Pub Date : 2025-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2024.107241
Nina Thorup Dalgaard , Julie Mulla Reich , Nick Midgley , Saul Hillman , Holly Dwyer Hall , Maiken Pontoppidan
Objective: Foster care services in Denmark, as in many other countries, face challenges with recruitment, assessment, and retention of foster families. It is essential to understand how foster parents understand their role and how this might relate to child outcomes. This paper develops a typology of foster parent types through an ideal-type analysis of interviews with foster parents. Participants and Setting: The sample consist of 14 Danish foster parents who had participated in a quasi-randomized trial exploring the effects of Mentalization Based Therapy for foster families. Methods: Foster parents were interviewed using a semi-structured interview schedule, interview material was transcribed and subsequently an ideal-type analysis was performed. Results: Based on foster parents' perceptions of their role in the children's lives, we identified three ideal-types of foster parents: 1) emotional foster parents, 2) ambiguous foster parents, and 3) professional foster parents. Conclusions: Foster parent perceptions of their fostering role have implications for understanding foster care as a developmental context.
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Pub Date : 2025-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2024.107186
Kerryann Walsh , Ben Mathews , Kausar Parvin , Rhiannon Smith , Melanie Burton , Mariesa Nicholas , Sarah Napier , Timothy Cubitt , Holly Erskine , Hannah J. Thomas , David Finkelhor , Daryl J. Higgins , James G. Scott , Asher Flynn , Jennie Noll , Eva Malacova , Ha Le , Nam Tran
Background
Online child sexual victimization is increasingly facilitated by technology, but evidence of its prevalence and characteristics remains scarce. Reliable population-based data is critical to understand the magnitude and nature of the problem, and inform evidence-based prevention.
Objective
To determine the prevalence of nonconsensual sharing of sexual images of the child by any perpetrator, and of online sexual solicitation by any adult perpetrator; and to determine the characteristics of these experiences.
Participants and setting
A nationally representative sample of 3500 individuals aged 16–24 years in Australia, comprising a sub-sample of participants in the Australian Child Maltreatment Study (ACMS).
Methods
We administered the Juvenile Victimization Questionnaire-R2: Adapted Version (ACMS). Survey items captured self-reported information from participants about whether, before age 18, they had experienced nonconsensual sharing of sexual images of themselves by any perpetrator, and online sexual solicitation by an adult. Follow-up items generated information about the characteristics of these experiences. We generated weighted national prevalence estimates for each experience, and estimated chronicity (number of times the experience occurred), age at onset, and perpetrator characteristics.
Results
National prevalence of nonconsensual sharing of sexual images of the child before age 18 was 7.6 % (95 % CI 6.6–8.6 %), and of online sexual solicitation by an adult was 17.7 % (95 % CI 16.3–19.2 %). Girls were significantly more likely than boys to experience both nonconsensual image sharing victimization (10.9 % v 3.8 %) and online sexual solicitation by an adult (26.3 % v 7.6 %) before age 18. Gender diverse individuals experienced higher online sexual solicitation (47.9 %), although cell sizes were small. Chronicity of online sexual solicitation (median: n = 5) was higher than nonconsensual image sharing victimization (median: n = 2). Median ages at onset were 15 (image sharing) and 14 (sexual solicitation). Most perpetrators of nonconsensual image sharing were other known adolescents (48.8 %) and adolescents who were current or former romantic partners (23.4 %), while perpetrators of online sexual solicitation were typically unknown adults (86.7 %).
Conclusions
Online childhood sexual victimization is widespread in Australia, especially for girls. Many children's experiences begin in middle childhood, and events are often chronic. Results can inform enhanced targeted prevention efforts.
