The question of whether physical punishment is helpful or harmful to the development of
children has been subject to hundreds of research studies over the past several decades …

Recent studies have focused on the widespread problem of violence among adolescent and
college aged dating couples. Much of this research has focused on identifying risk factors …

The objective of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of parenting programs in reducing
child maltreatment and modifying associated factors as well as to examine the moderator …

Researchers have identified four common co-occurring parental risk factors—substance
abuse, mental illness, domestic violence, and child conduct problems—that lead to child …

The world's population is estimated to be around seven billion people, with approximately
26 percent under the age of 14 years (Central Intelligence Agency, 2012). These early years …

In medical literature, child maltreatment is considered as a public-health problem or an issue
of harm to individuals, but less frequently as a violation of children's human rights. Public …

Substantial theoretical, empirical, and clinical work examines trauma as it relates to
individual victims and perpetrators. As trauma professionals, it is necessary to acknowledge …

Policies can be powerful tools for prevention given their potential to affect conditions that can
improve population-level health. Given the dearth of empirical research on policies' impacts …

The notion that negative childhood experiences can be sources of toxic stress that have
short‐and long‐term consequences for children's health and well‐being has gained …

The style of parenting a child receives has profound long-term impacts on that child's life.
Yet, the rates of child maltreatment globally are high (in both developing and developed …