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Sheila Simons – Child Care in Practice, 2024
Domestic abuse continues to be a growing concern across the globe where the overwhelming majority of victims are women. Women also tend to experience more severe forms of violence, which includes murder. There is growing recognition that children who live in households where domestic abuse exists are directly harmed and often show psychological…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Family Violence, Child Abuse, Crime
Murphy, Barbara – BU Journal of Graduate Studies in Education, 2023
Emotional abuse can have an enormous impact on children. Its effects can be equivalent to, or exceed, those of other forms of abuse. In today's classrooms, educators can expect to encounter numerous children who are exposed to this form of violence in their lives. It is essential that those who work with child are aware of the signs and symptoms…
Descriptors: Children, Antisocial Behavior, Child Abuse, Trauma
Erens, Brenda; Otgaar, Henry; de Ruiter, Corine; van Bragt, Danique; Hershkowitz, Irit – Applied Cognitive Psychology, 2022
In the Netherlands, there is currently no quality standard for conducting child forensic interviews in Child Protective Services (CPS). The lack of such standard causes concern regarding the quality of these interviews, which are used to determine the child's safety and implementing treatment. In the current study, we implemented the National…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interviews, Child Safety, Child Abuse
Lee, Jungeun Olivia; Yoon, Yoewon; Duan, Lei; Oxford, Monica L.; Cederbaum, Julie A. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2023
Childhood adversities have been linked to externalizing problems in adolescence. However, studies focusing on early adolescence are rare. Even less empirical attention has been given to the unique and joint influences of children's and maternal childhood adversity on children's externalizing behavior, particularly with a keen focus on the nature…
Descriptors: Child Development, Mothers, Family Problems, Early Adolescents
Mielityinen, Laura; Ellonen, Noora; Ikonen, Riikka; Paavilainen, Eija – Improving Schools, 2023
This article examines how maltreatment experienced by adolescents is related to school engagement. Maltreatment includes physical, mental, and sexual violence along with sexual harassment, neglect, and witnessing domestic violence. School engagement refers to the students' relationship to all activities in the school. It describes students'…
Descriptors: Sexual Harassment, Child Neglect, Child Abuse, Learner Engagement
Fortson, Kennicia; Rajbhandari-Thapa, Janani; Ingels, Justin; Thapa, Kiran; Dube, Shanta R. – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: We examine role of ACEs and pathways to risk of opioid misuse among young adults. Participants and Methods: A cross-sectional survey of validated measures of ACEs, risk of opioid misuse, and health conditions with a sample of 1,402 students from a large public university followed by multivariate logistic regression and pathway analysis.…
Descriptors: Drug Abuse, Narcotics, College Students, At Risk Persons
Madelon M. E. Riem; Fred Hasselman; Constantina Psyllou; Anne-Laura van Harmelen; Anna Pearce; Helen Minnis; Paul Lodder; Maaike Cima – Developmental Science, 2025
This study examined whether grandparental support is a protective factor for children's socio-emotional development in the context of adversity. Using longitudinal data from the Millennium Cohort Study, we investigated the effects of grandparental support across development in children with and without adverse childhood experiences (ACEs).…
Descriptors: Grandparents, Role, Child Development, Social Development
Rosa S. Wong; Keith T. S. Tung; Ka Man Yim; Ko Ling Chan; Patrick Ip – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2024
Early childbearing is associated with high maternal stress and family violence. However, the long-term effects of rapid repeat pregnancy (RRP) in young motherhood on child outcomes remain largely unknown. This study examined the pathways between maternal RRP at young ages and child psychosocial problems and emergency room visits in later years. A…
Descriptors: Correlation, Stress Variables, Parent Child Relationship, Family Relationship
Farahzadi, Samin; Maarefvand, Masoomeh; Poursaadati, Maryam Zabihi – Journal of School Nursing, 2023
During the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, anxiety and depression were common among caregivers and parents more prone to adopt harsh disciplinary techniques when angry or stressed. The purpose of this study was to investigate if there are any differences in parents' disciplinary strategies following social distancing efforts during the COVID-19…
Descriptors: Discipline, Behavior Problems, Punishment, COVID-19
Suzanne Perkins; Rebecca M. Ametrano; Marisa Leach; John P. Kobrossi; Joanne Smith-Darden; Sandra A. Graham-Bermann – Youth & Society, 2024
Violence and traumatic stress negatively affect physical health in youth. Incarcerated adolescents have high rates of violence exposure and health problems, however, few studies have examined medical records and violence exposure in this high-risk population. Self-reported violence exposure and symptoms of stress were collected in 115 incarcerated…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions, Child Abuse
Ifat Sade – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this qualitative study was to collect in-depth information from school psychologists regarding their perceptions toward expressive therapies and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy as interventions when working with students who are exposed to trauma. Individual Zoom interviews were conducted with seven practicing school psychologists who…
Descriptors: School Counselors, Counselor Attitudes, Cognitive Restructuring, Behavior Modification
McGuigan, William M. – Early Child Development and Care, 2020
There is a need for more research focusing on the health outcomes of infants born to the understudied group of adolescent mothers. Archivical data from four independent sources were used to answer the following research question: During the child's first year, what adverse health factors are associated with acts of intimate partner violence (IPV)…
Descriptors: Mothers, Family Violence, Early Parenthood, Infants
Okafor, Ifeoma P. – Anatolian Journal of Education, 2020
Domestic violence is a purposeful use of force or strength on a person within and outside the house which affects the person adversely or the society at large. Therefore, this study examined the influence of domestic violence among Senior Secondary School Girls in Itesiwaju Local Government Area of Oyo State. Ex-post facto research design was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Family Violence, Females, Secondary School Students
Tanya Frances – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2024
Domestic abuse in childhood is seriously impactful, but very little literature uses a critical lens to consider implications for counsellors and psychotherapists working with young adults following domestic abuse in childhood. This article draws on research that explored 10 young women's accounts of transitions to adulthood after domestic abuse in…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Child Abuse, Foreign Countries, Victims of Crime
Thulin, Johanna; Kjellgren, Cecilia; Nilsson, Doris – Child Care in Practice, 2020
Children experiencing physical abuse by their parents are left with several difficult decisions. The present study aims at exploring the process of disclosing the abuse and the responses from social welfare workers from a child perspective, in a Swedish context. Data was obtained from in depth interviews with 15 children with a history of child…
Descriptors: Disclosure, Child Abuse, Children, Caseworkers