Reflections of Childhood Violence on Maternity in Turkey
This study examines the effects of paternal violence experiences of women on their own mothering attitudes and on their relationships with their mothers. The study employed the interpretive phenomenology design. To collect data, semi-structured interviews were used. The study group consisted of four women selected according to the criterion sampling method. The results were grouped under three headings: “perceptions about the mother’s attitudes towards the violence perpetrated by the father,” “attitudes towards children,” and “relationships with the mother.” The present study shows the effects of intergenerat...
Source: Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma - May 14, 2021 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Trauma-Informed Intervention with Children: Integrating the CANS Assessment with the ARC Framework in a Clinical Setting
This study included the data from children who received mental heal th services under WV CANS-ARC mapping from 2017 to 2019. Children’s trauma-related symptoms are assessed using the WV CANS at intake and every 90 days to identify any changes in their symptoms. In order to examine the changes of traumatic symptoms over time, the study was limited to children who have at least three time points, with a total of 362 children used for the current analyses using Multilevel modeling with SAS PROC MIXED. The study found that children’s trauma related symptoms significantly decreased in all ARC outcome domains over time afte...
Source: Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma - May 14, 2021 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Evidence for Revising the Adverse Childhood Experiences Screening Tool: a Scoping Review
AbstractThe relationship between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and risky behavior, chronic illness, and premature mortality is well documented. Despite this evidence, screening for ACEs in primary care settings remains limited. Objections to widespread screening include concerns that the original ACE screening tool limited childhood adversities to family and household dysfunction. The purpose of this scoping review is to describe current knowledge for expanding ACEs categories and revising the formatting and scoring of the screening tool. With the assistance of a medical librarian, we used a two-step process to cond...
Source: Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma - May 6, 2021 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Assessing the Effects of Childhelp ’s Speak Up be Safe Child Abuse Prevention Curriculum for High School Students
ConclusionsHigh school students in the CHSUBS group appeared to gain both child maltreatment knowledge and resistance skills. Future studies on prevention programming for high school students might show results that lead to a reduction in child maltreatment and an increase in better health outcomes for adolescents. (Source: Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma)
Source: Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma - May 3, 2021 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Ego Control Mediates the Effect of Maltreatment on Child Depression
Conclusions: These findings point to the longitudinal paths to early depressive symptoms in maltreated children and the mediating effect of children ’s ego control which could be a target for intervention. (Source: Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma)
Source: Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma - April 24, 2021 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Needle Fear among Children during Mass Measles Rubella (MR) Injectable Vaccination Campaign in North India: an Observational Study
AbstractThe cross-sectional observational study evaluated the prevalence and predictors of needle-fear among school-going children during mass Measles-Rubella (MR) immunization campaign (year 2017) in the north Indian city of Chandigarh. Fear of needle was assessed using a single-item self-report global question, anxiety was assessed using the Likert scale (score 1 –5) and the standardized “Children Faces Scale” where facial responses were graded from 0 to 4. Out of a total sample of 2568 school children, 1225 (47.7%) reported needle fear (95% CI: 45.8%–49.6%) on a global single item assessment. On an anxiety relat...
Source: Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma - April 24, 2021 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Factors Associated with Cyberbullying Victimisation among Colombian High-School Adolescents
AbstractThe study ’s purpose was to examine the prevalence and explore some factors associated with cyberbullying in high-school adolescents at ​​Santa Marta, Colombia. A cross-sectional study was designed, which participated in students between 13 and 17 years. Participants completed the item for being a vict im of cyberbullying of the Youth Risk Behavior Survey for high school students designed by the Center for Disease Control of the United States. A total of 1462 students answered the questionnaire (M = 14.4 years, SD = 0.8). 19.6% (n = 287) reported lifetime cyberbullying victimisation. Cyberbullyin...
Source: Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma - April 22, 2021 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

