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Short-term services and risk factors associated with psychological abuse recurrence in Japanese child guidance centers. 日本儿童辅导中心短期服务与心理虐待复发的相关风险因素。
IF 3.4 2区 心理学
Child Abuse & Neglect Pub Date : 2025-08-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107618
Takanori Same, Saki Shimobayashi, Takayuki Harada
{"title":"Short-term services and risk factors associated with psychological abuse recurrence in Japanese child guidance centers.","authors":"Takanori Same, Saki Shimobayashi, Takayuki Harada","doi":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107618","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107618","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Few studies have examined the factors that contribute to recurrence of child psychological abuse and the short-term services associated with such recurrence.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study aims to contribute to the development of preventive measures for the recurrence of psychological abuse against children.</p><p><strong>Participants and setting: </strong>The study examined the records of 428 perpetrators involved in cases that were resolved through 1-2 short-term services after Child Guidance Centers in Chiba Prefecture received reports of psychological abuse.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A Cox proportional hazards model was employed, with the recurrence of child psychological abuse within one year as the dependent variable. The content of short-term services, perpetrator and victim characteristics, and risk factors (a total of 17 items) were included as predictor variables.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Several factors were found to be significantly associated with the recurrence of psychological abuse in children: \"No contact with perpetrator\" (HR = 2.11, 95 % CI: 1.12-3.96, p = 0.02), \"Single parent\" (HR = 2.20, 95 % CI: 1.08-4.48, p = 0.03), \"Economic hardship\" (HR = 2.79, 95 % CI: 1.19-6.55, p = 0.02), \"Perpetrator's abuse victimization during childhood\" (HR = 3.44, 95 % CI: 1.88-6.29, p < 0.001), and \"Previous year's IPV offenses\" (HR = 2.02, 95 % CI: 1.17-3.47, p = 0.01).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>It was suggested that direct services targeting perpetrators and services addressing perpetrator-specific risk factors may be associated with reducing the recurrence of child psychological abuse.</p>","PeriodicalId":51343,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse & Neglect","volume":"169 Pt 1","pages":"107618"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-08-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144805297","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}
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Adapting to adversity: Challenges and resilience in child protection during COVID-19. 适应逆境:2019冠状病毒病期间儿童保护面临的挑战和复原力。
IF 3.4 2区 心理学
Child Abuse & Neglect Pub Date : 2025-08-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107621
Carmit Katz
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Safety and beyond? Exploring children's priorities for their participation in the child protection and welfare process. 安全和其他方面?探讨儿童参与儿童保护和福利进程的优先事项。
IF 3.4 2区 心理学
Child Abuse & Neglect Pub Date : 2025-08-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107614
Robbie Gilligan, Stephanie Holt, Eavan Brady, Louise Caffrey
{"title":"Safety and beyond? Exploring children's priorities for their participation in the child protection and welfare process.","authors":"Robbie Gilligan, Stephanie Holt, Eavan Brady, Louise Caffrey","doi":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107614","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107614","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Participation by children and young people is an increasingly important guiding principle in child protection policy and practice, thanks to the influence of Article 12 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and other factors. However, the scope, terms and timing of such participation are still often determined by adults.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>Drawing on secondary qualitative data, this conceptual study explores children's experiences of participation in their own and their family's involvement in the child protection process.</p><p><strong>Participants and setting: </strong>Twenty children and young people living in Ireland participated in the source study which provides illustrative material for this conceptual paper. They were aged 10-18 years and had experienced child protection involvement over the 18 months prior to interview.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A reanalysis of semi-structured individual interviews provided illustrative material for a conceptual exploration of children's experiences of participation in child protection involvement with their family.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The conceptual analysis suggests that the children generally shared adult concerns about the child protection issues in their case, but that they also saw participation differently from adults especially in relation to certain aspects of risk and safety. They had concerns about the risk of stigma among peers and the community due to the intervention, and what they saw as the risk of insufficient ongoing dialogue between them and the professionals.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This conceptual paper opens up new child-centred perspectives on children's participation in child protection, arguing that more attention to child centred participation can enhance participatory and protective practices in the field of child protection.</p>","PeriodicalId":51343,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse & Neglect","volume":" ","pages":"107614"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-08-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144790694","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}
