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{"title":"Childhood adversity and empathy in eating disorders: Exploring transdiagnostic profiles and socio-emotional functioning","authors":"Paolo Meneguzzo ,&nbsp;Alberto De Mico ,&nbsp;Laura Maragno ,&nbsp;Anna Marzotto ,&nbsp;Fabio Conti ,&nbsp;Luca Maggi ,&nbsp;Barbara Mezzani ,&nbsp;Patrizia Todisco","doi":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107445","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107445","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), including abuse and neglect, have been associated with difficulties in developing empathy. People with eating disorders (EDs) often report higher rates of ACE and display empathy-related impairments, which may contribute to maladaptive interpersonal functioning.</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>This study explored the associations between childhood adversities and empathy-related outcomes in individuals with ED compared to a general population sample (GP).</div></div><div><h3>Participants and setting</h3><div>Participants included 210 people with EDs (94 anorexia nervosa restrictive, 34 binge-purge anorexia nervosa, 36 bulimia nervosa, 36 binge-eating disorder, 24 OSFED) from national ED clinics and 151 participants from the GP.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Participants completed the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ) and the Empathy Quotient (EQ). Multivariate analyzes evaluated group differences and associations between specific forms of childhood adversity and subdomains of EQ: cognitive empathy (CE), emotional reactivity (ER) and social skills (SS).</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>ACEs were more prevalent in the ED group (56 %) than in the GP (33 %, χ² = 31.81, <em>p</em> &lt; 0.001). Emotional abuse and neglect were associated with a lower ER and SS, and physical neglect was associated with a reduction in CE and ER. No significant effects for physical or sexual abuse. Group membership alone was not associated with empathy outcomes. Cluster analysis identified two profiles: one with high trauma exposure and lower empathy, and another with lower trauma and more preserved socio-emotional functioning.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>Findings highlight the specific impact of emotional forms of childhood adversity on empathy in EDs and support trauma-informed, individualized interventions based on socio-emotional profiles.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51343,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse & Neglect","volume":"164 ","pages":"Article 107445"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143783224","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Child sexual abuse reporting: Trends and challenges before, during, and after COVID-19 school closures in Georgia, USA","authors":"Spencer E. Riner ,&nbsp;Akiv J. Dawson ,&nbsp;Jessica Smith Schwind ,&nbsp;Amanda Graham ,&nbsp;Chad Posick","doi":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107434","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107434","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>The COVID-19 pandemic led to widespread school closures, raising concerns that reduced contact with mandated reporters would result in underreporting of child sexual abuse (CSA). However, limited empirical research has examined how school closures influenced CSA reporting trends.</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>This study investigated whether COVID-19 school closures were associated with varying demographic characteristics of CSA reports in Georgia.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Data from the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS) Child File 2019–2021 was used to inform the following research questions in Georgia: 1) What were the demographic characteristics of CSA victims between 2019 and 2021?; 2) Were the COVID-19 school closures associated with the demographic differences (e.g., age, race/ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic circumstances, prior victimization, etc.) in CSA reports?</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The findings from this study supported the hypothesis that COVID-19 school closures diminished CSA reporting for some victim groups. The largest proportion of reports involved racial/ethnic minority children (49.9 %), girls (83.0 %), and elementary school-aged children (39.0 %). Prior victimization was noted in 17.2 % of cases, and nearly half of the reports involved children from single-parent households (45.0 %). Proportions of some victim sociodemographic characteristics significantly differed across each of the time periods examined.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>COVID-19 school closures led to a decline in CSA reporting for certain victim groups and shifts in victim demographics in Georgia, underscoring the need for future research, policy adaptations, and interventions to address these reporting gaps and ensure more equitable protection for vulnerable children in times of public health emergencies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51343,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse & Neglect","volume":"164 ","pages":"Article 107434"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143769328","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Evaluating the impact of No Hit Zone trainings in preschool-age childcare facilities for child maltreatment prevention: A quasi-experimental pilot study","authors":"Christina M. Rodriguez ,&nbsp;Kirsten Swedburg Ericksen ,&nbsp;Viola Vaughan-Eden ,&nbsp;Breshell Jackson-Nevels ,&nbsp;Stacie LeBlanc ,&nbsp;Paige Munshell","doi":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107432","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107432","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Corporal punishment represents a risk factor for child physical maltreatment but viewed as acceptable by many in the U.S.</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>This study investigated the effectiveness of No Hit Zone (NHZ) training in changing attitudes related to corporal punishment (CP) among staff and mothers at preschool-age childcare facilities.