Child Maltreatment, Abuse, and Neglect: An Umbrella Review of Their Prevalence and Definitions.
| Autor: | Massullo C; Experimental Psychology Laboratory, Department of Education, Roma Tre University., De Rossi E; Cognitive and Clinical Psychology Laboratory, Department of Human Sciences, European University of Rome., Carbone GA; Cognitive and Clinical Psychology Laboratory, Department of Human Sciences, European University of Rome.; Department of Psychology, University of Turin., Imperatori C; Cognitive and Clinical Psychology Laboratory, Department of Human Sciences, European University of Rome., Ardito RB; Department of Psychology, University of Turin., Adenzato M; Department of Psychology, University of Turin., Farina B; Cognitive and Clinical Psychology Laboratory, Department of Human Sciences, European University of Rome. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Clinical neuropsychiatry [Clin Neuropsychiatry] 2023 Apr; Vol. 20 (2), pp. 72-99. |
| DOI: | 10.36131/cnfioritieditore20230201 |
| Abstrakt: | Objective: Child maltreatment (CM) is a recognized public health problem, and epidemiologic data suggest that it is a widespread phenomenon, albeit with widely varying estimates. Indeed, CM as well as child abuse (CA) and neglect (CN) are complex phenomena that are difficult to study for several reasons, including terminological and definitional problems that pose a hurdle to estimating epidemiological rates. Therefore, the main aim of this umbrella review is to revise recent review data on the epidemiology of CM, CA, and CN. A second aim was to revise the definitions used. Method: A systematic search of three databases was performed in March 2022. Recent reviews (published in the last 5 years: 2017-March 2022) addressing the epidemiological rates of CM, CA, and/or CN were included. Results: Of the 314 documents retrieved by the selected search strategy, the eligibility assessment yielded a total of 29 eligible documents. Because of the great heterogeneity among them, a qualitative rather than a quantitative synthesis was performed. Conclusions: The data from this umbrella review show that the different age groups, methods, and instruments used in the literature to collect the data on the epidemiology of CM make it difficult to compare the results. Although definitions appear to be quite homogeneous, CM categorization varies widely across studies. Furthermore, this umbrella review shows that the CM reviews considered do not examine some particular forms of CM such as parental overprotection. The results are discussed in detail throughout the paper. Competing Interests: Competing interests: None. (© 2023 Giovanni Fioriti Editore s.r.l.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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