SynthesisTrauma, violence & abuse2023
Parental Risk and Protective Factors in Child Maltreatment: A Systematic Review of the Evidence.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 77 citations in OpenAlex.
- Depression Symptom Trajectories Following Child Maltreatment: A Systematic Review of Longitudinal Studies from Adolescence to Young Adulthood.Trauma, violence & abuse · 2026Pooled it
- Unpacking Parenting Intervention Content for Child Maltreatment: A Systematic Review Examining Core Components.Trauma, violence & abuse · 2026Pooled it
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- The Influence of Child Welfare Involvement on Parent Engagement Among Immigrant Families Who Receive Home Visiting Services.Child maltreatment · 2026Article
- Socio-Behavioral Characteristics of Parents/Guardians Associated with Child Dental Neglect: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Analytical Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- The Role of Discrimination, Childhood Maltreatment, and Social Determinants of Health in Adult BIPOC Pain Disparities.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
- Exploring intergenerational risk factors and mediators for child abuse potential in high-risk parents of young children.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Article
- Identifying age 26 as a threshold in psychosocial risks associated with child maltreatment among first-time mothers: a cross-sectional study in Japan.Frontiers in public health · 2026Observational
- The effects of family relationships on vocational college students' mental health.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Medical Child Abuse: A Retrospective Analysis from a Tertiary Pediatric Hospital's Childhood and Adolescent Abuse Group.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Predicting Maltreatment in Adolescents with Mentally Ill Parents: A Random Forest Tree Analysis.Child psychiatry and human development · 2025Article
- Exploring Socio-Demographic Characteristics of Caregivers Who Indicated a Child Was Substantially Affected by Others' Drinking in Australia.Drug and alcohol review · 2025Article
- Implementation of family centered substance use treatment for pregnant and postpartum people to prevent the intergenerational transmission of adverse childhood experiences.Child abuse & neglect · 2024Article
- A Preliminary Investigation of a Conceptual Model Describing the Associations Between Childhood Maltreatment and Alcohol Use Problems.Brain sciences · 2024Article
- Unique and shared risk factors for early childhood victimisation and polyvictimisation in a Brazilian population-based birth cohort.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2024Article
- Combinations of Parent-Related Risk Factors Explaining Family Violence Toward Children and Spouse.Journal of interpersonal violence · 2024Article
- Diffusion tensor imaging of white-matter structural features of maltreating mothers and their associations with intergenerational chain of childhood abuse.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Resilience following childhood adversity: The need for a heuristic multilevel dynamic framework.Neuroscience applied · 2024Article
- Father-Mother Co-Involvement in Child Maltreatment: Associations of Prior Perpetration, Parental Substance Use, Parental Medical Conditions, Inadequate Housing, and Intimate Partner Violence with Different Maltreatment Types.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
This study systematically reviews and synthesizes evidence on parental risk and protective factors along with identifying differences in the presence of these factors based on maltreatment type. In all, 68 quantitative, published, empirical studies were included from electronic databases for the systematic review. Quality appraisal did not exclude any studies and data were extracted from all. Results were narratively synthesized using the Risk and Resilience Ecological framework. The findings revealed more risk factors on the micro (individual and family) ecological level compared to mezzo and macro levels. At the micro level, findings mirror results of prior systematic reviews such as parental substance abuse, history of childhood maltreatment, and intimate partner violence (IPV). Social support was the most significant protective factor across all ecological levels and across all maltreatment types except child sexual abuse but differed in definition widely across studies. Physical abuse had the most risk factors unique to this type followed by neglect, and IPV was a common risk factor across all maltreatment types. Fewer studies on emotional abuse, sexual abuse, and protective factors were identified. The findings of this review delineated key parental risk and protective factors at various ecological levels along with associations between distinct factors and types of maltreatment. Interventions working with parents to reduce child maltreatment risk can use these findings to guide development of targeted programs for families based on risk and maltreatment type. For researchers, the findings can guide further investigation in under-researched areas of parental sexual and emotional abuse and protective factors.
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