Correlates of child abuse potential among African American and latina mothers: A developmental-ecological perspective

Espinosa, Adriana; Ruglass, Lesia M.; Dambreville, Naomi; Shevorykin, Alina; Nicholson, Ron; Sykes, Kelly M.

doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2017.06.003

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“…Such evidence of mental health challenges may translate to an escalation in the risk for child maltreatment and neglect (Rodriguez et al, 2016;Stith et al, 2009). Depression in particular is implicated as a potent risk factor for both child abuse (Espinosa et al, 2017;Schaeffer et al, 2005) and child neglect (Lee et al, 2012). With robust effect sizes reported between depression and child abuse and neglect (Stith et al, 2009), increases in depression also predict subsequent increases in psychological aggression toward children among mothers already involved with child welfare (Conron et al, 2009).…”

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Parental Social Isolation and Child Maltreatment Risk during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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On March 11, 2020, COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. The social isolation and economic stress resulting from pandemic have the potential to exacerbate child abuse and neglect. This study examines the association of parents' perceived social isolation and recent employment loss to risk for child maltreatment (neglect, verbal aggression, and physical punishment) in the early weeks of the pandemic. Participants (N = 283) were adults living in the U.S. who were parents of at least one child 0-12 years of age. Participants completed an online survey approximately 2 weeks after the World Health Organization declared that COVID-19 was a pandemic. The survey asked about recent changes (i.e., in the past 2 weeks) to employment status, parenting behaviors, use of discipline, use of spanking, and depressive symptoms. Nearly 20% of parents had hit or spanked their child in the past two weeks alone. Parents' perceived social isolation and recent employment loss were associated with self-report of physical and emotional neglect and verbal aggression against the child, even after controlling for parental depressive symptoms, income, and sociodemographic factors. Parents' perceived social isolation was associated with parental report of changes in discipline, specifically, using discipline and spanking more often in the past 2 weeks. Associations were robust to analyses that included two variables that assessed days spent social distancing and days spent in "lockdown." Study results point to the need for mental health supports to parents and children to ameliorate the strain created by COVID-19. Keywords Coronavirus . Global health crisis . Child neglect . Physical abuse . Child abuse . Parent-child conflict tactics scales . Physical punishment . Spank . Discipline . Parental depression On March 11, 2020, COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (World Health Organization, 2020a). On March 16, 2020, the U.S. White House issued social distancing guidelines which instructed Americans to stay home if they feel sick, to work or engage in school from home, and to avoid social gatherings of more than ten people (The White House, Office of the Press Secretary, 2020). The economic stress and social isolation created by societal responses to the COVID-19 pandemic have potential to exacerbate child abuse and neglect, via widely acknowledged mechanisms linked to child maltreatmentspecifically unemployment and economic strain, social isolation, and parental depression.By every measure, prior to the pandemic, child maltreatment was a major public health crisis in the U.

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“…Key findings emerged after analysis, that self-reported overall childhood maltreatment is 79.7% according to the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (95% CI: 75.34%, 83.43%), with no gender differences. Al Eissa and AlMuneef reported in 2010 that 70% of their sample in King Abdulaziz Medical City for the National Guard from 2000 to 2008 were considered child abuse and neglect cases.i Research in Iran found that among the children they studied, 73.8% declared at least one type of child abuse 11 .…”

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Prevalence and determinants of childhood maltreatment among adults attending primary healthcare centers, Jeddah, Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia, 2022

Elahi

Jadidi

2022

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Background: Childhood maltreatment is the abuse and neglect that occurs to children under 18 years old. The most common types are physical, emotional, sexual abuse, and neglect. This study aims to assess the childhood maltreatment prevalence in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and to define the factors contributing to it. Objectives are to study the prevalence, the types of childhood maltreatment, and the association between determinants and childhood maltreatment among adults visiting Primary Health Care in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Methods: The study design is analytical and cross-sectional. The calculated sample size under study is 384 participants, collected through multi-stage random sampling. The tool used in the study is a modified Childhood Trauma Questionnaire.Chi-Square, and Multiple Logistic Regression are the tests of choice. Results: The overall childhood maltreatment prevalence was 79.7%, (95% CI: 75.34% to 83.43%). 45.4% had reported emotional abuse, 36.7% reported physical abuse, 65% emotional neglect, and 25.3% physical neglect. 100% of participants who were raised by fathers alone and who were raised by a relative, not a parent, reported being maltreated, p-value=0.004.

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“…The COVID-19 pandemic has been associated with psychological difficulties such as depression and anxiety (3)(4)(5). Depression and anxiety are associated with an increased risk of child maltreatment and neglect (6).In addition to psychological difficulties, the isolation caused by the pandemic, associated shelter-at-home directives, and school and service closures significantly inhibit our society's abilities to identify and report family violence. The lack or very limited contact between children and many professionals during the pandemic provides significantly less opportunity for child maltreatment identification and reporting.…”

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Prevalence, increase and predictors of family violence during the COVID-19 pandemic, using modern machine learning approaches

Todorović

O’Leary²,

Ward³

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Front. Psychiatry

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BackgroundWe are facing an ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which is causing detrimental effects on mental health, including disturbing consequences on child maltreatment and intimate partner violence.MethodsWe sought to identify predictors of child maltreatment and intimate partner violence from 380 participants (mean age 36.67 ± 10.61, 63.2% male; Time 3: June 2020) using modern machine learning analysis (random forest and SHAP values). We predicted that COVID-related factors (such as days in lockdown), parents’ psychological distress during the pandemic (anxiety, depression), their personality traits, and their intimate partner relationship will be key contributors to child maltreatment. We also examined if there is an increase in family violence during the pandemic by using an additional cohort at two time points (Time 1: March 2020, N = 434; mean age 35.67 ± 9.85, 41.69% male; and Time 2: April 2020, N = 515; mean age 35.3 ± 9.5, 34.33%).ResultsFeature importance analysis revealed that parents’ affective empathy, psychological well-being, outdoor activities with children as well as a reduction in physical fights between partners are strong predictors of a reduced risk of child maltreatment. We also found a significant increase in physical punishment (Time 3: 66.26%) toward children, as well as in physical (Time 3: 36.24%) and verbal fights (Time 3: 41.08%) among partners between different times.ConclusionUsing modernized predictive algorithms, we present a spectrum of features that can have influential weight on prediction of child maltreatment. Increasing awareness about family violence consequences and promoting parenting programs centered around mental health are imperative.

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Correlates of child abuse potential among African American and latina mothers: A developmental-ecological perspective

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Parental Social Isolation and Child Maltreatment Risk during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Parental Social Isolation and Child Maltreatment Risk during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Prevalence and determinants of childhood maltreatment among adults attending primary healthcare centers, Jeddah, Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia, 2022

Prevalence, increase and predictors of family violence during the COVID-19 pandemic, using modern machine learning approaches

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