the presenting difficulties.</p>","PeriodicalId":47371,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse Review","volume":"33 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/car.2850","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135308624","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 marriage and education in the context of a global pandemic: Exploring the gendered implications of COVID-inspired school closures in Ghana","authors":"Abdul-Rahim Mohammed","doi":"10.1002/car.2846","DOIUrl":"10.1002/car.2846","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This article aims to cast light on the negative but silent effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on girls' education and welfare in Ghana. Since the pandemic emerged in 2019, unprecedented changes have occurred in ordinary people's health, education and social life. As a response to the pandemic, governments globally implemented social distancing regimes, lockdowns and school closures to curtail the spread of the virus. While this approach did help in curtailing the spread of the pandemic, implementing lockdowns and school closures in Ghana had unintended consequences: they amplified gendered inequalities in access to education. Drawing on one-on-one semi-structured interviews with (i) 10 teachers and one head teacher, 13 parents of child brides, and 11 child brides (aged 15–19), and (ii) Focus group discussions (FGDs) with 15 community leaders in a rural Ghanaian setting (Mion), this article provides empirical evidence to show how the pandemic has disrupted the lives and education of 11 girls. In particular, school closures and rising poverty due to the pandemic led to increased child marriage. These 11 schoolgirls were seen as a burden by their parents, and, consequently, married off to older men as an adverse coping strategy. Furthermore, some of the girls themselves requested to be married, due to rising household chores occasioned by the school closures. Finally, the school closures also offered the community the justification to reactivate deeply held notions about the value of a girl's education as a basis for marrying them off.</p>","PeriodicalId":47371,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse Review","volume":"33 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-09-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41797723","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":"The positive and negative effects of working with child sexual abuse for health and social care professionals: A systematic review","authors":"Diarmuid Sheehan, Jessica Holland, Alan Carr","doi":"10.1002/car.2849","DOIUrl":"10.1002/car.2849","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The aim of this systematic review was to determine the positive and negative outcomes of working with children who had experienced sexual abuse for health and social care professionals. The following four databases were searched using predetermined terms: PsycINFO, PubMed, CINAHL and Web of Science. Inclusion criteria included peer-reviewed qualitative, quantitative, multi-method or mixed method studies written in the English language. Study identification, quality assessment and data extraction were independently completed by two researchers, with a high degree of inter-rater reliability. Eight studies (six qualitative, one quantitative and one multi-method) met the inclusion criteria. Reviewed studies were conducted in the United States, Israel, Ireland and South Africa. Both positive and negative outcomes for healthcare professionals working with childhood sexual abuse (CSA) were identified. Additionally, a range of personal and contextual mitigating and risk factors were identified that may affect professionals' vulnerability to negative outcomes from CSA work, which have implications for practice. Due to the limited evidence base, clinical implications are tentative. Future research should adopt longitudinal methodologies and focus on participants from a range of disciplines and work contexts, particularly outside the United States.</p>","PeriodicalId":47371,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse Review","volume":"33 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/car.2849","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45413066","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":"Examining the moderating effects of school factors on sense of acceptance and mental health: A multilevel analysis","authors":"Yuriko Yanagi","doi":"10.1002/car.2844","DOIUrl":"10.1002/car.2844","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Children who feel unaccepted by their mothers tend to have poor mental health. Although school factors (social support from homeroom or from teachers and friends, as well as classroom satisfaction) can protect students, few studies have examined these factors at the classroom level. Understanding the relationships between sense of acceptance, school factors and mental health may help students. This study, conducted in Japan, examines how sense of acceptance at the student level and school factors at the student and classroom levels affect the mental health variables of depression, loneliness, subjective happiness and emotional wellbeing. In total, 1470 Japanese school students (8–15 years old) from 68 classes participated. Multilevel analysis was conducted at the student and classroom levels. At the classroom level, social support from friends was associated with lower depression and loneliness and higher emotional wellbeing (<i>p</i> < 0.01). A positive classroom climate moderated the relationships of sense of acceptance with depression, loneliness, subjective happiness and emotional wellbeing (<i>p</i> < 0.05). Social support from friends at the classroom level and positive classroom climate at the student level serve as protective factors for students who feel unaccepted by their mothers. More activities boosting classroom student interactions would benefit such students.</p>","PeriodicalId":47371,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse Review","volume":"33 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/car.2844","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43383115","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}