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Prevalence and associated factors of childhood sexual abuse in Gashena Town, Ethiopia: A school-based cross-sectional analysis 埃塞俄比亚Gashena镇儿童性虐待的患病率及相关因素:基于学校的横断面分析
IF 3.4 2区 心理学
Child Abuse & Neglect Pub Date : 2025-08-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107615
Fikrte Mihret , Bantayehu Addis Tegegne , Mekuriaw Belayneh , Derese Sinamaw Asmare , Yitbarek Wasihun , Melaku Mekonnen Agidew
{"title":"Prevalence and associated factors of childhood sexual abuse in Gashena Town, Ethiopia: A school-based cross-sectional analysis","authors":"Fikrte Mihret ,&nbsp;Bantayehu Addis Tegegne ,&nbsp;Mekuriaw Belayneh ,&nbsp;Derese Sinamaw Asmare ,&nbsp;Yitbarek Wasihun ,&nbsp;Melaku Mekonnen Agidew","doi":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107615","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107615","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Child sexual abuse (CSA) involves any form of sexual activity with a child, such as intercourse, inappropriate touching, or exposure to sexually explicit content, perpetrated for the offender's gratification. It is a major public health concern worldwide, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa, including Ethiopia. Although awareness of CSA's widespread occurrence has increased, there is still limited research on its effects among female primary school students Ethiopia. This study aims to evaluate the prevalence of childhood sexual violence and identify associated factors among female students in Gashena town, Ethiopia.</div></div><div><h3>Method</h3><div>A cross-sectional survey was carried out in Gashena town between June 1 and June 30, 2022, with 422 female primary school students participating. The study utilized systematic random sampling for participant selection, and data were analyzed using SPSS version 25. To examine associations between variables, logistic regression was conducted, with odds ratios calculated and statistical significance set at <em>p</em> &lt; 0.05.</div></div><div><h3>Result</h3><div>The overall prevalence of childhood sexual violence among female primary school students was 16.4 % (95 % CI: 12.8–19.8). Religion (AOR: 95 % CI: 2.441 (1.398–4.259)), ethnicity (AOR: 95 % CI: 0.238 (0.121–0.467)), types of caregivers (AOR: 95 % CI: 0.069 (0.029–0.162)), and income of caregiver (AOR: 95 % CI: 3.083 (1.576–6.026)) were factors significantly associated with childhood sexual violence.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>This study uncovered an alarming increase in the prevalence of childhood sexual violence among female primary school students, highlighting a growing concern within the community. The research identified several key factors linked to this issue, including religion, ethnicity, caregiver type, and income level.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51343,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse & Neglect","volume":"167 ","pages":"Article 107615"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-08-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144764048","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}
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Investigating bidirectional relationships between parenting stress and child maltreatment from early childhood to adolescence: A random intercept cross-lagged panel model 调查从幼儿期到青少年期父母压力与儿童虐待的双向关系:一个随机截距交叉滞后面板模型
IF 3.4 2区 心理学
Child Abuse & Neglect Pub Date : 2025-08-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107616
Dan Wang , Ami Mariko Hood Frost , Zheng Wang
{"title":"Investigating bidirectional relationships between parenting stress and child maltreatment from early childhood to adolescence: A random intercept cross-lagged panel model","authors":"Dan Wang ,&nbsp;Ami Mariko Hood Frost ,&nbsp;Zheng Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107616","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107616","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Investigations on bidirectional relationships between parenting stress and child maltreatment are crucial for informing effective intervention strategies; however, there is a lack of research focusing on within-person variations of parenting stress and child maltreatment from children's early childhood through adolescence as well as between-person variations in families.</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>The present study examined longitudinal associations between parenting stress and child maltreatment.</div></div><div><h3>Participants and setting</h3><div>We used panel data from the Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study (FFCWS) in the United States. Participants included 1778 mothers interviewed at childbirth and when their focal child was at ages 3, 5, 9, and 15.