Child physical abuse risk factors: A systematic review and a meta-analysis

Milner, Joel S.; Crouch, Julie L.; McCarthy, Randy J.; Ammar, Joe; Dominguez-Martinez, Rodrigo; Thomas, Clayton L.; Jensen, Audra P.

doi:10.1016/j.avb.2022.101778

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“…In sum, the results showed a good interrater reliability, manifesting a fine agreement in the characteristics of studies between the two authors. The coding manual was available upon request (Milner et al, 2022).…”

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confidence: 99%

The Association Between Child Abuse and Aggressive Behavior: A Three-Level Meta-Analysis

Ran

Zhang

et al. 2022

Trauma, Violence, & Abuse

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Child abuse is considered to be an essential factor in the development of aggressive behavior. The intensity of the positive relations between child abuse and aggressive behavior differed considerably among researches despite the fact that abundant studies have observed this relation. According to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) approach, a three-level meta-analysis was employed to obtain reliable estimates for the sizes of effects and investigate some potential moderators of the relation between child abuse and aggressive behavior. The present study obtained 51 studies (30,566 participants; 680 effect sizes) through performing the detailed literature search. It was found that child abuse was positively associated with aggressive behavior in the current study. In addition, the present meta-analysis observed significant moderating effects for type of child abuse, culture, measurement of child abuse, and publication year in the association between child abuse and aggressive behavior. This study suggests that child abuse is a predictor for the development of aggressive behavior in humans. Moreover, child abuse is an important aspect for consideration in efforts toward strengthening of interventions targeting individuals’ aggressive behavior.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

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The Association Between Child Abuse and Aggressive Behavior: A Three-Level Meta-Analysis

Ran

Zhang

et al. 2022

Trauma, Violence, & Abuse

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“…For example, population-based studies indicate that environmental risk factors like socioeconomic disadvantage place individuals at risk of both maltreatment (39,40) and IPV (41,42). However, systematic reviews and meta-analyses indicate that psychological vulnerabilities have an even greater effect size than environmental factors on the risk of maltreatment (43,44) and IPV (45)(46)(47). Since similar environmental and psychological factors may increase risk of both maltreatment and IPV, the putative causal effect of maltreatment on IPV beyond their shared etiology should be examined.…”

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Causal and common risk pathways linking childhood maltreatment to later intimate partner violence victimization

Pezzoli,

Pingault,

Eley

et al. 2024

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Childhood maltreatment and intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization are major psychiatric risk factors. Maltreatment substantially increases the likelihood of subsequent IPV victimization, but what drives this association is poorly understood. We analyzed retrospective self-reports of maltreatment and IPV in 12794 participants (58% women, 42% men) from the Twins Early Development Study at ages 21 and 26 using quantitative genetic methods. We estimated the etiological influences common to maltreatment and IPV, and the direct causal effect of maltreatment on IPV beyond such common influences. Participants exposed to maltreatment (~7% of the sample) were 3 times more likely to experience IPV victimization than their peers at age 21, 4 times more likely at 26. The association between maltreatment and IPV was mostly due to environmental influences shared by co-twins (42-43%) and genetic influences (30–33%). The association between maltreatment and IPV was similar for women and men, but its etiology partly differed by sex. Maltreatment had a moderate-to-large effect on IPV in phenotypic models (β = 0.23–0.34), decreasing to a small-to-moderate range in causal models accounting for their common etiology (β = 0.15–0.21). Risk factors common to maltreatment and IPV victimization are largely familial in origin, environmental and genetic. Even considering common risk factors, experiencing maltreatment is causally related to subsequent IPV victimization. Interventions promoting safe intimate relationships among young adults exposed to maltreatment are warranted and should address family-level environmental risk and individual-level risk shaped by genetics.

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“…In summary, the results showed a good interrater reliability, indicating a good agreement in the characteristics of studies between the two authors. The coding manual was available upon request (Milner et al, 2022).…”

Section: Coding the Studiesmentioning

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The Association Between Child Abuse and Internet Addiction: A Three-Level Meta-Analysis

Zhang,

Ran

et al. 2023

Trauma, Violence, & Abuse

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Child abuse is an important factor for Internet addiction. Despite numerous researches had observed there was a positive correlation between child abuse and Internet addiction, the strength of this association differed considerably in the previous studies. This study aims to obtain reliable estimates for effect sizes and investigate the potential moderator of the association between child abuse and Internet addiction. Thirty-one studies reported the association between child abuse and Internet addiction (273 effect sizes and 55,585 participants) through a systematic literature search. Based on Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis approach, a three-level model was employed to conduct a three-level meta-analysis. The current meta-analysis found that child abuse was significantly positively correlated with Internet addiction. Besides, the study found that the type of child abuse and publication year had significant moderating effects on the association between child abuse and Internet addiction. This study suggested child abuse was a risk factor for Internet addiction. Moreover, child abuse is an essential factor should be considered when strengthening interventions for individuals’ Internet addiction.

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Child physical abuse risk factors: A systematic review and a meta-analysis

Cited by 15 publications

References 262 publications

The Association Between Child Abuse and Aggressive Behavior: A Three-Level Meta-Analysis

The Association Between Child Abuse and Aggressive Behavior: A Three-Level Meta-Analysis

Causal and common risk pathways linking childhood maltreatment to later intimate partner violence victimization

The Association Between Child Abuse and Internet Addiction: A Three-Level Meta-Analysis

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