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{"title":"Guiding leaders to prevent and address child sexual abuse within K-12 schools: A qualitative study on educators' perspectives","authors":"Luciana C. Assini-Meytin ,&nbsp;Ericka Muempfer ,&nbsp;Abigail DeSilva ,&nbsp;Laurie Tasharski ,&nbsp;Ben Mathews ,&nbsp;Keith L. Kaufman ,&nbsp;Elizabeth J. Letourneau ,&nbsp;Donald Palmer","doi":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107340","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107340","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Large organizations for recreation and culture in the U.S. have engaged in several best practices recommendations to keep children safe from sexual abuse. Informed by a deep characterization of such practices, in 2020, a group of researchers published a Leadership Desk Guide encouraging organizational leaders and staff to consider aligning their policies and practices under eight logical and overarching child-safe principles. The feasibility and applicability of such principles within K-12 school settings remained unknown.</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>To qualitatively assess the feasibility of applying the Leadership Desk Guide framework to prevent child sexual abuse (CSA) in K-12 school settings, and identify areas for enhancement.</div></div><div><h3>Participants and setting</h3><div>We obtained information from key stakeholders, including district- and school-level administrators (<em>N</em> = 15) and teachers (<em>N</em> = 20) via online interviews and focus groups.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Participants were exposed to an overview of the eight Leadership Desk Guide principles and asked about implementation barriers and facilitators. Thematic analysis of responses elicited areas of consensus and salient topics for further consideration.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Results indicated consensus among administrators and teachers regarding the necessity and adaptability of the child safety principles from the Leadership Desk Guide to K-12 settings. Implementation considerations included teachers' work demands, the inclusion of substitute teachers and volunteers in training, and the incompatibility of some recommendations (e.g., increasing direct line of sight) with contemporary challenges (e.g., school shootings).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Findings can help organizations identify and overcome barriers and increase the adoption of child safety strategies to prevent CSA and related boundary-violating behaviors by educators in K-12 schools.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51343,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse & Neglect","volume":"163 ","pages":"Article 107340"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143527376","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":"Reprint: The Sibling Sexual Behaviour Mapping Tool (SSBMT): Supporting practitioner confidence, planning and competency when responding to sexual behaviours between siblings","authors":"Sophie King-Hill ,&nbsp;Abby Gilsenan","doi":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107324","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107324","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><div>This paper outlines the development and initial pilot of the Sibling Sexual Behaviour Mapping Tool (SSBMT). Building on the findings of the National Project on Sibling Sexual Abuse (King-Hill, McCartan, et al., 2023) and work by Yates and Allardyce (2023), the tool was devised with the aim of supporting frontline child-protection social workers during the initial stages of working with families where sibling sexual behaviours (SSB) may be present.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>This paper explores the rationale for the SSBMT design, and preliminary findings from the first phase of resource evaluation. The evaluation process comprised a small pilot with social workers across seven local authorities in the United Kingdom (UK). The pilot study sought to assess the workability and effectiveness of the SSBMT within social work practice, providing stakeholder insight prior to its launch. The study employed mixed methods to gain feedback on the SSBMT design, accessibility, ease of use and compatibility with current child protection work processes, which included training of 50 practitioners, surveys with 20 professionals and two semi-structured interviews.</div></div><div><h3>Findings</h3><div>The findings suggest that the SSBMT increased practitioner confidence when working with SSB, and promoted holistic, whole-family approaches in the initial stages of work with children and families affected by SSB.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51343,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse & Neglect","volume":"162 ","pages":"Article 107324"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143538062","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":"Parent-teen concordance of selected adverse childhood experiences in a national sample of teenagers: Findings from National Health Interview Survey – Teen","authors":"Amanda E. Ng ,&nbsp;Elizabeth Swedo ,&nbsp;Benjamin Zablotsky ,&nbsp;Lindsey I. Black ,&nbsp;Phyllis Holditch Niolon ,&nbsp;Jonaki Bose ,&nbsp;Stephen J. Blumberg","doi":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107339","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107339","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Parent-reported surveys are commonly used in child health research. However, few national surveys have examined concordance between parent- and teen-reported Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs).</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>To examine concordance between parent- and teen-reported ACEs among a nationally representative sample of teens and understand sociodemographic correlates of concordance.</div></div><div><h3>Participants and setting</h3><div>Data were collected as part of the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), an annual nationally representative survey of the United States, with parent-reported interviews and its follow-back survey, the National Health Interview Survey-Teen (NHIS-Teen), a self-administered web survey of youth aged 12–17 years.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Parent- and teen-reported ACEs, and several measures of concordance (e.g. weighted Cohen's kappa, prevalence adjusted bias adjusted kappa (PABAK)) are presented. Unadjusted logistic regressions tested associations between sociodemographic characteristics and likelihood of concordance for each ACE.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>ACEs prevalence based on parent report were lower compared to teen report (e.g. victim of or witnessed violence in the neighborhood, 6.5 % parent-reported vs. 15.5 %, teen-reported). Weighted Cohen's kappa statistics showed fair to moderate agreement (<em>k</em>s ranging from 0.27 to 0.53), with PABAK statistics showing slightly higher levels (<em>k</em>s ranging from 0.41 to 0.88).