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Random intercept cross-lagged panel model (RI-CLPM) was conducted to examine bidirectional relationships between parenting stress and child maltreatment from early childhood to adolescence (ages 3 to 15).</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Within-person effects vary by child developmental stages. Specifically, there were temporal stabilities of parenting stress across stages of childhood and adolescence (ages 3–15) and of child maltreatment during childhood (ages 3–9). Child maltreatment in late childhood (age 9) was negatively associated with child maltreatment in adolescence (age 15). Bidirectional relationships were found in early to middle childhood (ages 3–5), but not in middle to late childhood (ages 5–9) or in late childhood to adolescence (ages 9–15). Regarding between-person effects, in general, higher levels of parenting stress predicted more child maltreatment.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Disentangling within- and between-person variations will aid in designing developmentally appropriate parenting programs and inform age-specific interventions in cases of child maltreatment.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51343,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse & Neglect","volume":"169 ","pages":"Article 107616"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-08-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144757346","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}
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Placement, duration and re-entry outcomes for children in foster care with disabilities 残疾寄养儿童的安置、持续时间和重返社会的结果
IF 3.4 2区 心理学
Child Abuse & Neglect Pub Date : 2025-08-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107610
Jill D. McLeigh , Alan Huang , Rong Huang , Gunjan Singh
{"title":"Placement, duration and re-entry outcomes for children in foster care with disabilities","authors":"Jill D. McLeigh ,&nbsp;Alan Huang ,&nbsp;Rong Huang ,&nbsp;Gunjan Singh","doi":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107610","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107610","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background and objectives</h3><div>National, longitudinal studies exploring characteristics and outcomes of children in foster care (CFC) with disabilities are lacking. This study explores the prevalence, characteristics and relative risk of experiencing placement instability, staying in care for longer than 2 years, and returning to care within 3 years for CFC with a disability and by disability type.</div></div><div><h3>Participants and setting</h3><div>2.9 million unique participants within the U.S. Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) data who first entered care FY2005-FY2018.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>We created a longitudinal cohort using AFCARS data. Characteristics and outcomes were compared between children with and without disability and by disability types (emotional, intellectual, hearing/vision, physical, other).</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>CFC with all disability types, except physical, had higher risk of placement instability than those without disability, with CFC with emotional disability having the highest risk (RR: 2.86, 95 % CI: 2.82–2.91). CFC with each disability type had a higher risk of remaining in care for more than 2 years, with CFC with intellectual and visual/hearing disability having the highest relative risk (RR: 1.44, 95 % CI: 1.40–1.47 and RR: 1.39, 95 % CI: 1.36–1.41, respectively). After first exit from care, children with emotional disability had higher risk of returning to care within 3 years (RR: 1.24, 95 % CI: 1.22, 1.26).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Findings suggest that greater effort is needed from the child welfare and healthcare systems to recognize and address the health-related needs of this population, particularly CFC with an emotional disability, and to support their caregivers.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51343,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse & Neglect","volume":"169 ","pages":"Article 107610"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144749970","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}
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An examination of the relationship between psychopathology and the sociodemographic, clinical, and abuse characteristics in children who have experienced sexual abuse 对经历过性虐待的儿童的精神病理学与社会人口学、临床和虐待特征之间关系的研究
IF 3.4 2区 心理学
Child Abuse & Neglect Pub Date : 2025-08-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107620
Ömer Turan , İsmail Altin , Neşe Kavruk Erdim , Alperen Bikmazer
