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{"title":"Associations among child maltreatment, non-suicidal self-injury and internet addiction in adolescents: Longitudinal mediation of symptoms of complex posttraumatic stress disorder","authors":"Yiming Liang ,&nbsp;Meiping Zeng ,&nbsp;Yueling Zhou ,&nbsp;Jingbo Gong","doi":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107507","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107507","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Backgrounds</h3><div>Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) and internet addiction are behavioral problems influenced by environmental factors, with child maltreatment emerging as an important risk factor. Complex posttraumatic stress disorder (CPTSD) is closely associated with child maltreatment.</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>This study aimed to explore the longitudinal associations among child maltreatment, NSSI and internet addiction, focusing on the mediating role of CPTSD symptoms.</div></div><div><h3>Participants and setting</h3><div>This study collected three-wave data from 454 Chinese adolescents with a six-month interval. Child maltreatment was assessed at T1, while CPTSD symptoms, NSSI and internet addiction were assessed at both T2 and T3.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Path analysis was utilized to examine both direct and indirect effects of child maltreatment on NSSI and internet addiction, mediated by two clusters of CPTSD symptoms: posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and disturbance in self-organization (DSO).</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>CPTSD symptoms partially mediated the relationship between child maltreatment and the two behavioral problems, with DSO symptoms being the primary contributors to this mediating effect. Specifically, affective dysregulation and negative self-concept in DSO were key mediators for internet addiction and NSSI respectively.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Among adolescents with child maltreatment, CPTSD symptoms, especially DSO symptoms, exert a significant influence on behavioral problems. This study underscores the need to integrate CPTSD symptoms into evidence-based interventions targeting maladaptive behaviors in maltreated youth.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51343,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse & Neglect","volume":"166 ","pages":"Article 107507"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144105627","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 prevalence of victimization and polyvictimization in sexual minority adolescents in Spain","authors":"Noemí Pereda ,&nbsp;Alba Águila-Otero ,&nbsp;Varinia Leiva","doi":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107505","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107505","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Sexual minority youth are particularly vulnerable to victimization and polyvictimization.</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of victimization and polyvictimization over the past year among secondary school students in Spain who identify as sexual minorities, and analyze differences based on gender and ethnicity.</div></div><div><h3>Participants and setting</h3><div>In a sample of 4024 adolescents (<em>M</em> = 15.52, <em>SD</em> = 0.99), 13.9 % (<em>n</em> = 559) of participants self-identified as belonging to a sexual minority (i.e., lesbian, gay, bisexual, or other (LGB)). The gender distribution indicated that 23.3 % of participants self-identified as boys, 66.7 % as girls, 4.8 % as having non-conforming gender identities, and 5.2 % preferred not to respond. Most participants identified as European ethnicity (81.4 %), while 18.6 % identified as minority ethnic groups.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>An adapted version of the Juvenile Victimization Questionnaire (JVQ) was used incorporating additional questions on sexual exploitation and online victimization.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>74.1 % of LGB youth reported experiencing at least one form of victimization. Caregiver victimization was reported by 43.5 % and electronic victimization by 42.9 % of participants. Gender differences were observed, with individuals identifying as non-conforming reporting notably high prevalence rates. Ethnic differences were also found, with minorities reporting higher prevalence rates in several victimization experiences. The mean number of victimizations was 4.6 (<em>SD</em> = 3.7). Overall, 32.4 % of youth were classified as polyvictims.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Given the high prevalence of victimization and polyvictimization among LGB youth, and its intersection with gender and ethnic minorities, the findings underscore the importance of developing prevention programs tailored to address the unique needs and vulnerabilities of this population.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51343,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse & Neglect","volume":"166 ","pages":"Article 107505"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144105628","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":"Are all attachment relationships equal? Exploring their roles in suicidal ideation among childhood trauma survivors","authors":"Xinran Xie ,&nbsp;Feng Zhuo ,&nbsp;Li Jiang ,&nbsp;Shengxin Liu ,&nbsp;Jingya Li ,&nbsp;Ying Yang ,&nbsp;Linghua Kong","doi":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107506","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107506","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Adolescents with a history of childhood trauma (CT) are at an elevated risk of suicidal ideation (SI), with attachment relationships playing a key role in either mitigating or exacerbating this risk. However, the distinct roles of father-child, mother-child, and peer attachments remain unclear.</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>This study investigates the associations and relative importance of different attachment figures (father, mother, and peers) and attachment dimensions (trust, communication, and alienation) in relation to SI in adolescent CT survivors.</div></div><div><h3>Participants and setting</h3><div>A total of 24,470 adolescents were recruited in 28 middle and high schools in three regions of China, of these, 12,388 were identified as CT survivors.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Network analysis and relative importance analysis were used to explore the association between attachment and SI, controlling for covariates such as sex, age, parental marital status, subjective socioeconomic status, residence, and only child status.