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{"title":"Woven lives: The intersection of streetism and resilience in Dodoma City, Tanzania","authors":"Sister Jeston Shitindi ,&nbsp;Yinong Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107841","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107841","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Streetism among children is a global issue linked to socioeconomic inequalities and systemic failures. While various factors lead to children living on the streets, the relationship between streetism and resilience remains largely unexplored.</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>The study objectives were: (a) identify the underlying factors driving children to the streets, (b) evaluate the services provided in rehabilitation homes, and (c) analyze the interplay between resilience and street life and its relation to street children in urban environment.</div></div><div><h3>Participants and setting</h3><div>The study population consisted of street children, and social welfare officers in Dodoma City, Tanzania.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>The study used a qualitative ethnographic approach, gathering data through Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) and In-depth Interviews (IDIs) with 18 participants: 12 street children aged 9 to 17, 4 social welfare officers, and 2 staff from rehabilitation centers.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The findings show that the resilience of street children depends on their coping strategies, social connections, and teamwork. While these strategies offer temporary relief from trauma, they result in community isolation and restricted resource access. Informal work heightens their vulnerability to exploitation, and many children see this vulnerability as a weakness, adopting a tough exterior that hinders long-term solutions. This phenomenon emphasizes the need for targeted interventions to address streetism and strengthen children's resilience.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Peer support networks and structured support systems for children should be enhanced through community-focused programs that create safe spaces for sharing experiences and building friendships. Rehabilitation centers should also actively involve street children in their development to effectively address their needs.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51343,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse & Neglect","volume":"172 ","pages":"Article 107841"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145697841","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":"Eleven-year trends in statewide child maltreatment reports and substantiated cases: Associations with policy implementation, Covid-19 and community socioeconomic factors","authors":"Mikaela D. Scozzafava ,&nbsp;Carl F. Weems","doi":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107854","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107854","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Child maltreatment remains a critical public health issue with long-term developmental consequences. Understanding how community-level factors and policy changes influence reporting trends is essential for effective prevention and intervention.</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>This study investigated 11-year trends in statewide child maltreatment reports and substantiations to better understand these trends in connection with county socioeconomic conditions, statewide policy implementation, and the COVID-19 pandemic.</div></div><div><h3>Participants and setting</h3><div>County-level rates of reported and substantiated child maltreatment from 2012 to 2023 among all 99 counties in Iowa were linked to county-level socioeconomic indicators.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Hierarchical linear and mixed modeling techniques were used to examine temporal trends and the influence of county-level socioeconomic indicators on reporting and substantiation rates.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Trends in reports and substantiation rates were best modeled by curvilinear (cubic) trends with fluctuations related to a state-wide policy change and the COVID-19 pandemic. Results indicated that county-level income (β = 149.18, SE = 66.79, <em>p</em> &lt; .05), unemployment (β = 124.26, SE = 53.90, <em>p</em> &lt; .05), and safety (β = 198.13, SE = 81.41, <em>p</em> &lt; .05) were associated with reporting rates. County-level educational attainment (β = 60.17, SE = 23.88, <em>p</em> &lt; .05), income (β = 53.12, SE = 23.85, <em>p</em> &lt; .05), unemployment (β = 43.58, SE = 19.47, <em>p</em> &lt; .05), and safety (β = 79.72, SE = 29.67, <em>p</em> &lt; .01) were associated with substantiation rates.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Contrary to expectations from data at the individual and family level, higher levels of income, education, socially supportive environments, and community safety were associated with increased rates of reported and substantiated cases at the county-level. While preliminary, the findings highlight the importance of understanding broad context, community-level surveillance, and institutional capacity beyond the individual and family levels.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51343,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse & Neglect","volume":"172 ","pages":"Article 107854"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145879003","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":"Caught in the web of polyvictimization: Network analysis of theoretical clusters versus data-driven groupings of potentially traumatic events among adolescents","authors":"Austen McGuire ,&nbsp;Rachel Siciliano ,&nbsp;Cynthia M. Navarro Flores ,&nbsp;Alejandro L. Vázquez ,&nbsp;Daniel W. Smith ,&nbsp;Dean Kilpatrick","doi":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107874","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107874","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Exposure to multiple potentially traumatic events (PTEs; e.g., maltreatment, family or community violence), is a robust risk factor for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Identifying patterns of PTE exposure (i.e., polyvictimization) is essential for understanding youth risk for subsequent PTE exposure and mental health outcomes.</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>The current study used network analysis to characterize interrelations among PTEs and their connections to PTSD symptoms, and examined whether theoretically grounded classifications versus data-driven constellations of individual PTEs differentially capture polyvictimization patterns and associations with symptoms.