{"title":"An examination of the relationship between psychopathology and the sociodemographic, clinical, and abuse characteristics in children who have experienced sexual abuse","authors":"Ömer Turan ,&nbsp;İsmail Altin ,&nbsp;Neşe Kavruk Erdim ,&nbsp;Alperen Bikmazer","doi":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107620","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107620","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Sexual abuse in children can have significant long-term psychiatric consequences. The type of abuse (penetrative vs. non-penetrative) and the relationship to the perpetrator, including incest, may influence these outcomes.</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>The aim of this study was to examine the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of children who have experienced sexual abuse, the types of abuse they were exposed to, and to evaluate the psychiatric effects of these experiences.</div></div><div><h3>Participants and setting</h3><div>The study included 90 children who were referred to the Istanbul Forensic Medicine Institute.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Evaluations were made of the sociodemographic information, the type of abuse, the relationship of the perpetrator, and psychiatric status before and after the event. The data were analyzed using DSM-5-based psychiatric interviews and various scales (Post-Trauma Stress Scale, Depression Scale, Anxiety Scale).</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The study participants comprised 94.4 % female and 5.6 % male children. The most common type of sexual abuse was determined to be “touching/stroking” (42.7 %). Repeated abuse was seen in 72 % of the incest cases. Depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) were determined to be more common in cases of penetrative abuse. The perpetrators in incest cases were older than those in non-incest cases. PTSD was seen in 71.9 % of the children after sexual abuse, depression in 33.7 %, anxiety disorder in 11.2 %, and adjustment disorder in 15.7 %.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>Sexual abuse leaves severe psychiatric and social effects on the victims. Penetrative and incest abuse cases, in particular, were associated with more destructive outcomes compared to non-penetrative and non-incest abuse. Informative studies and early intervention are of critical importance in reducing these situations.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51343,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse & Neglect","volume":"169 ","pages":"Article 107620"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144749971","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}
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Adverse childhood experiences and depressive symptoms across adolescence and adulthood: A latent class analysis and time-varying effect model 童年不良经历与青春期和成年期抑郁症状:一个潜在类别分析和时变效应模型
IF 3.4 2区 心理学
Child Abuse & Neglect Pub Date : 2025-07-31 DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107617
Linghua Jiang , Sara A. Vasilenko , Xiafei Wang
{"title":"Adverse childhood experiences and depressive symptoms across adolescence and adulthood: A latent class analysis and time-varying effect model","authors":"Linghua Jiang ,&nbsp;Sara A. Vasilenko ,&nbsp;Xiafei Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107617","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107617","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) greatly affect depression. The association between different patterns of ACEs and depressive symptoms might differ across age and gender.</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>The aim of the study was to identify patterns of ACEs and examine gender differences in the association between different patterns of ACEs and depressive symptoms across adolescence and emerging adulthood.</div></div><div><h3>Participants and setting</h3><div>The study used data (<em>N</em> = 3342) from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>We first used Latent Gold to identify the most suitable model. Then, dichotomous indicators of membership in each class (except for a reference class) were entered in the model as time-varying predictors to test the effect of class membership on depressive symptoms over age.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>A 5-class model was identified: (1) Low ACEs, (2) Parental Alcohol Use and Divorce, (3) Violence, (4) Abuse and Neglect, and (5) Multiple ACEs. The association between Multiple ACEs classification and depressive symptoms was stronger for women than men at ages 23 and 27.5. The association between being in the Parental Alcohol Use and Divorce class and depressive symptoms was stronger for female participants than male participants between ages 13.5 and 16, and ages 23 and 30. Being in the Abuse and Neglect class was significantly associated with higher level of depressive symptoms for female, but not male, participants between ages 19 and 23.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>Findings point to the need for further inquiries into the synergistic effects of early adversity and gender on the timing and persistence of depressive symptoms</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51343,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse & Neglect","volume":"169 ","pages":"Article 107617"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144738537","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}
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Addressing physical and psychological sibling violence: Perspectives from youth care professionals in Belgium 处理身体和心理兄弟姐妹暴力:来自比利时青年护理专业人员的观点
IF 3.4 2区 心理学
Child Abuse & Neglect Pub Date : 2025-07-31 DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107612
Eva Van Kelecom , Corinna Jenkins Tucker , Stefaan Pleysier , Johan Put