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Father-child attachment was most strongly associated with SI, with trust emerging as the most critical dimension. Peer alienation also showed a significant association, highlighting the importance of belonging. Mother-child attachment played a stabilizing role within the overall attachment network, irrespective of SI presence. Female adolescents were more sensitive to attachment disruptions compared to males.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>This study highlights the importance of attachment relationships, especially father-child relationship, in preventing SI among CT survivors.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51343,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse & Neglect","volume":"166 ","pages":"Article 107506"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144099824","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":"Emotion regulation after childhood maltreatment: Suppression tendency and reappraisal capacity","authors":"Diana J.N. Armbruster-Genç,&nbsp;Emily Spilger,&nbsp;Ulrike Basten","doi":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107511","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107511","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Childhood maltreatment is associated with a higher risk for developing psychological disorders, such as depression or anxiety. Dysfunctional emotion regulation (ER) has been implicated as a neurocognitive mechanism linking adverse childhood experiences to an increased risk for psychopathological outcomes.</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>This pre-registered study investigated the relation between childhood maltreatment and different aspects of ER, including implementation capacity and effort as well as tendency and flexibility in strategy selection.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>In a non-clinical adult sample (<em>N</em> = 227), childhood maltreatment was assessed with the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire. In two experimental ER tasks, participants viewed pictures of varying emotional intensity while applying one of three ER strategies (distraction, reappraisal, suppression) or without any active regulation. The ER implementation task allowed to assess emotion reactivity, implementation capacity, and subjective effort for ER. The ER selection task allowed to assess tendency and flexibility in strategy selection.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Childhood maltreatment was associated with a lower capacity to implement reappraisal (<em>r</em> = −0.12), and a stronger tendency to choose suppression (<em>r</em> = 0.15). Contrary to our hypotheses, there was no significant association to experimentally assessed emotion reactivity, subjective effort exerted on ER, or ER flexibility.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>We show that people with childhood maltreatment experiences do not only choose suppression more frequently but seem to have a lower capacity to implement reappraisal to reduce negative affect. This sheds light on potentially underlying mechanisms of difficulties in ER after childhood maltreatment.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51343,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse & Neglect","volume":"166 ","pages":"Article 107511"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144099825","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":"Trends in substance use among child welfare-involved parents during the COVID-19 pandemic","authors":"Yun Ye,&nbsp;Elinam Dellor,&nbsp;Bridget Freisthler","doi":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107487","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107487","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background and objective</h3><div>Parental substance use is a major risk factor for child maltreatment, but the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on substance use among parents involved in child welfare is not well understood. This study aimed to examine substance use patterns in child welfare cases from 2019 to 2022.</div></div><div><h3>Participants and setting</h3><div>Female parents assessed for child abuse or neglect using administrative data from the Ohio Statewide Automated Child Welfare Information System (Ohio SACWIS). Substance types were recorded during the family assessment at case entry.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>A retrospective observational study was conducted to compare substance involvement before, during, and after the onset of the pandemic. Single changepoint analyses identified significant shifts in the mean percentage of cases involving substance use overall and for specific substances during selected weeks of each year.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Among 264,380 women investigated, 65,796 (24.9 %) were involved with substance use. In 2020, the percentage of cases involving substance use peaked in the second quarter, driven by polysubstance and cannabis use. Changepoint analyses confirmed these changes. Only in 2020 did substance use cases significantly increase (32.4 % to 41.8 %) in week 10, coinciding with the national emergency declaration. Similar increases were observed for polysubstance and cannabis use.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>The rise in substance-involved cases early in the pandemic corroborates national trends, with cannabis use notably driving this change, suggesting that parents may have used substances to cope. The high prevalence of polysubstance use highlights the need for targeted treatment programs and policy interventions for parental substance use.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51343,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse & Neglect","volume":"166 ","pages":"Article 107487"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144090722","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":"Measuring safe, stable and nurturing relationships among adolescents in China, Democratic Republic of Congo and Indonesia: Association with peer-violence experiences","authors":"Astha Ramaiya ,&nbsp;Mengmeng Li ,&nbsp;Chunyan Yu ,&nbsp;Anggriyani W. Pinandari ,&nbsp;Aimée Lulebo ,&nbsp;Shoshanna L. Fine ,&nbsp;Michelle R. Kaufman ,&nbsp;Mahboubeh Shirzad ,&nbsp;Bushra Sabri ,&nbsp;Sam Beckwith","doi":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107494","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107494","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Safe, stable, and nurturing relationships (SSNRs) are an essential component of healthy child development. However, there is a scintilla of data on the measurement of SSNRs and whether these conceptualizations have different associations with peer-violence.