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Data were drawn from 3614 youth (<em>M</em>_<em>age</em>[<em>SD</em>] = 14.63[1.67]; 50 % female youth) who reported on lifetime exposure to 31 distinct PTEs and PTSD symptoms. The study compared network structures and metrics indexing PTE and PTSD symptom interconnectedness across two approaches: (1) a priori theoretically-grounded PTE categories and (2) data-driven groupings of individual PTEs.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Results from categorical and individual networks revealed both distinct and overlapping polyvictimization and symptom patterns. Aggregating PTEs into broad categories obscured key connections among “lower severity” PTEs (e.g., caregiver spanking/slapping, touching on private parts) that were strongly linked to polyvictimization and symptoms.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Theoretical, broad groupings may not accurately reflect patterns of PTE exposure in youth. Findings highlight the value of data-driven approaches and the importance of assessing individual PTEs to capture the complexity of polyvictimization. Results also highlight potential targets for prevention and intervention among PTE exposed youth (e.g., caregiver behaviors) and provide guidance for future the operationalization of polyvictimization in studies linking PTE and emotional and behavioral health outcomes.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51343,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse & Neglect","volume":"172 ","pages":"Article 107874"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145901000","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":"“Never mind, my dear, endure it, bear it”: Responses to and interpretations of intrafamilial physical child abuse among Palestinian Muslim survivors in Israel","authors":"Afnan Attrash-Najjar","doi":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107875","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107875","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Although children's responses to abuse are well documented, less is known about how those responses unfold in marginalized, conservative communities experiencing political instability.</div></div><div><h3>Objectives</h3><div>This study examines responses and interpretations of responses to intrafamilial physical child abuse among Palestinian Muslim survivors in Israel.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Seventeen Palestinian Muslim adults (12 women, 5 men, aged 19–54) with histories of continuous intrafamilial physical abuse in childhood participated. They were recruited via social media and engaged in in-depth narrative interviews between May 2022 and January 2023. The interviews were analyzed using categorical-content analysis.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Participants coped with ongoing intrafamilial physical child abuse through various mechanisms, including emotional withdrawal, invisibility, cognitive and imaginative escape, spiritual coping, and unsuccessful help-seeking due to systemic barriers. Their responses to the abuse were shaped by socialization, gender norms, religion, political oppression and state violence, which reinforced their endurance, silence, and distrust of authorities.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>The study reveals how cultural, gendered, and systemic factors shape survivors' responses to abuse, emphasizing the need for interventions targeting both individual trauma and broader societal and systemic oppression.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51343,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse & Neglect","volume":"172 ","pages":"Article 107875"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145884985","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 systematic review of the perceived barriers to and facilitators of technology assisted – Child sexual abuse disclosure","authors":"Tony McGinn ,&nbsp;Admire Chereni ,&nbsp;Emma McGinnis","doi":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107869","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107869","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Disclosure rates of Technology-Assisted Child Sexual Abuse (TA-CSA) remain exceptionally low despite growing awareness of its scale and harm. The 2024 conviction of Northern Irish offender Alexander McCartney, who exploited thousands of children online and drove a 12-year-old victim to suicide, illustrates how shame, fear, and confusion can silence victims. Strengthening evidence on what helps children disclose digitally mediated abuse is essential to inform prevention and intervention efforts.</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>To systematically review and synthesize the empirical literature on barriers and facilitators to technology-assisted child sexual abuse (TA-CSA) disclosure among children and adolescents.</div></div><div><h3>Participants and setting</h3><div>Combined sample size across the included studies is 38,045. The studies encompass diverse populations including children, adolescents, and adults from various countries, focusing on experiences of online sexual abuse, victimization, and professional perspectives.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Following a published protocol, we systematically searched 14 multidisciplinary databases (2015–2025). Empirical studies (quantitative, qualitative, or mixed methods) reporting factors influencing minors' TA-CSA disclosure were included. These encompassed victim accounts and insights from caregivers, professionals, or perpetrators. Data were extracted and thematically analyzed to identify pivotal or recurring themes.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Barriers to disclosure included victims' failure to recognize abuse (due to grooming or low awareness), feelings of shame and self-blame, fear of disbelief or blame, reluctance to report known perpetrators, and perceptions that adults would not understand. Facilitators, though less commonly reported, included increased awareness through education, supportive peers or siblings, and trusted adults who responded with empathy and understanding.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Further research is needed to develop effective disclosure interventions, but education alone is unlikely to improve outcomes, particularly for vulnerable groups in low-resource settings, pointing to the need for identity verification by technology companies. Prevention must combine education with structural safeguards, as offenders continue to exploit anonymous online platforms.