TF-CBT Informed Teletherapy for Children with Autism and their Families
AbstractA diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often puts a child in a vulnerable position. While the research of the effects of trauma on children diagnosed with ASD is limited, we know children diagnosed with ASD presenting with a comorbid diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have an increased risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviors. TF-CBT is an empirically validated treatment for trauma; in this paper, we provide adaptions for using this treatment with children diagnosed with ASD and using this method for teletherapy. These adaptions include recognizing trauma behaviors and ASD behaviors, the use o...
Source: Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma - April 20, 2021 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Psychopathology and Dissociation among Boarding School Students in Eastern Turkey
AbstractA subset of boarding schools for adolescents was established in 1993 in the rural sections of Eastern Turkey to provide equity in terms of availability of education. Even though these schools were beneficial in many respects, implementation of this institutional model gave rise to many challenges such as weaker relationships with parents and defiance of authority figures. Failure to develop a mature response to these challenges could lead to the development of psychopathologies such as depression, psychosis, and dissociation. The main objective of this study is to assess the incidence of psychopathology and dissoci...
Source: Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma - April 16, 2021 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Emotional Aspects of Pediatric Post-Intensive Care Syndrome Following Traumatic Brain Injury
AbstractChildren with traumatic brain injury (TBI) requiring neurocritical care are at risk for neurocognitive, emotional, physical, and psychosocial difficulties, collectively known as Post-Intensive Care Syndrome. Our study assessed parent-reported emotional functioning and identified risk factors for emotional sequelae in the acute recovery phase. Fifty-three children between 5 and 18  years old hospitalized for TBI were assessed 1-month following discharge. Relevant injury-, child-, and family-specific variables were collected. Emotional functioning was assessed using PROMIS Parent Proxy Report Short Forms for Anxiety...
Source: Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma - April 6, 2021 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of Virtual Reality vs. Standard-of-Care During Pediatric Laceration Repair
The objective of this study was to compare VR to standard of care (SOC) in a pediatric Emergency Department (ED) for pain management and anxiety among children needing a laceration repair procedure. We conducted a prospective randomized controlled trial in a tertiary pediatric ED (NCT03681717) with children 6 –16 years of age going through a laceration repair procedure. Intervention was low-cost VR goggles with a free roller coaster application during the procedure or SOC in the ED during the same time (1:1). The primary outcome was post-procedure pain (Faces Pain Scale – Revised (FPS-R)), and secon dary outcome was t...
Source: Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma - March 26, 2021 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Working Relationally with Adolescents Who Have Experienced Complex Interpersonal Trauma: an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
AbstractThe study explores practitioners ’ experiences of working with adolescents with complex interpersonal trauma. Five mental health professionals were recruited via purposive and snowball sampling. Semi-structured interviews were conducted, audio-recorded and transcribed. Interpretative phenomenological analysis was employed to iden tify themes related to the research question. Three superordinate themes emerged: “The distance-relationship dynamic”; “The unknown self”; “Practitioners’ presence”. Participants reported the fragility of their relationships with clients, enhanced awareness of their profess...
Source: Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma - March 24, 2021 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Understanding Adolescent Girls in Custody Using the Multidimensional Inventory of Development, Sex, and Aggression (MIDSA)
This article is one of the first to assess a wide range of traits and characteristics of girls in custody. The Multidimensional Inventory of Development, Sex, and Aggression (MIDSA) was administered to 30 girls in custody at a juvenile detention facility in California. Individual narrative reports were generated, and their aggregate results were analyzed. Results are first presented at an aggregate level and details from some individual cases are used to provide an especially rich description of particular circumstances, behaviors, and motivations of these girls. Preliminary findings illustrate the chaotic family backgroun...
Source: Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma - February 27, 2021 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

When Did I Become a Victim? Exploring Narratives of Male Childhood Sexual Abuse
This report presents narrative data of adult men self-identifying as victims of sexual abuse occurring in childhood or adolescence (CSA). Preliminary data were derived from written public stories posted by men to the Internet (n = 90). Many of these accounts indicate same-sex sexual abuse (male victim, male perpetrator). The primary research question: “how have adult male victims of childhood sexual abuse constructed written narratives of victimization?” The men in this study who posted public narratives about thei r sexual abuse demonstrated evidence in of two (turmoil and taking control) of six life course themes...
Source: Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma - February 24, 2021 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

A New Vision for the Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma
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Source: Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma - February 17, 2021 Category: Child Development Source Type: research