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What Predicts COVID-Specific Symptoms of Stress in Children and Adolescents, Virus Threats or Social Distancing?
AbstractThe COVID-19 crisis may have deleterious effects on children ’s and adolescents’ mental health. However, there have been no published studies in which the COVID-related stress symptoms were investigated in a French ordinary pediatric population. The main objective of this study was to examine virus threats and social distancing measures to determine which were more disturbing for children and adolescents, and which were better predictors of post traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS). 1639 parents of children aged between 1 and 18 participated in an online survey. Parents completed questionnaires regarding their chil...
Source: Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma - March 16, 2024 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Investigation of Childhood Traumas of Individuals Who Experienced Parental Death in Childhood or Adolescence in Turkey
This study investigates the childhood traumas of individuals who experienced parental death in childhood or adolescence in Turkey. Participants (n = 382; 63.1% female and 36.9% male; MAGE=29.41, SD  = 9.6) are composed of individuals who lost either or both of their parents before the age of 18. The findings indicated that there is a significant difference between the subdimensions of Childhood Trauma Questionaire and the study variables including gender, marital status, educational status , number of siblings, gender of the deceased parent, the caregiver after the parental death, relationship with the surviving pa...
Source: Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma - March 15, 2024 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Program Evaluation of the radKIDS ® Youth Personal Empowerment Safety Education Program
AbstractDeveloping sound evidence of program effectiveness can be difficult for many programs initiated by schools and communities, and impedes many beneficial programs from broader dissemination. This paper shares results of an evaluation approach used with a bullying and victimization prevention program with elementary school children called theradKIDS ® Personal Empowerment and Safety Education Program. The purpose of this study was to examine indicators of initial effectiveness of theradKIDS ® program for elementary school child safety skill development and instructor training to reduce child victimization and associ...
Source: Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma - March 15, 2024 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Prevalence of psychosocial interventions for pediatric dog bite injury: Is the bark actually worse than the bite?
ConclusionMost institutions surveyed did not have protocols or interventions in place to address psychosocial disturbances in children with dog bite injuries. We provide the example of our institution ’s practice, in which automatic psychology consults are placed for every child who is admitted with a dog bite injury. Performing caregiver education in the emergency department, providing caregivers with regional psychosocial resources, and communicating with a child’s pediatrician may promote the necessary standardized psychological screening and/or follow up of these patients. (Source: Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma)
Source: Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma - March 12, 2024 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Development and Validation of the Adolescent and Children Risk of Abuse and Maltreatment Unaccompanied Scale (ACRAM-US)
AbstractIndependent migration of children and adolescents is becoming a political and social issue in recent years. Literature documents that the migration process of young people without an adult referent entail serious psychological problems. Moreover, the lack of coherence in the assessment and care processes aggravates the damage suffered by minors, which requires a greater investment of institutional resources. The aim of this research is to describe the development and provide psychometric properties of Adolescent and Children Risk of Abuse and Maltreatment Unaccompanied Scale (ACRAM-US), a 9-items scale for the asse...
Source: Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma - March 9, 2024 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Introduction to Special Issue: COVID-19 - Trauma and Resilience in Children and Adolescents
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Source: Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma - March 2, 2024 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Adolescents in the Covid Net: What Impact on their Mental Health?
This study aims to shed light on the traumatic impact of Covid-19 on adolescents and young adults, taking into account their personal experiences, with a particular focus on their emotional regulation skills. From May 2021 to May 2022, 216 adolescents and young adults were surveyed using a series of self-report questionnaires to assess the potentially traumatic effects of Covid-19 and its impact on adolescents' and young adults' emotional regulation skills. Analyses revealed a significant traumatic effect of Covid-19 on the adolescents in our sample. Significant correlations also emerged between the impact of the traumatic...
Source: Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma - March 1, 2024 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Validation of the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire – Short Form (CTQ-SF) for a French-Speaking Sample
AbstractThe Childhood Trauma Questionnaire-Short Form (CTQ-SF) is a widely used and standardized questionnaire designed to assess five types of childhood abuse. Despite the fact that the CTQ-SF demonstrates good validity and reliability, its internal structure presents some limitations and its original 28-item five-factor model has been contested. The present study assesses the reliability and the factor structure of a French version of the CTQ-SF for an alternative 25-item model and a bifactorial model, using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). Participants were French-speaking  females from two independent samples (N ...