背景:网络儿童性侵害越来越多地受到技术的促进,但其普遍性和特征的证据仍然很少。可靠的基于人群的数据对于了解问题的严重性和性质以及为基于证据的预防提供信息至关重要。目的:确定任何犯罪者未经同意分享儿童性图像的流行程度,以及任何成年犯罪者在线性引诱的流行程度;并确定这些经历的特征。参与者和环境:澳大利亚有3500名16-24岁的全国代表性样本,包括澳大利亚儿童虐待研究(ACMS)参与者的子样本。方法:采用青少年受害调查问卷- r2:改编版(ACMS)。调查项目收集了参与者的自我报告信息,包括在18岁之前,他们是否经历过任何犯罪者未经同意分享自己的性照片,以及成年人在网上的性引诱。后续项目生成了关于这些体验特征的信息。我们为每一种经历生成加权的全国患病率估计值,并估计了慢性(经历发生的次数)、发病年龄和犯罪者特征。结果:未经同意分享18岁前儿童性图像的全国患病率为7.6% (95% CI 6.6- 8.6%),成人在线性引诱的患病率为17.7% (95% CI 16.3- 19.2%)。在18岁之前,女孩比男孩更有可能经历未经同意的图片分享受害者(10.9% vs 3.8%)和成人在线性引诱(26.3% vs 7.6%)。性别不同的个体经历了更高的网络性引诱(47.9%),尽管细胞大小较小。网络性引诱的慢性性(中位数:n = 5)高于非自愿的图片分享受害者(中位数:n = 2)。发病的中位数年龄为15岁(图片分享)和14岁(性引诱)。大多数未经同意分享图片的肇事者是其他已知的青少年(48.8%)和现在或以前的恋人(23.4%),而在线性引诱的肇事者通常是未知的成年人(86.7%)。结论:网络儿童性侵害在澳大利亚很普遍,尤其是女孩。许多孩子的经历始于童年中期,而且往往是慢性的。结果可以为加强有针对性的预防工作提供信息。
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Pub Date : 2025-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2024.107175
Joseph P. Ryan , Lauren Oshman , Christopher J. Frank , Brian Perron , Bryan Victor , Vivek Sankaran
Background
Parental substance use can increase the risk of child maltreatment.
Objective
The purpose of this study was to assess racial bias in newborn drug testing and to investigate the association between prenatal tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) exposure and subsequent child maltreatment.
Participants and Setting.
This retrospective cohort study (n = 35,437) linked University of Michigan Hospital birth data and Michigan Department of Health and Human Services child maltreatment data relative to a 2018 policy change. Prior to 2018, prenatal THC exposure was routinely substantiated as physical abuse; after 2018 THC exposure was investigated but not automatically substantiated.
Methods
We defined prenatal THC exposure as a positive newborn meconium drug test for THC. The primary outcome was a substantiated Child Protective Services (CPS) report of maltreatment before and after the policy change. Demographic variables included parent age, race, ethnicity, zip code and insurance type. Covariates included prenatal urine drug test orders and results, and newborn drug test orders and results. Regression models estimated the rate of subsequent maltreatment and racial disparities associated with newborn testing.
Results
Regression analyses indicated that Black and multiracial newborns were significantly more likely to be tested for substance exposure at birth. Newborns with a test positive for THC only were not more likely to experience maltreatment after the policy change as compared with newborns that tested negative and newborns not tested.
Conclusions
The evidence strongly supports a policy to end routine CPS investigations for cannabis exposure and eliminate racially biased drug testing practices.
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Pub Date : 2025-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2024.107203
Gia E. Barboza-Salerno , Holly Thurston , Yujeong Chang , Charis Stanek
Background
Neighborhood disadvantage is linked to a higher risk of referrals to child welfare and juvenile justice systems. While past research has explored these associations independently, no study has concurrently examined the spatial overlap of child maltreatment and juvenile justice involvement.
Objective
We examine the spatial overlap of involvement in juvenile justice and child welfare systems to identify areas of shared risk.
Participants and setting
Youth who received either a juvenile justice or child welfare referral in New Mexico between 2008 and 2015 aggregated to census tracts.
