Abstract: Social cognitive models of parenting consider the role of unrealistic parental expectations (UE) regarding children’s abilities and behaviors as antecedents to the occurrence of child abuse. However, existing self-report measures ...
Childhood Experiences of Care and Abuse (CECA) – Validation of the German version of the questionnaire and interview, and results of an investigation of correlations between adverse childhood experiences and suicidal behaviourObjectives: Validation of ...
Assessment of parental stress using the “Eltern-Belastungs-Screening zur Kindeswohlgefährdung” (EBSK) – associations with emotional and behavioral problems in childrenParental stress is increased in clinical contexts (e.g., child psychiatry) and ...
Psychosocial disadvantages in incarcerated girls and boysAbstract.Objective: Longitudinal studies found that criminal behavior in juveniles often concurs with neighborhood disadvantage and family dysfunction, ...
Domestic violence: an important risk factor for child maltreatmentAbstract. Adverse childhood experiences (ACE) such as maltreatment, but also the experience intimate partner violence of parents (domestic violence) ...
Prevalence rates of child abuse and neglect in Germany: Approaching a neglected issueIn recent years the prevention of child abuse and neglect (CAN) has become an issue of particular interest in Germany. Nevertheless, objective and representative ...
Risks in familiesRisks in families are considered with regard to parenting skills and sensitivity to the needs of children. Parental abuse and misuse as well as psychological impairments of the parents are considered to be special burdens for child ...
Child maltreatment and specific risk and protective factors of fathersThe topic of child neglect and abuse has moved into the focus of public attention and research. Although it is known that fathers can influence the lives of their children in a ...
Sexual Abuse and Misconduct Toward Children and Adolescents by Health Professionals in Inpatient and Outpatient Child and Adolescent PsychiatryAbstract.Background: Although sexual abuse and misconduct in health care have increasingly become ...
Development of Safeguarding Measures Against (Sexual) Abuse in the Medical-Therapeutic FieldAbstract.Background: Institutions in the (mental) health sector serving children play an important role in protecting children by (1) treating ...
Suicide is a major public health problem. Preventive measures have been sought by identifying risk factors. This study evaluates the association of childhood abuse and neglect with suicidal behavior at the time of psychiatric hospital admission. A total ...
Abstract.Background: Child abuse and suicide among the young population is a serious and prevalent problem. Many studies have demonstrated that people with adverse childhood experiences, such as child abuse, are ...
This article provides an overview to the Special Section in this issue on intimate partner violence (IPV) and children. The argument is made that the field needs to pay more attention to issues of theory, definitions, and methodology. The contributors to ...
Aggressive and delinquent behaviors in preadolescents may be indicators of problems suffered at home from direct child abuse by one or both parents or indirect abuse, such as exposure to domestic violence. A total of 532 Italian preadolescents recruited ...
This paper addresses issues in the literature regarding the co-occurrence of partner and child physical maltreatment in the United States and in Europe. Design issues including operationalizations, representativeness of samples, data collection methods, ...
Abstract. Recent studies found that there is considerable overlap between perpetrators of intimate partner violence (IPV) and child maltreatment (CM), suggesting that both types of domestic violence can co-occur. However, there is a lack ...