</div></div><div><h3>Participants and setting</h3><div>Employing a quasi-experimental design, the timing of NHZ training was staggered across three childcare facilities at five intervals, with 24 staff and 20 mothers completing repeated assessments. Staff reported on their CP approval, willingness to intervene when witnessing hitting on site, familiarity with institutional policies, at-risk parenting beliefs, attributions of negative child intent, support for ineffective class management strategies, and knowledge of non-physical discipline alternatives; mothers reported on their CP approval, at-risk parenting beliefs, and knowledge of alternatives to physical discipline.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Findings support change over time, specifically with a decrease in staff CP approval and at-risk parenting and increased willingness to intervene, with some evidence these effects were sustained over time. Mothers' CP approval and at-risk parenting also decreased following the facility's NHZ training.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Findings from this study suggest that NHZ trainings can impact attitudes that could contribute to the prevention of child maltreatment. Future directions are suggested on how to expand on such research designs to inform and enhance implementation of NHZ training in educational settings.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51343,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse & Neglect","volume":"164 ","pages":"Article 107432"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143748430","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The economic burden of child maltreatment and co-occurring parental domestic violence and abuse in the UK","authors":"Kevin Herbert ,&nbsp;Gene Feder ,&nbsp;Ruth Gilbert ,&nbsp;Claire Powell ,&nbsp;Emma Howarth ,&nbsp;Stephen Morris","doi":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107435","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107435","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Child maltreatment (CM) and parental domestic violence and abuse (pDVA) impose considerable lifelong adverse outcomes on those affected. Despite sharing multiple family and environmental risk factors, the economic burden of child exposure where they co-occur has not previously been estimated in detail.</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>To estimate average lifetime societal costs resulting from CM or childhood exposure to pDVA, and incremental costs for scenarios where they co-occur.</div></div><div><h3>Participants and setting</h3><div>Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children, G1 (child) cohort.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>We developed a model to estimate lifetime societal costs (2019 GBP) for fatal and non-fatal exposure to CM and/or pDVA for the study sample. Total lifetime costs per child exposed, total UK economic burden, and UK government-specific costs were then estimated for the cohort of children born in the UK in 2013.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Lifetime costs for childhood exposure to CM and/or pDVA, were £71,309 per child (non-fatal exposure), and £1,292,377 per CM fatality, with £27.8 billion projected costs (2013 UK birth cohort). Total costs for exposure to pDVA alone was £1.0 billion (£16,639 per child exposed), rising to £2.0 billion (£71,037 per exposed child) for children reporting awareness of pDVA. Co-occurring CM and pDVA imposed greater costs than either alone, including costs from child perpetration of intimate partner violence.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>CM and/or pDVA exposure incurs large personal and societal economic burdens, and costs from both pDVA exposure and intergenerational transmission of IPV perpetration, highlight the importance for policies to address both CM and domestic violence and abuse in affected households.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51343,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse & Neglect","volume":"163 ","pages":"Article 107435"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143739093","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Epistemic mistrust mediates the association between childhood maltreatment and impairments in mentalizing in a sample of university students","authors":"Nicola-Hans Schwarzer ,&nbsp;Nöelle Behringer ,&nbsp;Paula Dees ,&nbsp;Stephan Gingelmaier ,&nbsp;Melanie Henter ,&nbsp;Holger Kirsch ,&nbsp;Tillmann Kreuzer ,&nbsp;Robert Langnickel ,&nbsp;Pierre-Carl Link ,&nbsp;Sascha Müller ,&nbsp;Agnes Turner ,&nbsp;Peter Fonagy ,&nbsp;Tobias Nolte","doi":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107436","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107436","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Mentalizing is linked to mental health development and psychosocial functioning. Identifying and understanding the factors that may be associated with ineffective mentalizing is crucial for creating targeted psychosocial or psychotherapeutic interventions.</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>This exploratory study assesses whether experiences of childhood maltreatment, along with attachment insecurity and epistemic mistrust, are associated with limitations in mentalizing abilities.</div></div><div><h3>Participants and setting</h3><div>A total of 382 primarily young adults from different universities completed questionnaires about their childhood maltreatment experiences (retrospectively assessed), attachment insecurity, epistemic mistrust, and ineffective mentalizing, using a cross-sectional study design. All participants were pursuing a degree in educational fields.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Structural equation modeling was applied to test the hypothesized framework.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>There were significant positive associations between experiences of childhood maltreatment, epistemic mistrust (<em>β</em> = 0.32 [0.17–0.46], <em>p</em> = .001), and attachment insecurity (<em>β</em> = 0.29 [0.18–0.40], <em>p</em> &lt; .001). Epistemic mistrust fully mediated the relationship between childhood maltreatment and ineffective mentalizing (<em>β</em> = 0.17 [0.08–0.28], <em>p</em> = .001). However, attachment insecurity did not mediate this link.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>This exploratory study sheds light on the development of mentalizing impairments, though it is limited by its cross-sectional nature, reliance on self-reporting, and the uniformity of the sample with mainly female, primarily young adults from different universities. The preliminary findings suggest the role of attachment insecurity might have been overemphasized previously. Moreover, the link between childhood maltreatment and mentalizing deficits appears more intricate, as it was fully mediated by epistemic mistrust in this study. The findings support the notion of addressing epistemic mistrust in psychosocial interventions designed to improve mentalizing abilities that have been compromised.