Methods
We examined the spatial overlap of child welfare and juvenile justice involvement using multivariate Bayesian spatial modeling.
Results
Results show a significant positive association between juvenile justice and child maltreatment referrals across neighborhoods. After adjusting for residential instability, immigrant concentration, and residential racial segregation, children in the least deprived 20 % of neighborhoods were 95.2 % and 55.5 % less likely to be referred to child welfare or justice systems, respectively, compared to those in the most deprived 20 %.
Conclusions
Our findings highlight the value of geospatial analyses to guide public health interventions by targeting the shared overlapping risk factors associated with neighborhoods with high risk for both child welfare and juvenile justice system involvement.
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Pub Date : 2025-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2024.107215
Wenzhou Lin, Aiyi Liu, Xinchun Wu, Mingxiao Liu
Background
Individuals with a history of childhood maltreatment commonly experience the co-occurrence of complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD) and depression, but the underlying mechanisms of their comorbidities remain unclear.
Methods
We recruited 2740 college students, including 1366 who experienced childhood maltreatment to assess the co-occurrence network of CPTSD and depression symptoms. We constructed a Gaussian graphical model to visualize the associations between symptoms and a directed acyclic graph to explore inferred relationships among symptoms.
Results
(1) We identified the following five subnetworks within the co-occurring network of CPTSD and depression symptoms: post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), disturbance in self-organization (DSO), depression with vegetative symptoms, depression with interpersonal problems, and lack of positive affect subnetworks. (2) Core symptoms, identified by their high expected influence, such as sadness, low spirits, and not feeling loved have the highest EI in the depression subnetwork, whereas failure, distant, avoiding clues, and avoiding thoughts have the highest EI in the DSO and PTSD subnetworks. Bridging symptoms in the childhood maltreatment network included failure, self-denial, startlement, and hyperactivity. (3) The inferred mechanism identified includes PTSD activating DSO, which subsequently triggers depression in the childhood maltreatment network.
Limitations
This study involved a non-clinical sample.
Conclusion
Our study contributes to a deeper understanding of the mechanisms of CPTSD and depression co-occurrence at a transdiagnostic level and has implications for better clinical interventions targeting influential symptoms.
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Pub Date : 2025-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2024.107211
Umar Toseeb, Emre Deniz, Nathalie Noret
Background
Sibling bullying is a common childhood experience. Recent studies have shown that correlates of sibling bullying are proximal and distal. However, a lack of cross-cultural understanding still exists on the prevalence and protective factors of sibling bullying.
Objective
The objective of the current study was to examine the prevalence of sibling bullying and investigate whether positive environments protect against sibling bullying victimisation in 18 countries.
Participants and setting
We analysed existing data from an international study of over 30,000 adolescents aged 10 and 12 years old, the Children's World Survey.
Methods
Adolescents reported physical and verbal sibling bullying victimisation experiences and the positive aspects of their home, neighbourhood, and school environments. Regression models were fitted to investigate whether individual- and country-level positive home, neighbourhood, and school environments are associated with sibling bullying victimisation.
Results
On average, the prevalence of sibling bullying victimisation was 28 %; 1 in 4 adolescents were physically hurt or called unkind names more than three times in the last month by a sibling (excluding fighting or play fighting). The prevalence varied by country; ranging from 9 %–59 %. Whilst, on the whole, individual-level positive home, neighbourhood, and school environments were associated with reduced sibling bullying victimisation (odds ratios, 0.68–0.85), these effects differed for each country. Country-level positive environments were not associated with sibling bullying victimisation.
Conclusion
These findings demonstrate that improving adolescents' home, neighbourhood, and school environments might serve to reduce sibling bullying victimisation.