</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>We examined two ways of measuring SSNRs (domains and latent class analysis (LCA)) and their relationship with peer violence victimization and perpetration among adolescents across three countries.</div></div><div><h3>Participants and setting</h3><div>Three longitudinal datasets (Wave 1–Wave 3) were used from Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), China, and Indonesia (n = 6068). Adolescents were purposefully selected if they were 10–14 years old and living in urban poor communities during Wave 1.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>We examined associations between both SSNR conceptualizations (domains and LCA) and peer-violence experiences cross-sectionally and longitudinally using multivariable logistic regressions for each site.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>We found similarities and differences across sites. The class structure (through LCA) differed across sites. All sites had a ‘high SSNR’ class. In Indonesia and Shanghai there was a ‘low SSNR’ class, ‘high parental factor’ class, and ‘high SSNR except social cohesion’ class. In Indonesia and Kinshasa, associations with peer-violence were found for both conceptualizations (domain and LCA). In Shanghai, only the latent classes showed association with peer-violence experiences. In general, SSNRs were protective against peer-violence experiences during Wave 1.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>LCA provides a more subtle understanding of SSNRs. In particular, positive family relationships play a critical role in reducing peer violence experiences. Developing programs require cross-sectoral collaborations that involve families and communities to prevent peer-violence.</div></div><div><h3>Key practitioner messages</h3><div><ul><li><span>1.</span><span><div>LCA provides a nuanced understanding of SSNR versus a domain-based conceptualization. Capturing the different classes could provide ideas on which factor is most influential in preventing and/or reducing peer-violence experiences for both policy and programming.</div></span></li><li><span>2.</span><span><div>SSNRs were protective for peer-violence outcomes cross-sectionally across all three sites. Parents were highlighted in reducing both victimization and perpetration. Interventions aiming to address violence among adolescents should consider parent and adolescent involvement in the research process.</div></span></li></ul></div></div>","PeriodicalId":51343,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse & Neglect","volume":"165 ","pages":"Article 107494"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144072455","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":"Cumulative childhood trauma and life satisfaction in men: The role of complex posttraumatic stress and its dimensions","authors":"Natacha Godbout ,&nbsp;Shalie-Emma Vaillancourt ,&nbsp;Marie-Jeanne Ledoux-Labelle ,&nbsp;Ateret Gewirtz-Meydan ,&nbsp;Marie-Pier Vaillancourt-Morel ,&nbsp;Audrey Brassard ,&nbsp;Martine Hébert","doi":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107485","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107485","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Cumulative childhood interpersonal trauma (CCIT) a represents an endemic phenomenon with lasting and harmful effects. However, male victimization remains overlooked and even taboo. Complex post-traumatic stress disorder (C-PTSD) is increasingly recognized as a crucial factor in understanding the long-term impact of CCIT on well-being.</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>This study aimed to examine the role of C-PTSD and its specific dimensions of symptoms in the relationship between CCIT and life satisfaction in a clinical sample of men seeking mental health services.</div></div><div><h3>Participants and setting</h3><div>Data were collected from 399 men who sought help from a community organization due to psychological distress.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Upon admission, participants completed validated measures assessing CCIT, C-PTSD, and life satisfaction. A path analysis was conducted to investigate the contribution of the different dimensions of C-PTSD in the link between CCIT and life satisfaction.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>According to the thresholds of the questionnaires, 34.1 % of participants met the criteria for PTSD, 23.8 % met the diagnostic criteria for C-PTSD, and 52.4 % reported being dissatisfied with their lives. Path analysis results indicated that two dimensions of C-PTSD significantly mediated the relationship between CCIT and life satisfaction: negative self-concept (β = −0.110, <em>p</em> = .000; 95 % CI [−0.070, −0.160]) and interpersonal disturbances (β = −0.075, <em>p</em> = .001; 95 % CI [−0.036, −0.123]). The model explained 33.5 % of the variance in life satisfaction.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>The findings highlight the central role of C-PTSD symptoms, particularly in identity and relational aspects, as key mechanisms related to adaptation. These results support the implementation of trauma-sensitive practices that address survivors' identity and relational disturbances to better meet the needs of male survivors.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51343,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse & Neglect","volume":"165 ","pages":"Article 107485"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144072521","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":"Resilience and mental health among care leavers: Role of social inclusion, self-determination, and independent living skills","authors":"Fadzai Chikwava ,&nbsp;Reinie Cordier ,&nbsp;Anna Ferrante ,&nbsp;Melissa O'Donnell","doi":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107489","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107489","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><div>Young people transitioning from out-of-home care (OHC) frequently experience poor mental health and resilience due to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). However, there is limited understanding of the factors that mediate and moderate these outcomes. This is the first study to integrate linked administrative and longitudinal data to examine the mediation and moderation effects of placement stability, independent living skills (ILS), social inclusion, and self-determination when examining the association between ACEs and care status on mental health and resilience.</div></div><div><h3>Method</h3><div>We integrated retrospective linked datasets with a prospective self-report longitudinal study involving 122 young people aged 15 to 25 transitioning from OHC between April 2019 and May 2022. Path analysis was used to model complex relationships involving moderators and mediators.