Child Abuse Review最新文献

The literature indicates that parents can also be perpetrators of violence against children, which is influenced by various factors. This study investigated the relationships between parents' prosocial behaviour, educational status and adverse childhood experiences on their tendency to engage in physical violence against children. A quantitative research design and convenience sampling were utilized, with 500 parents residing in Türkiye, who had children under 18 years of age. The statistical significance level was set at p < 0.05, with a reliability interval of 95%. The data were evaluated using a moderated moderation analysis method. The results of the study indicated that the asssociation of parents' adverse childhood experiences on prosocial behaviour and sensitivity to child-directed violence varies depending on their level of education. The interaction between adverse childhood experiences and educational level was found to have a significant association with the relationship between parents' prosocial behaviour and sensitivity to child-directed violence. Various recommendations were made at the end of the study.

The Barnahus Model, influencing how professionals across child protection, criminal justice and health come together to support families, has become the core model of response to concerns of child sexual abuse (CSA) in Europe and represents a significant social innovation currently being developed in Ireland. In 2019, Barnahus West in Galway, Ireland, was launched. Two additional services, Barnahus South and East, are in development. Nine senior professionals, across three internal services in a Dublin hospital and members of this organisations Barnahus steering group, participated in semistructured interviews on this topic. This reflexive thematic analysis, utilising the lenses of leadership, innovation and change, explores how already existing services based in this Dublin hospital may adapt and respond to facilitate this social innovation. Three themes were identified: Focus of Change Management, Barriers to Change and First Steps to Implementation. Recommendations include that a collective leadership approach is best suited to implementation of this change. The steering group would also benefit from utilising a formal change model to support their work. Small-scale testing of an initial cross-system response to CSA to inform wider implementation of systemic change is recommended.

Young subjects with developmental disabilities are vulnerable and may experience frequent peer victimization. Quantifying the risk and associated factors and consequences of peer victimization among this vulnerable population would have clinical and public health implications. In this descriptive cross-sectional study, we aimed to investigate peer victimization and relationships with psychiatric comorbidity and sociodemographic/socioeconomic variables in a clinical sample of young subjects with ASD without ID in a nonwestern country. The Revised Olweus Bully/Victim Questionnaire and a semistructured diagnostic instrument were used to investigate victimization experiences and psychiatric disorders, respectively. The majority of the subjects (68.8%) experienced victimization (verbal, relational or physical) by their peers. Only 45% (18/40) of the victims' parents were aware of their child's victimization status. Frequency of generalized anxiety disorder and self-reported anxiety scores were higher in those with more severe victimization. A binary logistic regression analysis for victimization yielded significant associations for having a single parent, a higher maternal educational level, a lower paternal educational level and higher depression scores. Psychiatric evaluation of young subjects with ASD should include questioning about bullying experiences. Because parents may not be aware of bullying experience, disclosing bullying experience only depending on the parental report may cause an underreport of bullying among young subjects with ASD.

Child abuse represents a significant global issue with profound short- and long-term social consequences. The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated risk factors associated with child abuse, particularly during confinement periods. This study aimed to assess the frequency of child abuse in three health institutions in Bogotá from 2019 to 2021, encompassing the pre-pandemic, social isolation and social reopening phases. A cross-sectional analysis was conducted involving patients under 18 years diagnosed with child abuse through the ‘Buen Trato’ program at Clinica Colsanitas S.A. The study calculated the overall frequency of abuse across different periods and utilized descriptive statistics to characterize the cases. A total of 294 cases were identified, with a median age of 9.3 years; 60.9% were female, and 42.5% were adolescents. Sexual abuse emerged as the most prevalent form of abuse, primarily perpetrated by parents. The overall confirmed child abuse frequency was 47.6%, with a notable rise in cases during the pandemic: pre-pandemic (confirmed/reported: 104/207; 50.2%), social isolation (144/302; 47.7%) and social reopening (46/109; 42.2%). Interestingly, during the social isolation period, there was a decline in reported suspected abuse cases in health institutions, likely due to access barriers created by confinement measures.

The online grooming risk (OGR) among adolescents has risen due to the development of technology and the growing use of social media. Although crucial links have been described among family support, self-esteem and OGR, little is known about the mechanisms problematic Internet usage has in these links. This study aims to investigate the mediating role of problematic Internet usage in the relationship among family support, self-esteem and OGR. The participants consist of a total of 406 adolescents in Türkiye, with 283 girls and 123 boys (age, mean ± standard deviation = 16.25 ± 1.68). The relationships among the variables were examined using the Pearson correlation, while mediation analyses were carried out using structural equation modelling. Correlational analyses reveal family support to be negatively associated with both OGR and problematic Internet usage. Meanwhile, family support was positively correlated with self-esteem. Similarly, a positive and statistically significant relationship was determined between OGR and problematic Internet usage. The results indicate problematic Internet usage to mediate the relationship between family support and OGR as well as the relationship between self-esteem and OGR. These results highlight the importance of paying attention to adolescents' mental health regarding problematic Internet usage by considering the protective factors of self-esteem and family support due to their close association with OGR.