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51343,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse & Neglect","volume":"163 ","pages":"Article 107436"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143739667","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Does the timing matter? The association between childhood adversity and internalizing and externalizing problems from childhood to adolescence and its sex differences","authors":"Jungeun Olivia Lee ,&nbsp;Lei Duan ,&nbsp;Anna Constantino-Pettit ,&nbsp;Yoewon Yoon ,&nbsp;Monica L. Oxford ,&nbsp;Jennifer Rose ,&nbsp;Julie A. Cederbaum","doi":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107437","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107437","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Childhood adversity (CA) is a well-known risk factor for mental distress, and its impacts may vary depending on its timing. However, relevant empirical studies are rare and ambiguous. Similarly, prior studies have given little attention to possible moderating effects by sex, particularly in the context of developmental stages.</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>This study sought to identify when the impacts of CA on children's mental health become pronounced and the extent to which these relations and sensitive timing vary by gender.</div></div><div><h3>Participants and setting</h3><div>Data were from the Young Women and Child Development Study (<em>n</em> = 360), covering ages 4.3 to 17.6.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Time-varying effect models, including moderation by child gender, were evaluated.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The effect of CA on mental health surged during middle childhood (<em>b</em> = 0.93 at age 10 and 1.94 at age 9 for internalizing and externalizing problems, respectively) and peaked at age 15 (<em>b</em> = 2.35 and 3.53 for internalizing and externalizing problems, respectively). Gender interaction findings suggest that gender moderation effects were limited to between ages 10.3 (<em>b</em> = 0.88) and 14.3 (<em>b</em> = 1.11) for internalizing problems and between ages 5.3 (<em>b</em> = 1.06) and 7.0 (<em>b</em> = 1.31) for externalizing problems. For girls, the influence began escalating at an earlier age.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Middle childhood and early adolescence should be considered key intervention points to prevent CA from worsening children's mental health. Intervention timing should be tailored by gender to effectively disrupt the impacts of childhood adversity on mental health.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51343,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse & Neglect","volume":"163 ","pages":"Article 107437"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143739666","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Associations between self-reported and agency-reported child maltreatment and mental illness in later life: Results from the CALM study","authors":"M. Trott ,&nbsp;C. Bull ,&nbsp;J.M. Najman ,&nbsp;S. Kisely","doi":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107433","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107433","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Child maltreatment (CM), including physical, emotional, and sexual abuse, and neglect, has been consistently linked to various mental illnesses. Research directly comparing self-reported versus agency-reported CM, however, is limited, especially with official mental health services use.</div></div><div><h3>Objectives</h3><div>This study compared associations between hospital admissions and community mental health service use for mental illness in self-reported versus agency-reported CM.</div></div><div><h3>Participants and setting</h3><div>Agency-reported CM from 0 to 15 years was linked to an Australian birth cohort via administrative record linkage, and self-reported CM was collected at 30-year follow-up.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The sample included 2392 individuals. Self-reported CM was significantly associated with admissions for any type of mental illness (OR_adj = 2.84, 95%CI 1.95–4.13), psychotic disorders (OR_adj = 3.26, 95%CI 1.79–5.95), and common mental disorders (OR_adj = 3.38, 95%CI 2.13–5.36), as well as increased community mental health service use (OR_adj = 3.66, 95%CI 2.43–5.52). Agency-reported CM was only associated with admissions for any type of mental illness (OR_adj = 2.36, 95%CI 1.32–4.21), and increased community mental health service use (OR_adj = 2.91, 95%CI 1.62–5.25).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>Self-reported CM showed higher effect sizes with higher degrees of certainty with all forms of mental illness service use compared to agency-reported CM, highlighting the need to consider both in future research.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51343,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse & Neglect","volume":"163 ","pages":"Article 107433"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143734860","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Testing for bleeding disorders in child abuse: AAP recommendation adherence and testing results","authors":"Lyndsey Hultman ,&nbsp;Angela Doswell ,&nbsp;Henry T. Puls ,&nbsp;Shannon L. Carpenter ,&nbsp;Angela Bachim ,&nbsp;Caitlin R. McNamara ,&nbsp;Farah W. Brink ,&nbsp;Lori D. Frasier ,&nbsp;Nancy S. Harper ,&nbsp;Natalie Laub ,&nbsp;Kristine A. Campbell ,&nbsp;Daniel M. Lindberg ,&nbsp;Joanne N. Wood ,&nbsp;James Anderst","doi":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107431","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107431","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><div>Using a multicenter child abuse pediatrics research network (CAPNET), the study objectives were to characterize the adherence to American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommendations for bleeding disorder testing and the frequency of bleeding disorder identification.