ReviewClinical neuropsychiatry2023
Child Maltreatment, Abuse, and Neglect: An Umbrella Review of Their Prevalence and Definitions.
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32 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effectiveness of Attachment-Based Interventions for Maltreated Children's Well-Being: A Systematic Review.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2026Pooled it
- Identifying Risk Factors of Children Who Suffered Physical Abuse: A Systematic Review.Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Global research & reviews · 2025Pooled it
- A Digital Registry and Education Network for Child Maltreatment Protection: Protocol for a Pilot Observational Exploratory Intervention Study.JMIR research protocols · 2026Observational
- Childhood Maltreatment and Psychological Distress Among Adolescents and Young Adults Living with HIV in Zimbabwe.Journal of child & adolescent trauma · 2026Article
- The role of different forms of adverse childhood experiences in borderline personality disorder: results from a network analysis including clinical and non-clinical populations.Borderline personality disorder and emotion dysregulation · 2026Article
- The PROTECT databank a population based linked administrative resource on child maltreatment and intellectual disability with early findings.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Childhood Maltreatment and Adult Multimorbidity.JAMA network open · 2026Article
- Evaluating psychosis-specific effects of trauma exposure in early-onset and adult-onset psychosis.Psychological medicine · 2026Article
- Intergenerational Cycles of Maltreatment: An Updated Scoping Review of Psychosocial Risk and Protective Factors.Trauma, violence & abuse · 2026Article
- Right anterior supramarginal gyrus-cerebellum hyperconnectivity and rumination partially mediate the link between childhood abuse and anger in late-life depression.Journal of affective disorders · 2026Article
- Case report: A systematic approach for the forensic evaluation of child abuse: lessons from a complex case.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
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- Childhood trauma and non-suicidal self-injury among Chinese students: the mediating role of depression and the moderating role of perceived teacher legitimacy.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Heterogeneity in childhood trauma and impulsivity among adolescents with new psychoactive substance use disorders: a latent profile analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Do the Four Components of Psychological Capital Have Differential Buffering Effects? A Longitudinal Study on Parental Neglect and Adolescent Problematic Short-Form Video Use.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The Psychopathological Domains of Attachment Trauma: A Proposal for a Clinical Conceptualization.Clinical neuropsychiatry · 2025Article
- Profiles of Childhood Maltreatment and Defenses: Associations with Personality Functioning in Emerging Adulthood.Journal of child & adolescent trauma · 2025Article
- The relationship between childhood emotional abuse and maladaptive parenting practices.Child protection and practice · 2025Article
- Adverse childhood experiences and internalizing symptoms: the moderating role of neural responses to threat.Neurobiology of stress · 2025Article
- Child Maltreatment and Whole-person Health: Investigation of Psychosocial Buffers Using Structural Equation Modeling.Biopsychosocial science and medicine · 2025Article
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Abstract
Objective: Child maltreatment (CM) is a recognized public health problem, and epidemiologic data suggest that it is a widespread phenomenon, albeit with widely varying estimates. Indeed, CM as well as child abuse (CA) and neglect (CN) are complex phenomena that are difficult to study for several reasons, including terminological and definitional problems that pose a hurdle to estimating epidemiological rates. Therefore, the main aim of this umbrella review is to revise recent review data on the epidemiology of CM, CA, and CN. A second aim was to revise the definitions used. Method: A systematic search of three databases was performed in March 2022. Recent reviews (published in the last 5 years: 2017-March 2022) addressing the epidemiological rates of CM, CA, and/or CN were included. Results: Of the 314 documents retrieved by the selected search strategy, the eligibility assessment yielded a total of 29 eligible documents. Because of the great heterogeneity among them, a qualitative rather than a quantitative synthesis was performed. Conclusions: The data from this umbrella review show that the different age groups, methods, and instruments used in the literature to collect the data on the epidemiology of CM make it difficult to compare the results. Although definitions appear to be quite homogeneous, CM categorization varies widely across studies. Furthermore, this umbrella review shows that the CM reviews considered do not examine some particular forms of CM such as parental overprotection. The results are discussed in detail throughout the paper.
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