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51343,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse & Neglect","volume":"172 ","pages":"Article 107869"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145967770","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":"Child maltreatment linked to incident chronic inflammatory gastrointestinal diseases and its underlying pathways: An analysis of the UK biobank","authors":"Shaoli Lin ,&nbsp;Wenya Bai ,&nbsp;Yudan Zheng ,&nbsp;Yuru Pan ,&nbsp;Miaohong Zhuang ,&nbsp;Yiqiang Zhan ,&nbsp;Miao Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107868","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107868","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>There is little evidence regarding the relationship of child maltreatment with chronic inflammatory gastrointestinal diseases and its underlying pathways.</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>To investigate the association of child maltreatment with chronic inflammatory gastrointestinal diseases and its underlying pathways.</div></div><div><h3>Participants and setting</h3><div>An ambispective cohort analysis using data from the UK Biobank.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>We utilized a national cohort study from the UK to evaluate the associations of child maltreatment and its five subtypes with incident chronic inflammatory gastrointestinal diseases, assessing the mediated role of lifestyles, mental disorders, and inflammation indicators.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>A total of 121,632 participants who completed the child maltreatment assessment were included in analyses. Compared to participants without child maltreatment history, those exposed to three or more subtypes had an increased risk of developing chronic inflammatory gastrointestinal diseases, with an adjusted hazard ratio (HR) of 1.49 (95 % CI: 1.36–1.62). All five subtypes of child maltreatment were associated with elevated incident chronic inflammatory gastrointestinal diseases with the strongest estimation for physical neglect (HR: 1.43, 95 % CI: 1.31–1.55). Moreover, chronic inflammatory gastrointestinal diseases induced by child maltreatment were attributed to chronic gastroduodenitis and gastroduodenal ulcer. Furthermore, child maltreatment was associated with lifestyles, mental disorders, and inflammation indicators, of which educational level, smoking status, anxiety, depression, C-reactive protein, white blood cell, neutrophil, and eosinophil partially mediated the associations of child maltreatment and chronic inflammatory gastrointestinal diseases.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Child maltreatment and its subtypes were associated with increased incident chronic inflammatory gastrointestinal diseases, especially for the upper gastrointestinal tract, involving the mediating role of lifestyles, mental disorders, and systemic inflammation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51343,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse & Neglect","volume":"172 ","pages":"Article 107868"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145879422","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":"Beyond additive risk: Intersectional inequalities in sexual violence by sex, race and ethnicity, and sexual orientation","authors":"Nasir Z. Bashir ,&nbsp;James Lane","doi":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107843","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107843","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Sexual violence during youth has serious consequences for short- and long-term health and wellbeing. It is not well understood how risk of sexual violence varies across intersecting social identities.</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>This study aims to investigate disparities in sexual violence experienced amongst adolescents, at the intersections of sex, race and ethnicity, and sexual orientation.</div></div><div><h3>Participants and setting</h3><div>Data were extracted from the 2023 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey, a biennial school-based cross-sectional study conducted across the United States.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>A multilevel analysis of individual heterogeneity and discriminatory accuracy (MAIHDA) was carried out, defining 40 intersectional strata by sex, race and ethnicity, and sexual orientation. Three outcomes were evaluated: (i) ever having forced sexual intercourse, (ii) any sexual violence in the past year, (iii) dating sexual violence in the past year.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>There was substantial between-stratum heterogeneity in predicted probabilities of forced intercourse and sexual violence. The highest risk strata overwhelmingly comprised non-heterosexual individuals and females, whilst the lowest risk strata comprised heterosexual individuals and males. Fixed effects of sex, race and ethnicity, and sexual orientation explained 82.4 % to 86.8 % of the between-stratum variance, but residual variance remained. The median odds ratio (MOR) indicated that risk of ever having had forced intercourse could double depending on intersectional identity (MOR: 2.04; 95 % CI: 1.73 to 2.54).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Findings support the hypothesis that risk is concentrated in multiply marginalized groups. Intersectional multilevel modelling revealed stark inequalities in adolescent sexual violence risk that are not fully explained by additive effects.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51343,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse & Neglect","volume":"172 ","pages":"Article 107843"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145776621","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":"Intergenerational patterns of child protection system involvement in an Australian population cohort","authors":"Melissa J. Green ,&nbsp;Emma McKenzie ,&nbsp;Oliver Watkeys ,&nbsp;Melissa Mei Yin Cheung ,&nbsp;Kimberlie Dean ,&nbsp;Kirstie O'Hare ,&nbsp;Ken Zulumovski ,&nbsp;Merran Butler ,&nbsp;Vaughan J. Carr ,&nbsp;Stacy Tzoumakis","doi":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107844","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107844","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>There is substantial diversity in patterns of intergenerational maltreatment within families.</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>To characterise familial patterns of child protection contacts across generations among a representative population sample of Australian children.</div></div><div><h3>Participants and setting</h3><div>Participants were 75,784 Australian children (followed from birth to age ~18 years) and their parents from the New South Wales Child Development Study.