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>There is discordance in ACEs reporting between teens and their parents, with parents less likely to report that their teen experience an ACE than teens are. This emphasizes the importance of collecting information directly from teenagers, which may help inform intervention work.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51343,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse & Neglect","volume":"163 ","pages":"Article 107339"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143509038","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":"Buffering effects of positive childhood experiences on the association between adolescents' adverse childhood experiences and delinquency: A statewide study","authors":"Sarah D. Lynne ,&nbsp;Abigail A. Fagan ,&nbsp;Tara M. Counts ,&nbsp;Josie L. Bryan ,&nbsp;Jessica Kidd ,&nbsp;Kate Fogarty","doi":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107325","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107325","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Although research demonstrates a graded relationship between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and delinquent behaviors for youth involved in juvenile justice, few studies have examined whether positive childhood experiences (PCEs) mitigate this relationship in low-risk samples.</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>This study investigates the degree to which PCEs buffer the relationship between high schoolers' ACEs and self-reported delinquent behavior and arrests.</div></div><div><h3>Participants and setting</h3><div>Data were collected in 2020 using the Florida Youth Substance Abuse Survey (FYSAS), an in-school survey of students in Grades 9–12. Of the 24,772 participants, 51 % reported their sex as male, 49 % reported their race/ethnicity as White/Caucasian, 30 % Spanish/Hispanic/Latiné, 26 % Black/African American, 2 % American Indian/Native American, 3 % Asian, 1 % Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, and 3 % another race/ethnicity.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Adolescents self-reported information on 10 ACEs, 8 PCEs, delinquent behavior, and arrest. Logistic regression was estimated to assess effects on having been arrested in the past year or having committed an act of delinquency in the past year.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Odds of arrest were 14 % higher for every one-point increase in ACEs and 16 % lower for every one-point increase in PCEs with no evidence of a buffering effect of PCEs on the link between ACEs and arrest. Odds of delinquency were 13 % higher for every one-point increase in ACEs and 14 % lower for every one-point increase in PCEs. There was a significant interaction of ACEs and PCEs predicting delinquency. There was a stronger buffering effect of PCEs on the link between ACEs and delinquency among youth with fewer ACEs.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Results suggest intervention strategies that increase PCEs in adolescents' immediate environments promote better outcomes for all youth including those exposed to ACEs.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51343,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse & Neglect","volume":"163 ","pages":"Article 107325"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143510876","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":"Psychometric properties of the five-minute speech sample: Measuring parental schemas among caregivers in the child welfare system","authors":"Jenna Montgomery Armstrong,&nbsp;Paul Geiger,&nbsp;Dalia Khoury,&nbsp;Stephen Tueller","doi":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107337","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107337","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Parental schemas are implicit beliefs parents have about their child that then shape their behaviors and impact child well-being and adjustment. This research evaluates the psychometric properties of the Five-Minute Speech Sample coded with the Family Affective Attitude Rating Scale of the (FMSS-FAARS) to assess parental schemas among caregivers involved in the child welfare system (CWS).</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>Evaluate the psychometric properties of the FMSS-FAARS with a large, diverse sample of caregivers involved with the CWS.</div></div><div><h3>Participants</h3><div>The sample consists of 2240 caregivers from the third cohort of the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Wellbeing.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Caregivers completed the FMSS, which was then coded using the FAARS to assess parental schemas. Analyses included inter-rater reliability (IRR), internal consistency, and convergent validity. To assess convergent validity, the Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment – Short Form (HOME-SF), was examined for correlations with FMSS-FAARS.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The IRR of the FMSS-FAARS scales (Negative Relational Schema [NRS] and Positive Relational Schema [PRS]) ranged from nearly perfect (weighted kappa = 0.98) to substantial (weighted kappa = 0.63). Although the NRS exhibited acceptable internal consistency (Ω = 0.91), that of the PRS was poor (Ω = 0.58) and varied by demographic characteristics. Results of convergent validity analyses indicated variation of correlations between the HOME-SF and the FMSS-FAARS by age and subgroups.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>The FMSS-FAARS demonstrated inconsistent psychometric properties when administered to caregivers involved in the CWS, warranting additional empirical investigation. Novel approaches to coding the FMSS may be necessary to represent parental schemas effectively in a multi-dimensional and inclusive manner.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51343,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse & Neglect","volume":"163 ","pages":"Article 107337"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143510877","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":"Exposure to neighborhood violence, self-efficacy, and child maltreatment","authors":"Kathryn Maguire-Jack ,&nbsp;Rebecca Bosetti ,&nbsp;Yujeong Chang ,&nbsp;Yoonzie Chung ,&nbsp;Fei Pei ,&nbsp;Kathryn Showalter ,&nbsp;Olivia D. Chang ,&nbsp;Yanghyun Park ,&nbsp;Katherine Marçal ,&nbsp;Sheila Barnhart","doi":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107329","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107329","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Child maltreatment is a significant public health concern in the United States, with long-lasting consequences for children’s development. Exposure to community violence is a known risk factor for child maltreatment, yet the mechanisms underlying this relationship are unclear. Self-efficacy, a construct reflecting an individual’s perceived ability to influence their environment, may play a critical mediating role in this pathway.</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>This study aimed to investigate whether self-efficacy mediates the relationship between exposure to community violence and child maltreatment, including physical assault, psychological aggression, and neglect.