Child Abuse & Neglect最新文献

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{"title":"“She has a history of making things up”: Examining the disclosure and reporting of online sexual abuse among children with disabilities","authors":"Gal Friedman-Hauser ,&nbsp;Carmit Katz","doi":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107398","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107398","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Despite the higher incidence and greater severity of sexual abuse of children with disabilities (CWD), these cases are often under-disclosed and under-reported. Technological advances and the increasing online presence of CWD have extended the scope of sexual abuse beyond physical spaces, raising additional concerns.</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>The purpose of the study is to examine disclosure and reporting based on case reports addressing online child sexual abuse (OCSA) of CWD.</div></div><div><h3>Participants and setting</h3><div>The data include 22 reports from an Israeli hotline documenting instances of OCSA involving CWD aged 11 to 17.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Inductive thematic analysis on all 22 reports.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Four main themes were identified: disclosure characteristics, reasons for delayed disclosure, responses following the discovery of the OCSA, and critical gaps in reporting to authorities and in the authorities' responses following the report.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>The study highlights the significant challenges CWD face when disclosing and reporting OCSA. Negative responses, which are often characterized by a lack of validation, frequently hinder their willingness to disclose and lead to delayed reporting, resulting in continuing sexual abuse. Addressing this issue requires professional attention and heightened awareness among parents and professionals regarding the online dangers facing these children, emphasizing the need for supportive responses and authorities' involvement.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51343,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse & Neglect","volume":"163 ","pages":"Article 107398"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143610376","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":"The age of onset and duration of childhood abuse: An extension of the childhood trauma screener","authors":"Johanna Klinger-König ,&nbsp;Elischa Krause ,&nbsp;Katharina Wittfeld ,&nbsp;Nele Friedrich ,&nbsp;Henry Völzke ,&nbsp;Hans J. Grabe","doi":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107354","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107354","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Childhood abuse is a significant risk factor for worse adult mental and physical health. Although reported as important moderators, only a few studies have analyzed the effects of the age of onset and duration of abuse, particularly including potential sex differences.</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>To investigate the impact of timing and severity of childhood abuse on adult mental and physical health issues, with an emphasis on sex differences.</div></div><div><h3>Participants and settings</h3><div>Data from 2412 participants (52 % women, 28–89 years) of the general population.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>The Childhood Trauma Screener (CTS) was extended to assess the severity additionally to the age of onset and cumulative exposure across predefined age intervals of physical, emotional, and sexual childhood abuse. Associations with adult health behavior, mental health issues, and inflammatory markers were investigated using regression analyses, complemented by sex interactions.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>An earlier onset of emotional abuse was associated with lower resilience (b = −0.51, <em>p</em> = 0.034), whereas greater cumulative exposure to emotional abuse was associated with an earlier onset of depression (b = −4.53, <em>p</em> = 0.041) and more severe depressive symptoms (b = 0.94, <em>p</em> = 0.049). Effect directions differed between men and women for associations between the age of onset of emotional abuse and C-reactive protein levels (b = −0.03, <em>p</em> = 0.042) as well as the cumulative exposure of emotional abuse and fibrinogen levels (b = 0.04, <em>p</em> = 0.007).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>The findings underscore the significance of both severity and timing on adult health outcomes, with notable sex differences. These results support the need for targeted prevention programs that consider multiple maltreatment aspects, along with tailored interventions based on sex-specific vulnerabilities.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51343,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse & Neglect","volume":"163 ","pages":"Article 107354"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143610563","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":"The child behind the victim: Survivor experiences of children's harmful sexual behavior","authors":"Gemma McKibbin ,&nbsp;Jacqueline Kuruppu ,&nbsp;Simon Hackett ,&nbsp;Olivia Lynch ,&nbsp;Bridget Hamilton ,&nbsp;Sophie Dixon","doi":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107277","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107277","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>At least 50 % of child sexual abuse involves perpetration by children, referred to as “harmful sexual behavior”. Recently, the sexual abuse sector has focused, importantly, on the child behind the “perpetrator” to support developmentally-appropriate and trauma-informed practice. However, the experiences of victim-survivors of children's sexually abusive behavior are underexplored.</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>The aim of this study, funded by the National Centre for Action on Child Sexual Abuse, was to describe the experiences of victim-survivors sexually abused by other children, including their profiles and those of children with harmful sexual behaviors. Also explored was what victim-survivors say about patterns of perpetration, cessation, and disclosure.</div></div><div><h3>Participants and setting</h3><div>Twenty-five victim-survivors of children's harmful sexual behavior participated. Twenty-one were female, three were male, and one non-binary. They were aged between 18 and 69 years, and from a range of Australian states.