{"title":"Addressing physical and psychological sibling violence: Perspectives from youth care professionals in Belgium","authors":"Eva Van Kelecom ,&nbsp;Corinna Jenkins Tucker ,&nbsp;Stefaan Pleysier ,&nbsp;Johan Put","doi":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107612","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107612","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Despite its prevalence and potential consequences, sibling violence often stays under the radar in professional health care, social and judicial services. The lack of awareness and training related to sibling violence has led to failing to detect and properly address it.</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>The main goals of this study are to investigate how youth care professionals in social and judicial services address physical and psychological sibling violence, what challenges they encounter while trying to address it, and their thoughts on needed changes to practice and policy to reduce sibling violence. The study expands current knowledge of evidence-based practice approaches which are generally limited to social work and school counseling, by including youth care professionals in social and judicial services.</div></div><div><h3>Participants and setting</h3><div>Youth care professionals in social and judicial services (n = 13) in Flanders (Belgium) were selected based on their experience addressing child abuse and neglect.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>In-depth interviews and focus groups were conducted, transcribed and coded using initial, pattern and selective coding methods.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Consistent with previous literature, results indicate a lack of awareness of sibling violence in Flemish social and judicial youth care services. Professionals consistently expressed the need for greater awareness about sibling violence and tools to respond to it adequately. They prioritized a social service response characterized by a family-oriented approach rather than a judicial response.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>Professionals need information on typical sibling dynamics and signs and impacts of sibling violence and evidence-based tools to effectively address it. Given the prevalence and impacts of sibling violence, the development of evidence-based training and family-oriented prevention and intervention efforts are critical to reduce it, but such efforts are limited by professionals' capacity, funding, and time.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51343,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse & Neglect","volume":"169 ","pages":"Article 107612"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144738538","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}
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The burden of childhood trauma among migrants in psychotherapy treatment in Germany 德国心理治疗中移民儿童创伤的负担
IF 3.4 2区 心理学
Child Abuse & Neglect Pub Date : 2025-07-31 DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107611
Eva Neumann, Silke Michalek, Ulrike Dinger, Jörg Rademacher
{"title":"The burden of childhood trauma among migrants in psychotherapy treatment in Germany","authors":"Eva Neumann,&nbsp;Silke Michalek,&nbsp;Ulrike Dinger,&nbsp;Jörg Rademacher","doi":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107611","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107611","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>While there is empirical evidence that migrants often have traumatic experiences before, during and after migration, little is known to date about the extent to which they were affected by childhood trauma in their country of origin.</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>The aim of this study was to investigate experiences of abuse and neglect in the childhood of adult migrants undergoing psychotherapy in Germany.</div></div><div><h3>Participants and setting</h3><div>A total of 106 patients undergoing day clinic treatment at a psychosomatic clinic participated in the study. Half of them had their own migration experience, while the other half, serving as a comparison group, consisted of German patients.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>The severity of trauma symptoms, depression, anxiety, and somatic symptoms was assessed using scales for self-report and for rating by the patients' therapists. The self-report scales were presented in several languages. Evidence of trauma was retrospectively assessed by the therapists using checklists for traumatic experiences in both adulthood and childhood.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The migrant group scored higher on all psychopathology scales and showed more frequent evidence of lifetime trauma than the comparison group. Regarding childhood trauma, emotional abuse and neglect were prevalent in both groups, while physical abuse and neglect, as well as sexual abuse, were more common in the migrant group. Logistic regressions showed that membership in the migrant group was the strongest predictor of physical abuse and neglect, while sexual abuse was more strongly associated with sociodemographic factors.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>In psychotherapy for patients with a migration background, all subtypes of childhood trauma should be considered.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51343,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse & Neglect","volume":"167 ","pages":"Article 107611"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144749653","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}
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