Child sexual abuse: Toward a conceptual model and definition

B Mathews, D Collin-Vézina - Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
The problem of defining “child sexual abuse”(CSA), and the need to define this concept, has
been recognized by major policy bodies and leading researchers since the 1970s. Recent …

Improving measurement of child abuse and neglect: A systematic review and analysis of national prevalence studies

B Mathews, R Pacella, MP Dunne, M Simunovic… - PLoS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Objectives Child maltreatment through physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse,
neglect, and exposure to domestic violence, causes substantial adverse health, educational …

The prevalence of child maltreatment in Australia: findings from a national survey

B Mathews, R Pacella, JG Scott… - Medical journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives To estimate the prevalence in Australia of each type of child maltreatment; to
identify gender‐and age group‐related differences in prevalence. Design, setting Cross …

The Great Recession and risk for child abuse and neglect

W Schneider, J Waldfogel, J Brooks-Gunn - Children and youth services …, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper examines the association between the Great Recession and four measures of
the risk for maternal child abuse and neglect:(1) maternal physical aggression;(2) maternal …

Family as a health promotion setting: A scoping review of conceptual models of the health-promoting family

V Michaelson, KA Pilato, CM Davison - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background The family is a key setting for health promotion. Contemporary health promoting
family models can establish scaffolds for shaping health behaviors and can be useful tools …

Child physical and sexual abuse in a community sample of young adults: Results from the Ontario Child Health Study

HL MacMillan, M Tanaka, E Duku, T Vaillancourt… - Child abuse & …, 2013 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: Exposure to child maltreatment is associated with physical, emotional, and
social impairment, yet in Canada there is a paucity of community-based information about …

Child maltreatment and long-term physical and mental health outcomes: an exploration of biopsychosocial determinants and implications for prevention

D Mehta, AB Kelly, KR Laurens, D Haslam… - Child Psychiatry & …, 2021 - Springer
Child maltreatment rates remain unacceptably high and rates are likely to escalate as
COVID-related economic problems continue. A comprehensive and evidence-building …

[HTML][HTML] Adaptation and validation of the Juvenile Victimization Questionnaire-R2 for a national study of child maltreatment in Australia

B Mathews, F Meinck, HE Erskine, N Tran, H Lee… - Child Abuse & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background To establish national prevalence of child maltreatment, reliable, valid and
contextually appropriate measurement is needed. This paper outlines the refinement …

The relation between childhood maltreatment and self-injury: A review of the literature on conceptualization and intervention

CM Lang, K Sharma-Patel - Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
The following article reviews literature pertaining to the association between child
maltreatment and self-injury and the ways it varies according to maltreatment type. Research …

A longitudinal examination of childhood maltreatment and adolescent obesity: results from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (AddHealth) Study

SH Shin, DP Miller - Child abuse & neglect, 2012 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: We sought to explore the association between childhood maltreatment (eg,
neglect, physical and sexual abuse) and longitudinal growth trajectories of body mass index …