ArticleChild abuse & neglect2022
Unemployment and child maltreatment during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Korea.
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- From parental issues of job and finance to child well-being and maltreatment: A systematic review of the pandemic-related spillover effect.Child abuse & neglect · 2023Pooled it
- Child maltreatment during the COVID-19 pandemic: implications for child and adolescent mental health.Frontiers in child and adolescent psychiatry · 2024Review
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- Mental Health and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Observational Evidence from Malaysia.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Are Children Harmed by Being Locked up at Home? The Impact of Isolation during the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Phenomenon of Domestic Violence.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- Two years into COVID-19: What do we know so far about child maltreatment in times of a pandemic and what else should be explored?Child abuse & neglect · 2022Article
- Epidemiology of Child Maltreatment during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Saudi Arabia.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Prediction of adolescent suicidal ideation after the COVID-19 pandemic: A nationwide survey of a representative sample of Korea.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundRisk factors for child maltreatment have been exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially due to economic downfalls leading to parental job losses and poor mental health.
objectiveThis study aimed to examine the association between child maltreatment and unemployment rate in the Republic of Korea. PARTICIPANTS AND
settingNationally representative data at the province level were used.
methodsThe monthly excess number of hotline calls related to child maltreatment during the COVID-19 pandemic was estimated for each province. Fixed effects regressions was used to examine the relationship between the excess number of hotline calls and unemployment rate.
resultsThe average excess number of hotline calls was significantly negative in the early stage of the pandemic, but became significantly positive afterwards except for some months with averages not statistically different from zero. The regression results showed that an increase of male unemployment rate by 1% was significantly associated with an increase in the excess number of hotline calls by 0.15-0.17 per 10,000 children for most dependent variables for the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. The statistical significance of female unemployment rate was mixed with the opposite sign of the coefficient to that of male unemployment. Overall unemployment rate was not significant.
conclusionsThis study suggests that disruptions in child welfare services should be avoided to prevent underreporting of or delayed responses to suspected cases. Also, policies need to be designed considering potential pathways from economic downfalls, especially male unemployment, to child maltreatment.
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