</div></div><div><h3>Participants and setting</h3><div>Data were drawn from the Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study, a longitudinal study of 4898 children born in 20 major cities in the United States. The analysis focused on the third wave of data when children were age 3.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Structural equation modeling was employed to assess the direct and indirect effects of exposure to community violence on three forms of child maltreatment through the mediating variable of self-efficacy.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Exposure to community violence had a direct negative impact on maternal self-efficacy. In turn, higher self-efficacy was protective against all three forms of child maltreatment. Self-efficacy partially mediated the relationship between exposure to community violence and child maltreatment, highlighting a pathway through which exposure to violence affects parenting behaviors.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Findings underscore the importance of self-efficacy as a protective pathway in mitigating the effects of community violence on child maltreatment. Interventions aimed at enhancing parental self-efficacy and reducing community violence may have significant implications for preventing child maltreatment.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51343,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse & Neglect","volume":"163 ","pages":"Article 107329"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143509037","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":"Nurturing roots: Motivations of Inuit foster parents caring for Inuit children in Nunavik","authors":"Lisa Ellington","doi":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107326","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107326","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Indigenous children are overrepresented in the child protection system in Canada, particularly in Nunavik, Quebec, where Inuit children face significant risks of being placed outside their communities. Previous studies have often centered on service providers or the perspectives of non-Indigenous foster families, neglecting the voices of Inuit foster parents themselves.</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>This study explored the motivations and experiences of Inuit foster parents in Nunavik for becoming and remaining foster parents, as well as factors that could lead to a cessation of care provision.</div></div><div><h3>Participants and methods</h3><div>Fifteen Inuit foster parents (12 women, 3 men) from various communities in Nunavik participated in semi-structured interviews. Interviews were analyzed using inductive thematic analysis.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Key motivations for fostering included keeping children within the family, preserving cultural identity, and respecting the child's preferences. Foster parents reported significant challenges, including a lack of support from child protection services and dealing with trauma.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>The study highlights the critical role of Inuit foster parents in maintaining cultural continuity for Inuit children and underscores the need for supportive policies and practices that recognize their motivations and values. Enhanced support and culturally sensitive approaches are essential to improve the recruitment and retention of Inuit foster parents.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51343,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse & Neglect","volume":"163 ","pages":"Article 107326"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143488077","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":"Predictor importance of organizational factors of burnout in child welfare workers","authors":"Lauren H.K. Stanley,&nbsp;Melissa Radey,&nbsp;Lisa Magruder,&nbsp;Dina J. Wilke","doi":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107319","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107319","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>The prevalence and predictors of work-related burnout have been extensively investigated within the child welfare workforce. However, the understanding of significant predictors has largely relied on traditional regression analyses, which often fail to capture the unique contributions of each predictor. Dominance analysis (DA) is an advanced quantitative method that determines the relative importance of predictive variables in multiple regression models.</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>This study aimed to determine which empirically-based predictor had the most impact on work-related burnout in child welfare workers.</div></div><div><h3>Participants and setting</h3><div>This study used a sample of newly hired frontline child welfare workers (<em>n</em> = 597) who had been on the job for 18 months.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>A DA was used to analyze a regression model of eight empirically based predictors of work-related burnout in child welfare workers.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Findings among frontline child welfare workers (<em>n</em> = 597) indicate that time pressure contributed the most unique variance (17 %) when predicting work-related burnout and dominated all other organizational factors predicting work-related burnout.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Findings have implications for child welfare organizations and child welfare workforce policy development.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51343,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse & Neglect","volume":"163 ","pages":"Article 107319"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143488078","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":"‘Just’ prevention of child sexual abuse: A critique and call to action","authors":"Susan Rayment-McHugh,&nbsp;Nadine McKillop","doi":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107328","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107328","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The UN Sustainable Development Goals advocate for the protection of <u>all</u> children from sexual abuse. This inevitably links the safety of children with social justice principles, emphasizing the need to apply an equality lens to child sexual abuse prevention. This commentary paper offers a critical discussion that advances the field by reformulating the ‘just sustainabilities’ framework from urban and environmental planning, to guide a ‘just’ child sexual abuse prevention agenda. This reformulated framework is used to critique current prevention practice, utilizing Australian and international interdisciplinary literature and examples. It informs a call to action to adopt a ‘just’ prevention agenda for future child sexual abuse prevention policy and practice.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51343,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse & Neglect","volume":"163 ","pages":"Article 107328"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143488079","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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