Francisca Babo, Catarina Pinheiro Mota, Beatriz Santos, Paula Mena Matos, Helena Carvalho
{"title":"‘I just know I am upset, and thats it!’: The role of adolescents’ attachment, emotions, and relationship with caregivers in residential care","authors":"Francisca Babo, Catarina Pinheiro Mota, Beatriz Santos, Paula Mena Matos, Helena Carvalho","doi":"10.1002/car.2843","DOIUrl":"10.1002/car.2843","url":null,"abstract":"<p>According to the attachment theory, the establishment of emotional bonds with significant figures is an important process in human development throughout life. The quality of the relationships between adolescents and their caregivers in residential care (RC) may act as a protective factor for internal reorganisation and the development of emotional regulation skills. The present study aims to analyse the effect of insecure attachment orientation and the quality of relationships developed with caregivers in RC settings and adolescent emotion regulation. It also aims to assess the mediating role of emotion regulation in the association between attachment and the quality of the relationship with caregivers. The sample consisted of 249 adolescents, aged between 12 and 18 years old, living in RC facilities in Porto (Portugal). The results suggest that perceived insecurity of attachment to significant figures has a negative effect on emotional regulation and on the quality of the relationship with caregivers. We also found a negative mediating effect of the differentiating emotions dimension on the association between attachment and the quality of the relationship with caregivers. It is relevant to highlight the importance of close affective relationships in developing adolescents' ability to regulate their emotions and particularly the impact of caregivers and their work in residential care.</p>","PeriodicalId":47371,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse Review","volume":"33 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-08-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44142641","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}
Monica Duman, Sarah Bekaert, Alison Cocks, Jane V. Appleton
{"title":"Mapping local policy approaches to child neglect assessment practice and use of tools in England","authors":"Monica Duman, Sarah Bekaert, Alison Cocks, Jane V. Appleton","doi":"10.1002/car.2842","DOIUrl":"10.1002/car.2842","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Child neglect has devastating enduring consequences for children and its identification and assessment remains challenging for practitioners. In England, assessment tools and standardised measures have been incorporated in welfare and safeguarding practice to help practitioners' critical observation and analysis and improve their assessments of risk. However, the picture regarding child neglect assessment practice trends on the ground remains unknown. This mapping exercise aimed to, firstly, provide an overview of the approaches to neglect practice and neglect assessment tools promoted by Local Safeguarding Children Partnerships (LSCPs) across England, and secondly, provide a brief examination of the types of tools advocated. An email survey was sent to the safeguarding leads or chairs of LSCPs in England (<i>n</i> = 121). Forty-two valid responses were received (34.7%). Almost all participating LSCPs had a Neglect Strategy in place and recommended the use of tools and chronologies when working with neglect. Eighteen individual neglect tools were reported with only two of these having undergone psychometric testing. The findings affirm that the use of tools or instruments with low or no testing for psychometric properties continues to be widespread in children's social care and welfare practice in England. Implications and recommendations for practice, policy and future research are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":47371,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse Review","volume":"33 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/car.2842","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46206414","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}
Julie Taylor, Jonathan Dickens, Joanna Garstang, Laura Cook, Nutmeg Hallett, Eleanor Molloy
{"title":"Tackling the ‘normalisation of neglect’: Messages from child protection reviews in England","authors":"Julie Taylor, Jonathan Dickens, Joanna Garstang, Laura Cook, Nutmeg Hallett, Eleanor Molloy","doi":"10.1002/car.2841","DOIUrl":"10.1002/car.2841","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Despite a history of critique, concentrated discussion and improved assessment processes, neglect continues to be a major challenge for child protection services. This paper draws on findings from a government-commissioned analysis of ‘serious case reviews’ (SCRs) in England, arising from incidents of serious child abuse in 2017–2019. There were 235 cases, for which 166 final reports were available. Alongside a quantitative analysis of the whole cohort, we undertook an in-depth qualitative analysis of 12 cases involving neglect. A key challenge in responding to neglect in its different forms is that it can be so widespread amongst families that practitioners no longer notice its severity or chronicity – it becomes normalised. In this paper we explore two dimensions of the ‘paradox of neglect’ where it seems to be everywhere and nowhere simultaneously. The first is that neglect is so closely bound up with the prevalence of poverty that little action is taken to address it. The second is that the overwhelming nature of neglect can blind practitioners to other forms of maltreatment that may also be present within a family. Practitioners, now more than ever, need to recognise the dimensions of this paradox to protect children from neglect.</p>","PeriodicalId":47371,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse Review","volume":"33 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/car.2841","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42260737","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}