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>The study was informed by the research question: What is the nature of victim-survivors' experiences of children's harmful sexual behavior? In-depth individual interviews were conducted between October 2023 and January 2024 and the data were investigated using Content Analysis. The purpose of this paper is to present a map of survivor experiences (not to provide in-depth qualitative analysis) to gauge their range and patterns, and to identify potential trends. Ethics clearance was obtained from the University of Melbourne Human Research Ethics Committee (ID: 26926).</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Most victim-survivors reported that the sexual abuse by another child began in preschool and primary school, and more than half disclosed their abuse to one or more person. Victim-survivors identified 56 children involved in carrying out their sexual abuse. Eight perpetrators continued to abuse the victim into adulthood. Most harmful sexual behaviour (86 %) involved victimising intent, and physical coercion and violence (71 %). The most long-term and severe abuse was carried out by brothers and male cousins.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>The findings are discussed in terms of dominant constructs and narratives about children's harmful sexual behaviour, and a model of “safe, problematic, and harmful sexual experience” is proposed to augment therapeutic practice. It is our hope that the voices of victim-survivors can be amplified in policy and practice so that the child behind the victim becomes as visible as the child behind the harmful sexual behaviors.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51343,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse & Neglect","volume":"163 ","pages":"Article 107277"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143591475","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 impacts on paediatricians testifying in cases of child maltreatment: A systematic scoping review","authors":"Alyce Horstman ,&nbsp;J. Anne S. Smith ,&nbsp;Richard B. Bassed ,&nbsp;Lyndal Bugeja","doi":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107357","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107357","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Paediatricians serve as expert witnesses in child maltreatment cases, informing decision-makers about injury mechanisms, likely injury-dates, and consequences. Despite paediatricians' multifaceted role in responding to child maltreatment, the impacts on paediatricians of their involvement in legal processes are not well understood.</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>This systematic scoping review identified and synthesized scientific research findings on the benefits and harms to doctors, particularly paediatricians, who testify in child maltreatment cases.</div></div><div><h3>Population, concept and context</h3><div>Included studies focused on doctors (paediatricians and paediatricians-in -training) who were subpoenaed and/or testified in court on child maltreatment cases.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Following PRISMA-ScR guidelines, six databases were searched: Medline, EMBASE, PsycINFO, CINAHL, Criminal Justice Abstracts, and the Cochrane Library. Data were extracted and categorized across four levels of impact: individual, relational, professional, and societal.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Testifying posed significant psychological, professional, and systemic challenges for paediatricians. Individually, they reported stress and dissatisfaction stemming from fears of discreditation, negative courtroom experiences, and perceptions of legal systems failing to protect children. Professionally, inadequate training and low confidence in testifying, coupled with financial losses and disruptions to clinical schedules, further compounded these difficulties. Systemically, strained relationships with legal professionals and insufficient familiarity with court procedures, alongside broader concerns about the legal process, contributed to a reduced willingness among paediatricians to report and engage in child maltreatment cases.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>This review highlighted the range of the impacts on paediatricians who were subpoenaed and/or testified in child maltreatment cases and absence of interventions that reduce negative personal and professional impacts. Across the profession there is a need for greater education and training, policy/practice reform to better support paediatricians in their roles as expert witnesses, and intervention research to evaluate strategies that might reduce negative impacts.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51343,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse & Neglect","volume":"163 ","pages":"Article 107357"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143591484","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":"Aims & Scope","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S0145-2134(25)00130-9","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0145-2134(25)00130-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51343,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse & Neglect","volume":"162 ","pages":"Article 107375"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143592000","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":"Aims & Scope","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S0145-2134(25)00149-8","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0145-2134(25)00149-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51343,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse & Neglect","volume":"162 ","pages":"Article 107394"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143592743","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":"The protective role of school connectedness in the relationship between child maltreatment and internalizing symptoms for White, Black, Latino/Hispanic, and multiracial youth","authors":"Yujeong Chang ,&nbsp;Olivia D. Chang ,&nbsp;Charis J. Stanek ,&nbsp;Susan Yoon ,&nbsp;Kathryn Maguire-Jack","doi":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107399","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107399","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Child maltreatment is a public health concern associated with increased youth internalizing symptoms. School connectedness has been shown to play a protective role in the relationship between child maltreatment and externalizing symptoms; yet, its protective role on <em>internalizing</em> symptoms for youth in different racial/ethnic subgroups remains underexplored.</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>This study aimed to examine whether school connectedness buffers the effect of child maltreatment on internalizing symptoms for White, Black, Latino/Hispanic, and multiracial youth.