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Showing 1 to 20 of 80 for “"Child maltreatment"”.
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Child maltreatment and its consequences. How child maltreatment experiences are connected to sleep, stress, and love
Both positive and negative experiences during childhood can shape the adult life. For example, previous studies have shown that maltreatment experiences in childhood are associated with a lower quality of sleep when grown up. The hyperarousal concept of insomnia is a widely accepted approach to …
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An Epidemiologic Analysis of Intergenerational Child Maltreatment
Abstract Objective: Child maltreatment is a serious social and population health problem in the United States, with an estimated incidence proportion of 9.2 victims per 1,000 children. Prior research identifies experiencing maltreatment as a risk factor for perpetrating maltreatment, also called …
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Child Maltreatment in the Social Context: The Relationship of Socioeconomic and Demographic Environmental Variables to Reported Child Maltreatment in Illinois
… Association, more than 1.9 million American children were reported as victims of abuse and/or neglect in 1985--a reporting rate of 30.6 alleged victims per 1,000 U.S. child population. How could this ever happen in a society where children are claimed to be the treasures of families? The …
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Poverty, Child Maltreatment and Adverse Childhood Experiences – Just Comorbidities?
<p>Both child abuse and neglect (hereafter maltreatment) and poverty are serious social and public health problems that are related to numerous negative and costly outcomes as well as being related to other so-called adverse childhood experiences (ACES). A significant, yet recent, body of work …
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Filial Therapy with Parents Court-Referred for Child Maltreatment
… process with parents court-referred for maltreatment. In filial therapy, parents learn basic play therapy skills in a group format that they implement in weekly home play sessions. They then generalize these skills into their parenting. Three research questions guided the quantitative …
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Child Maltreatment, Behavior Problems, And Neurocognition: Main And Mediation Effects
Child maltreatment, especially physical abuse, is highly prevalent in Mainland China and has been associated with childhood behavior problems. Nevertheless, pooled relationships between three types of child maltreatment (physical abuse, emotional abuse, and neglect) and childhood behavior problems …
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National Child Maltreatment Response and Foster Care Entries: 2005-2010
… data contained in two major federal child maltreatment and foster care data systems, the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System and the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System for 2005 to 2010. The study examines the data related to screening in and determination …
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Temperament and Child Maltreatment: A Closer Look at the Interactions Among Mother and Child Temperament, Stress and Coping, Emotional and Behavioral Regulation, and Child Maltreatment Potential
… proposed previously regarding the prediction of child maltreatment. Although child maltreatment was predicted individually in these models by such variables as parent temperament, emotional and behavioral regulation, stress, coping, and child temperament, these variables were not yet examined …
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Examining the Relationship Between Child Maltreatment, Executive Functioning, and trauma appraisal
… <p>A current problem is that although child maltreatment has been demonstrated to be negatively associated with both executive functioning and trauma appraisal (leading to feelings of shame, self-blame, etc.), there is not an established model within the literature that explains the …
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Caring for Victims of Child Maltreatment: Pediatric Nurses’ Moral Distress and Burnout
… when they care for victims of suspected child maltreatment. Data on pediatric nurses’ moral distress in this situation are lacking, as most research in this field has been done in adult inpatient and intensive care units.</p> <p><strong>Aims:</strong> The purpose of this study was to …
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The process of the impact of differential response on child maltreatment recurrence
Differential response is an alternative child protective services (CPS) system that about 25 states in the U.S. have implemented since the 1990s. Evaluation reports have found that DR does not compromise child safety in comparison to traditional CPS approach. However, previous studies have not …
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An Integrated Approach to the Role of Control in Child Maltreatment and Delinquency
… theory. This will explain the linkages between child maltreatment and delinquency. The child maltreatment experience and the consequent label of victim affect a youth's self concept which in turn affects how a provoking event will be interpreted. The child maltreatment experience lessens the …
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Child Maltreatment, Problem Alcohol Use And Physical Revictimization: Examining Longitudinal Trajectories In A Nationally Representative Sample
… examining the relationships between child maltreatment, alcohol use and physical revictimization have been limited by their use of cross-sectional designs and their focus on childhood sexual abuse and sexual revictimization. In addition, there is a paucity of epidemiological studies …
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Methamphetamine-involved parenting and the risk of child maltreatment: Family experiences and the child welfare response
… has presented some unique challenges to child protective services social workers. In order for social workers to effectively intervene with these families, we must understand the experiences of those who have lived through this phenomenon. This mixed-methods study uses qualitative …
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Trends in child maltreatment in the Northern Territory, using child protection reports and hospital admissions, 1999 to 2010.
… attention on the vulnerability of Aboriginal children to maltreatment. The concerns have been highlighted through coronial investigations, government inquiries and media attention. Central to these concerns has been the particular focus on sexual abuse of children in the Northern Territory …
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Predicting Patterns of Interaction Between Parents and Children Based on Parent Reports of Stress and Potential for Child Maltreatment
Child maltreatment is a serious health concern facing children in the United States today. In Federal Fiscal Year 2006, an estimated 3.3 million cases of maltreatment were reported nationwide involving 6 million children. Preventing child maltreatment is of paramount importance due to the long term …
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The Impact of State Early Childhood Programs and Child Protective Services Policies on Resilience Following Experiences of Child Maltreatment
… of resilience following experiences of child maltreatment, a statewide, longitudinal sample of maltreated children was used to measure the prevalence of resilience, defined in this study as consistent competence over time and across multiple domains of functioning within the academic …
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Coping Motives as a Mediator of the Relationship between Trauma Exposure and Substance Misuse in South African Adolescents
… between different forms of trauma exposure (child maltreatment versus community violence) and different forms of problems related to substance use (alcohol and marijuana) in a sample of South African adolescents. High school learners at three government schools in Cape Town (N = 688; M age = …
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Interrelations between adversity and emotion regulation: How does childhood maltreatment influence risk for reciprocal relations between adolescent peer victimization and emotion regulation development?
Adverse experiences (e.g., child maltreatment, peer victimization) have long-term consequences for emotion regulation (ER) development. Adolescents may be particularly susceptible to these effects due to heightened sensitivity to environmental influences as well as the protracted development of the …
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