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>We performed a descriptive study of bleeding disorder evaluations among children younger than 10 years of age who presented with bruising and/or intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) concerning for abuse from February 2021–May 2022 utilizing CAPNET. Cases were classified as bruising without ICH or ICH with or without bruising. Based on AAP guidance, testing was not recommended in cases with concomitant suspicious injuries, inflicted injury history, patterned injury, and low clinical concern for abuse. The primary outcome was adherence to AAP recommendations for testing by study group. We also calculated the frequency of bleeding disorder identification.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>A total of 2491 children presented with bruising and/or ICH concerning for abuse during the study period. 25.1 % of subjects (468 with bruising and 157 with ICH) were recommended to have testing by AAP criteria. Of these, 10.5 % cases of bruising and 33.1 % cases of ICH completed all AAP recommended testing. Among CAPNET centers, AAP recommended testing completion ranged from 0 to 34.1 % of bruising cases and 4.8–100 % of ICH cases. In total, 0.7 % (18/2491) cases had a newly identified bleeding disorder, with more identified at one center with higher testing rates.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Testing for bleeding disorders based on AAP recommendations frequently did not occur and varied by CAPNET center. Although rare, bleeding disorders were present among cases with testing.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51343,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse & Neglect","volume":"163 ","pages":"Article 107431"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143734863","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Exploring nursing students' awareness about child abuse and neglect","authors":"Mohammad M. Alnaeem ,&nbsp;Mohammad A. Abu Sabra ,&nbsp;Ayman M. Hamdan-Mansour","doi":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107430","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107430","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Child abuse and neglect (CAN) remain pressing issues globally, particularly in countries like Jordan with socio-economic challenges. Enhancing nursing students' knowledge and attitudes toward CAN is critical in preparing future nurses to identify and address these cases effectively.</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>This study aimed to assess nursing students' knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions regarding CAN, focusing on identifying gaps and unique psychosocial insights.</div></div><div><h3>Method</h3><div>A cross-sectional study was conducted to recruit a sample of 559 nursing students from a private university in the capital of Jordan.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Students in the regular program (after secondary education) demonstrated significantly higher knowledge scores on CAN detection and reporting (M = 23.7, SD = 3.79) than bridging program students (M = 18.7, SD = 4.36; <em>t</em> = 1.88, <em>p</em> &lt; 0.05). Attitude scores were comparable between groups, 48.7 % showing positive attitudes. Students identified children from low-income families, shy children, and academically slow children as most vulnerable to abuse. Two major themes emerged from qualitative responses: the psychosocial consequences of CAN and its long-term societal impacts.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>The study uniquely highlights the nuanced perceptions of CAN among nursing students in a resource-limited context. Addressing identified knowledge gaps and emphasizing the importance of detecting and reporting abuse, particularly sexual abuse, can empower future nurses and society to better report and detect CAN.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51343,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse & Neglect","volume":"163 ","pages":"Article 107430"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143706092","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Adaptation and psychometrical assessment of the Juvenile Victimization Questionnaire self-report for Children and Early Adolescents (JVQ-CEA)","authors":"Irene Montiel ,&nbsp;Ana M. Greco ,&nbsp;Noemí Pereda","doi":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107424","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107424","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Evidence shows that asking children about their lives is possible and uniquely valuable, and there are international agreements on children's right to participation. However, research on child victimization has traditionally relied on proxy informants or retrospective questionnaires. Instruments for asking children about their experiences are administered as interviews, do not report psychometric properties and target children over 11 years old (y.o.).</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>This study presents an adaptation of the world's most robust, comprehensive, and widely used instrument for measuring violence against children, the Juvenile Victimization Questionnaire (JVQ) (<span><span>Finkelhor, Ormrod, et al., 2005</span></span>), in a self-report version for children between 8 and 12 y.o.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>A first version was proposed based on methodological recommendations. We gathered evidence of validity and reliability in three phases: an expert review (<em>n</em> = 38), cognitive interviews and focus groups with children (<em>n</em> = 25), and a pilot test with children (<em>n</em> = 782).</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The results and participants' suggestions led to a 15-item version assessing five modules (electronic victimization, sexual victimization, peer and sibling victimization, caregiver victimization, and exposure to violence). This version demonstrated adequate psychometric properties in terms of validity (e.g., correlations in the expected direction and magnitude) and reliability (e.g., connectedness among items). Children's participation was key to ensure comprehensiveness and no major distress.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>This version of the JVQ for Children and Early Adolescents (JVQ-CEA) allows the voices of children between 8 and 12 y.o. to be included in child victimization research, in accordance with international agreements on children's right to participation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51343,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse & Neglect","volume":"163 ","pages":"Article 107424"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143706095","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}