</div></div><div><h3>Participants and setting</h3><div>Data were drawn from the Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study, a longitudinal birth cohort study in 20 US cities, comprising 3021 youth with maltreatment experiences.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Ordinary least squares regression models were conducted separately for racial/ethnic subgroups to examine the interaction effect between child maltreatment subtypes and school connectedness on internalizing symptoms (i.e., youth-reported depression/anxiety, caregiver-reported internalizing symptoms) for White, Black, Latino/Hispanic, and multiracial youth.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>School connectedness was generally associated with lower levels of youth internalizing symptoms for all racial/ethnic groups. Interaction effects suggested that, for White youth only, school connectedness moderated the relationship between psychological aggression and caregiver-reported youth internalizing symptoms (<em>B</em> = −1.46, <em>p</em> = .029) and physical assault and youth-reported depressive symptoms (<em>B</em> = −1.04, <em>p</em> = .044).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>While school connectedness was linked to lower internalizing symptoms for all youth, its buffering effects against child maltreatment were less evident among minoritized racial/ethnic groups. Continued efforts should prioritize creating supportive school contexts to better serve the needs of racially/ethnically minoritized youth with maltreatment histories.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51343,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse & Neglect","volume":"163 ","pages":"Article 107399"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143591482","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 maltreatment, adult romantic attachment and parental sense of competence","authors":"Manon Delhalle,&nbsp;Adélaïde Blavier","doi":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107360","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107360","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>While the link between childhood maltreatment and parental sense of competence has been established, there is limited understanding of the mediating mechanisms that explain this connection. Drawing from an attachment-based theoretical framework, childhood adversity undermines adult romantic attachment security, subsequently heightening vulnerability to later parenting in adulthood.</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>The objective of this study was to investigate the role of romantic attachment as a potential mechanism in the relationship between childhood maltreatment and the facets of parental sense of competence.</div></div><div><h3>Participants and setting</h3><div>Our study involved 1904 mothers of children aged 3 to 8 years old. These mothers were requested to fill out an online questionnaire which included sections on sociodemographic information, the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire - Short Form, the Parenting Sense of Competence scale, and the Relationship Scale Questionnaire.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Our results demonstrate a mediating effect of mothers' attachment anxiety on the link between childhood maltreatment and parental sense of competence. More specifically, attachment anxiety was associated with diminished parental sense of efficacy, and in particular, diminished parental sense of satisfaction.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>The findings highlight that romantic attachment anxiety serves as a mechanism explaining the relationship between childhood maltreatment and parental sense of efficacy and satisfaction.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51343,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse & Neglect","volume":"163 ","pages":"Article 107360"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143591483","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":"A longitudinal examination into childhood abuse and substance use to PTSD symptoms and deviant peer association: Impact of developmental timing of abuse","authors":"Timothy I. Lawrence ,&nbsp;Michael Fitzgerald ,&nbsp;Thomas Wojciechowski","doi":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107362","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107362","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Following child abuse, adolescents often endorse PTSD symptoms and use substances. However, few studies have addressed the longitudinal underlying effects of deviant peer association and revictimization and the developmental impact of PTSD symptoms and substance use.</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>To address these limitations, the current study utilized the <em>susceptibility</em> and <em>self-medication hypothesis</em> to examine abuse in childhood ages 0–12 and adolescence ages 12–16 as predictors of substance use in mid-adolescence at age 16 and symptoms of (PTSD) in late adolescence at age 18 mediated by associating with deviant peers and revictimization using a sample of 596 (73.8 % racial minority; 50.7 % male) adolescents from Longitudinal Study of Child Abuse and Neglect.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>This study utilized structural equation modeling (SEM) to examine the direct and indirect effects of child abuse, substance use, deviant peer affiliation, and PTSD symptoms across different developmental periods using bootstrapping procedures.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Results indicated that substance use in mid-adolescence mediated the relationship between abuse in adolescence and PTSD symptoms in middle adolescence, while the abuse in childhood was not indirectly related. Furthermore, the indirect effect between abuse in childhood and PTSD symptoms at age 16 was mediated by PTSD at age 12 and deviant peer affiliation at age 14. Substance use in adolescence, PTSD symptoms, and adolescent peer social networks may be a point of intervention to reduce future adverse outcomes.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>The findings of this study provided evidence of the long-term consequences of experiencing child abuse and subsequent adverse outcomes, including PTSD symptoms, substance use, and adolescent deviant peer affiliation. This study also highlighted preventive and intervention mechanisms to attenuate these adverse outcomes.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51343,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse & Neglect","volume":"163 ","pages":"Article 107362"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143591476","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}