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Pub Date : 2025-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2024.107238
Zahra Azadfar , Gina Rossi , Eva Dierckx , Jesse Duenas , Carmen Diaz-Batanero , Katrien Schoevaerts , Hendrik Peuskens , Els Santens , Els Pauwels , An Haekens , Kris Baetens
Background
Early maladaptive schemas are well-established mechanisms between childhood maltreatment (i.e., abuse and neglect) and psychopathology in adulthood. However, research has not yet examined the unique contribution of childhood maltreatment, while controlling for the family dysfunction-related experiences, in shaping specific EMS domains and their associations with distinct psychopathological outcomes.
Objective
Our aim was to examine the unique role of childhood maltreatment, while controlling for the effects of family dysfunction on early maladaptive schemas and subsequently on personality disorders and psychological distress using structural equation modelling and network analysis.
Methods
A total of 2,011 unique inpatients aged 18 to 80 years (M = 39.7, SD = 14.18; 53.4% women) admitted to the Alexianen Zorggroep Tienen Psychiatric Hospital between 2011 and 2021 were included in this study. Self-report questionnaires were completed as part of the hospital admission process. Data were analyzed using structural equation modeling and network analysis.
Results
The results showed positive associations between childhood maltreatment, family dysfunction, early maladaptive schema domains, symptoms of personality disorders, and psychological distress. Accounting for the effects of family dysfunction-related experiences, early maladaptive schema played a significant mediating role in the association between childhood maltreatment and psychopathological outcomes. The results highlighted the central role of the domains disconnection/rejection and impaired autonomy/performance for personality disorders and psychological distress. There were no significant gender-specific differences in the network of relationships between the variables.
Conclusions
These results demonstrate the key role of EMS in the domains of disconnection/rejection and impaired autonomy/performance in the association between childhood maltreatment and personality pathology and psychological distress in psychiatric inpatients. Clinical implications, study limitations, and recommendations for future research are discussed.
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Pub Date : 2025-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2024.107236
Thea Senger-Carpenter , Terri Voepel-Lewis , Sarah A. Stoddard , Anao Zhang , Monica R. Ordway
Background
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) may increase the risk for adolescent sleep disturbances, though the impact of race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status (SES) remains unclear.
Objective
We sought to determine the direct and moderating impact of race, ethnicity, family SES, and community SES on sleep disturbances across early adolescence for ACE-exposed youth.
Participants and setting
This secondary analysis used longitudinal Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study® data (2016–2022) from youth who experienced ≥1 ACE by age 9–10 years.
Methods
Clinically significant sleep disturbances were identified from the annual parent-reported Sleep Disturbances Scale for Children. Parents reported youths' race, ethnicity, family SES, and community SES at baseline. Multilevel mixed effects logistic regression modeling examined the impact of race, ethnicity, and SES on sleep disturbances over four years among ACE-exposed youth. Adjusted odds ratios with 95 % confidence intervals are presented (adj. OR [95 % CI]).
Results
Among 6661 youth with ACE exposure, 2402 (36.1 %) had clinically significant sleep disturbances at baseline. Multiracial (versus White) youth were 27 % likelier to have clinically significant sleep disturbances over time (adj. OR 1.27 [95 % CI 1.01, 1.59]). Similar results were found for youth exposed to ≥2 family financial adversities (adj. OR 1.50 [95 % CI 1.19, 1.90]). There were no effects of community SES, nor interaction effects of race, ACEs, or SES on sleep disturbances.
Conclusion
While Multiracial youth may experience additional stressors which affect sleep disturbances, regularly assessing family environments and supporting all families to meet basic needs may positively impact adolescent sleep.
