Examining resilience among child protection professionals during COVID-19: A global comparison across 57 countries

CONCLUSIONS: This study emphasized the importance of experience and internal resilience for CPPs' psychological well-being. It also provides empirical evidence to support the MSMR theory on a global scale. Additionally, it demonstrates how the perceived changes in child maltreatment during COVID-19 may be associated with regional HDI. Lastly, the opportunities CPPs had to engage in resilient behavior and how much this helped them was associated with regional HDI, but not in the way originally predicted. Study results also hold implications for how practice and policy may be altered to help CPPs cope better during times of crisis and generally.PMID:38326165 | DOI:10.1016/j.chiabu.2024.106659

Source: Child Abuse and Neglect - February 7, 2024 Category: Child Development Authors: Carmit Katz Ma'ayan Jacobson Sidnei R Priolo Filho Deborah Goldfarb Jenny Liu Murilo R Zibetti Natalia Varela Afnan Attrash Najjar Annie B érubé Delphine Collin-V ézina Kathryn Maguire-Jack Nadia Massarweh Akhtar Munir Ashwini Tiwari Christine Wekerle Source Type: research