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Child protection (CP) data (child: 2001–2021; parents: 1971–2021) were used to categorise family members into four subpopulations according to intergenerational patterns of contact with the CP system. Sociodemographic factors and CP system contacts were examined for all family members within intergenerational CP groups, using binary logistic regression.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Most families (67.8%) had no contact with child protection across generations. Approximately 31% of children were known to CP services, relative to 5% of mothers and 1.7% fathers in the cohort. The majority of children known to CP services (85%) had no parental history of maltreatment (‘cycle initiator’ families). Almost 79% of children whose parents had historical CP records were also known to CP services (‘cycle maintainers’; representing 15% of all children known to CP services) and 21% were unknown to child protection services (classed as ‘cycle breakers’; representing 4% of all children known to CP services). Parents classified as ‘cycle maintainers’ had more serious, frequent, and earlier involvement with the CP system, and higher levels of disadvantage, compared to other groups.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Socioeconomic drivers of intergenerational CP system involvement deserve attention from policy makers.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51343,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse & Neglect","volume":"172 ","pages":"Article 107844"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145798258","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 impact of childhood sexual and physical abuse on needs for care among people with first episode psychosis","authors":"Sarah Tosato ,&nbsp;Lucia Maggioni ,&nbsp;Vittoria Bastanzetti ,&nbsp;Doriana Cristofalo ,&nbsp;Carlo Faravelli ,&nbsp;Branko Ristic ,&nbsp;the GET UP group ,&nbsp;Mirella Ruggeri ,&nbsp;Antonio Lasalvia ,&nbsp;Chiara Bonetto","doi":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107863","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107863","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Childhood physical and sexual abuse are highly prevalent among individuals with psychotic disorders. These individuals also tend to have poor global and social functioning outcomes. At symptom remission, adequate functioning is restored in only one out of seven patients, and if childhood abuse is present, psychosocial and occupational functioning are more compromised. Lower psychosocial functioning is found to be associated with higher levels of needs for care. This longitudinal study examines how physical and sexual abuse affect the total, met, and unmet needs for care of patients with first-episode psychosis (FEP) at nine months (T1) from the onset.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>We assessed a sample of 276 Italian FEP patients (M 59.1 %, age 29.9 ± 9.8). Needs for care were evaluated at both baseline (T0) and at T1 using the Camberwell Assessment of Need (CAN) scale, covering five areas: basic needs, social needs, health, functioning, and services, measuring both met and unmet needs. Physical and sexual abuse history was recorded using the Childhood Experience of Care and Abuse Questionnaire (CECA-Q).</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>At T1, FEP patients with childhood physical or sexual abuse had higher total and met needs than non-abused patients, with physical abuse showing the strongest association with needs for care. A higher level of psychopathology, a lower global functioning, and childhood physical abuse were the main characteristics related to increased total, met, and unmet care needs.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>These findings highlight the importance of assessing trauma history at the onset of psychosis, as this could be a crucial factor in identifying several specific needs for care and guiding treatment to address them.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51343,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse & Neglect","volume":"172 ","pages":"Article 107863"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145866406","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":"Social network strategies in child maltreatment prevention: A scoping review","authors":"Yiran Zhang ,&nbsp;Shuting Yuan ,&nbsp;Jinyu Chen ,&nbsp;Qiuchang Cao ,&nbsp;Xuemei Xiao ,&nbsp;Huajie Gu ,&nbsp;Si Chen ,&nbsp;Manjun Kim ,&nbsp;Zhanjun Xing","doi":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107853","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107853","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Social network strategies have emerged as a popular component of child maltreatment prevention programs. However, limited evidence exists on how these strategies are applied and whether they contribute meaningfully to program outcomes.</div></div><div><h3>Objectives</h3><div>This scoping review aims to synthesize how social network strategies are used in child maltreatment prevention programs and their associated outcomes.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>This study reviewed 23 peer-reviewed studies published between 2010 and 2023. Eligible studies included interventions that incorporated social network strategies and targeted parents or caregivers. Our results are structured to reflect a three-level social network intervention framework—intra-personal, inter-personal, and contextual.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Most studies (<em>n</em> = 18) were conducted in high-income countries and focused on mothers. Contextual strategies (e.g., forming groups) were most common, followed by intra-personal (e.g., building social skills) and inter-personal strategies (e.g., strengthening tie). While most studies reported positive parenting and support outcomes, only 10 out of 23 included studies specifically examined the outcomes of network strategies.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>Despite the popularity of certain intrapersonal and contextual network strategies, several network change strategies remain underutilized in child maltreatment prevention programs. Additionally, because few studies measured outcomes associated with network strategies, the potential psychosocial benefit of network strategies needs to be interpreted with caution. Future research should systematically incorporate network theories in the design of network strategies and intentionally measure their impact on maltreatment prevention outcomes across diverse socio-economic contexts.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51343,"journal":{"name":"Child Abuse & Neglect","volume":"172 ","pages":"Article 107853"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145866474","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}