Source: Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma - March 1, 2024 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

A Systematic Review of the Impact of Placement Instability on Emotional and Behavioural Outcomes Among Children in Foster Care
AbstractPurposeFoster care children are a highly vulnerable population and their experiences in care are considered crucial to their developmental and psychosocial wellbeing. Placement instability has been considered a possible risk factor for developmental difficulties due to its impact on the development of a reparative attachment relationship and sense of relational permanence. The current review synthesises the literature regarding the impact of placement instability on behavioural and mental health outcomes in foster care children. Three major databases and grey literature sources were searched for all relevant quanti...
Source: Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma - February 28, 2024 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Sensory Processing Assessment and Feedback in the Treatment of Complex Developmental Trauma
This study explored the impact of a sensory processing assessment, recommendations and feedback process on the functioning at school and after-hours environments of children who had been traumatised by abuse.  A mixed methods design (Schoonenboom& Johnson,2017) was utilized incorporating pre (12  months prior) and post (four to eight months after the report) repeated child focused measure, alongside thematic analysis of participants qualitative survey feedback. The methodology included two stages: firstly, an occupational therapy assessment of young people referred byOwn Organisation clinicians for a sensory processi...
Source: Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma - February 26, 2024 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in School-age Children: A Nationwide Prospective Birth Cohort Study
This study is based on prospective pane l data including the whole population of children born in Denmark from 1984 to 1994, who are followed from age 7 to age 18 (N = 679,000) in the window between 2001 and 2012. Risk factors for first-time diagnose with PTSD are analyzed by the discrete time log-odd model. We found a lifetime preva lence of 2.3% PTSD in school-age children (n = 15,636). In accordance with the model, indicators of traumatic stress in the family, family disintegration, community violence, and individual vulnerabilities predicted later diagnose with PTSD. Individual neurodevelopmental disorder – ...
Source: Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma - February 22, 2024 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Internalizing Symptoms among Kosovar Adolescents: Pubertal Correlates in Boys and Girls
AbstractPubertal status/stage of maturation and pubertal timing have been linked with emotional symptoms of problems among youth, particularly in vulnerable developmental contexts at risk for stress exposure. The present study tested the extent to which pubertal status/stage of maturation and pubertal timing were associated with anxious/depressed, withdrawn/depressed, and somatic complaint symptoms in Kosovar adolescents. It also tested whether sex moderated these relationships. Data were collected from N  = 1,342 Kosovar adolescents (665 girls; M age = 13.26 years, SD = 1.27; 677 boys M age = 13.19 years...
Source: Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma - February 16, 2024 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis of Teachers ’ Lived Experiences of Working with Traumatised Children in the Classroom
This study illuminates teachers ’ lived experiences of working with traumatised children in school environments. Children who experience trauma display a range of behaviours in the classroom which impact on attainment and outcomes. Dealing with childhood trauma in the classroom is challenging and brings risks to teachers’ ment al health including secondary traumatic stress and burnout. Interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) was employed to understand the lived experiences of teachers working with traumatised children in the classroom. Findings from in-depth semi-structured interviews with six teachers indicate ...
Source: Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma - February 13, 2024 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Prevalence of Adverse Childhood Experiences in Adolescents with Special Educational and Care Needs in the Netherlands: A Case-File Study of Three Special Educational and Care Settings
This study provides insight into ACE prevalence and family risk factors in three Dutch special educational and care settings for vulnerable school-aged youth. 268 adolescents (10 –18 years old) with severe and persistent problems at individual and family level, from a special educational setting (setting 1;n = 59), a residential care setting (setting 2;n = 86) and an alternative educational setting (setting 3;n = 123) were included. A retrospective cross-sectional study design was used. Data were collected between 2016 and 2019 through structured case-file analysis. A substantial proportion of the adolescents...
Source: Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma - February 8, 2024 Category: Child Development Source Type: research

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) in Unhoused Children Increase Odds of Psychiatric Illness, Physical Illness, and Psychiatric Admission
The objective of this study was to characterize a large cohort of unhoused children and investigate rates of psychiatric diagnoses, medical diagnoses, and utilization of emergency department (ED) resources depending on the presence of additional documented ACEs. A retrospective cohort of all unhoused children who presented to the ED of a large Midwestern health system from January 2014 to July 2019 were included. Unhoused status was determined by address field or ICD-10 code for homelessness (Z59.0). Demographics and ED visits were extracted from the electronic health record. Past medical history, ACEs, chief complaint (CC...
Source: Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma - February 6, 2024 Category: Child Development Source Type: research