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>ILS moderated the association between ACEs and resilience, while social inclusion, self-determination, and mental health mediated the effects of care status and maltreatment exposure on resilience. Placement stability independently influenced mental health outcomes but did not mediate the ACEs-resilience relationship.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>This study highlights the complex interplay of risk and protective factors in shaping resilience and mental health, emphasising the importance of skills development, social connectedness and autonomy among care leavers. Findings support early intervention, strength-based approaches, and trauma-informed interventions, including emotional regulation, therapeutic relationships, and stable support networks, to mitigate past trauma and enhance resilience and well-being.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51343,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse & Neglect","volume":"165 ","pages":"Article 107489"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144072454","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 subtypes of child maltreatment in a large Brazilian sample: Co-occurrence patterns and associated characteristics","authors":"Rebeca Fernandes Ferreira Lima ,&nbsp;Luísa Fernanda Habigzang ,&nbsp;Normanda Araujo de Morais","doi":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107495","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107495","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Child maltreatment subtypes often co-occur, revealing complex victimization patterns that variable-centered approaches may overlook. Understanding these patterns is challenging in under-researched regions, where limited evidence hinders insights into multiple maltreatment in diverse contexts.</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>To identify subgroups of child maltreatment based on systematic relationships among the maltreatment subtypes, and to explore whether these subgroups differ according to case characteristics.</div></div><div><h3>Participants and setting</h3><div>Data were collected from 123,609 reports of child maltreatment (ages 0–18) recorded in Brazil's Notifiable Diseases Information System from 2018 to 2022.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>A 3-step latent class analysis was conducted to identify maltreatment subgroups based on the occurrence of physical, psychological, sexual violence, and neglect, and to compare them according to case characteristics (age, gender, race/ethnicity, disability, and victim–perpetrator relationship).</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Four classes were identified: ‘polyvictimization’ (19.4 %), ‘sexual violence’ (27.0 %), ‘neglect’ (30.7 %), and ‘physical violence’ (22.9 %). ‘Polyvictimization’ and ‘sexual violence’ classes were predominantly younger girls, multiracial/multiethnic individuals, and those with disabilities, with fathers/stepfathers or boyfriend/girlfriend as common perpetrators. Boys were more vulnerable to neglect at younger ages and to physical violence at older ages, with neglect often perpetrated by fathers/stepfathers and both forms of maltreatment perpetrated by mothers/stepmothers.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Findings highlight the heterogeneity of child maltreatment, revealing co-occurrence patterns with overrepresentation of younger children, girls, and those from multiracial/multiethnic backgrounds and with disabilities, often victimized in family contexts. Findings can help professionals identify individuals with high-risk profiles and common victim-perpetrator relationships, enhancing detection, reporting, and targeted interventions, particularly for groups disproportionately affected by multiple maltreatment.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51343,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse & Neglect","volume":"165 ","pages":"Article 107495"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144068967","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":"Do child disciplinary practices differ between Cuba and the Dominican Republic?","authors":"John D. McLennan ,&nbsp;Vineetha Warriyar K.V.","doi":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107490","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107490","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Cross-country comparisons of disciplinary practices may be problematic for at least two reasons. They may rely on questionable composite measures, i.e., combining substantially different individual disciplinary practices into a single measure, and compare vastly different countries increasing risk of unmeasured confounders.</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>This study aimed to determine whether individual disciplinary practices differed between two countries that share many characteristics, Cuba and the Dominican Republic (DR).</div></div><div><h3>Participants and setting</h3><div>Caregivers in the home (85.6% probable biological mothers) participating in nationally representative household surveys in 2019 from Cuba and the DR, N=7,374 and 14,772, respectively.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Caregivers were asked whether randomly selected children in the household were exposed to any of 11 disciplinary practices. Prevalence of each practice across two age groups (1-4 and 5-14 years) were compared across country. Binomial logistic regressions were used to determine whether country was an independent predictor of practices.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Across both age groups, a higher proportion of children in the DR were exposed to three of six types of physical punishments (“spanked”, “hit with object”, “hit on head”), whereas prevalence of being “hit on limb” was higher in Cuba. For both age groups, “psychological aggression” practices (“yelling” and “name calling”) were more prevalent in the DR as were two of the three “non-violent practices”. All the same relationships remained significant in the same direction in adjusted logistic regression models.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Given the differences in specific disciplinary practices between these similar countries, additional investigations to understand what contextual factors may underpin these variations are warranted.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51343,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse & Neglect","volume":"165 ","pages":"Article 107490"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143949104","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}