背景:不良的童年经历(ace)可能会增加青少年睡眠障碍的风险,尽管种族、民族和社会经济地位(SES)的影响尚不清楚。目的:我们试图确定种族、民族、家庭经济地位和社区经济地位对ace暴露青少年青春期早期睡眠障碍的直接和调节影响。参与者和环境:这项二次分析使用了9-10岁时经历≥1次ACE的青少年的纵向青少年大脑认知发展研究®数据(2016-2022)。方法:从每年家长报告的儿童睡眠障碍量表中确定有临床意义的睡眠障碍。父母报告青少年的种族、民族、家庭社会经济地位和社区社会经济地位作为基线。多水平混合效应logistic回归模型检验了种族、民族和社会经济地位对四年内ace暴露青少年睡眠障碍的影响。校正后的优势比为95%置信区间(OR [95% CI])。结果:在6661名ACE暴露的青少年中,2402名(36.1%)在基线时有临床显著的睡眠障碍。随着时间的推移,多种族青年(与白人相比)出现临床显著睡眠障碍的可能性为27%(比值比1.27 [95% CI 1.01, 1.59])。暴露于≥2个家庭财务逆境的青少年也发现了类似的结果(OR为1.50 [95% CI为1.19,1.90])。没有社会经济地位的影响,也没有种族、ace或社会经济地位对睡眠障碍的相互作用。结论:虽然多种族青少年可能会经历影响睡眠障碍的额外压力源,但定期评估家庭环境并支持所有家庭满足基本需求可能会对青少年睡眠产生积极影响。
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Pub Date : 2025-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2024.107227
Krista Neumann , Stephanie Veazie , Susan M. Mason , Jennifer Ahern , Corinne A. Riddell
Background
The number of U.S. deaths due to child maltreatment (abuse and neglect) has been increasing over several years. Policy-level interventions that increase household income may be effective interventions for lowering child maltreatment death rates.
Objective
To estimate the effect of state-level minimum wages on child maltreatment-related mortality and assess heterogeneity by race and ethnicity.
Participants and setting
24,025 child maltreatment-related deaths in U.S. children under 5 years old between 2000 and 2019 were identified via death certificates using International Classification of Diseases codes that (1) identified abuse explicitly and (2) identified injuries predictive of maltreatment (“proxy codes”). State-year maltreatment-related deaths were divided by under-5 population estimates to obtain death rates.
Methods
Incidence rate differences (IRD) of the effect of a $1 increase in effective minimum wage on child maltreatment-related death rates, were estimated via a linear regression with state and year fixed effects, robust standard errors, population weights, and appropriate confounder adjustment. Heterogeneity in effect by race and ethnicity was examined using stratified models.
Results
Fully adjusted estimates using combined explicit and proxy codes were close to the null [IRD: −0.05 deaths per 100,000 children overall, 95%CI: (−0.25, 0.16)], with slight, if imprecise, protective estimates among non-Hispanic Black children [IRD: −0.60 deaths per 100,000 children, 95%CI: (−1.28, 0.08)].
Conclusions
This study did not find compelling evidence of a link between minimum wages and child maltreatment-related mortality. Future research should explore other potential policy levers as potential child maltreatment interventions.
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Research has shown that experiences of emotional maltreatment (i.e., emotional abuse and neglect) can compromise children's development. However, less work has been done to further our understanding of protective factors, which would serve to inform how we can best assist families at risk of emotional maltreatment and strengthen children's resilience.
Objective
The current study evaluates whether school and/or community supports moderate relations between emotional abuse or neglect and child psychosocial health (i.e., internalizing and externalizing problems).
Participants and setting
Participants included youth (N = 3475, 48 % female) and their primary caregivers, a majority of whom identified as biological mothers (68.5 %). Data were from the Future of Family and Child Wellbeing Study, a longitudinal investigation of youths' health and development from across the United States.
Methods
Data from Waves 5 and 6 were analyzed for this study. Four longitudinal path analyses were conducted to evaluate associations in a moderation model in which school (i.e., school climate and school connectedness) and community supports (i.e., community cohesion and extracurricular involvement) were observed as possible moderators of the relation between emotional maltreatment and psychosocial outcomes.
Results
School climate emerged as a significant moderator, such that a more supportive school climate buffered the detrimental impact of emotional neglect on youth externalizing problems. No other significant moderating effects were observed.
Conclusion
Although only one significant interaction was observed in the current study, findings help support the importance of social supports outside the home environment in promoting resilience and youths' healthy psychosocial functioning.
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