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Child Abuse

Child Abuse is a multidisciplinary academic concept referring to intentional harm or threatened harm to a child’s physical, psychological, or developmental well-being by a caregiver or authority figure, distinguished from related constructs by its focus on maltreatment within trusted or custodial relationships and its implications for clinical, legal, and policy interventions.

28K

Publications

1.8M

Citations

50K

Authors

7.9K

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

5.8K

Variants

Prevention Of Child Abuse

Parents

Children

Publications

28K

Relationship of Childhood Abuse and Household Dysfunction to Many of the Leading Causes of Death in Adults

Vincent J. Felitti, Robert F. Anda, Dale Nordenberg et al. · American Journal of Preventive Medicine · 1998 · 18.5K citations · Full text

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Child abuse: Adolescent records vs. adult recall

Donna Della Femina, Catherine A. Yeager, Dorothy Otnow Lewis · Child Abuse & Neglect · 1990 · 8.9K citations · Full text

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Development and validation of a brief screening version of the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire

David P. Bernstein, Judith A. Stein, Michael D. Newcomb et al. · Child Abuse & Neglect · 2003 · 6.3K citations

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Role of Genotype in the Cycle of Violence in Maltreated Children

Avshalom Caspi, Joseph L. McClay, Terrie E. Moffitt et al. · Science · 2002 · 4.8K citations

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The enduring effects of abuse and related adverse experiences in childhood

Robert F. Anda, Vincent J. Felitti, J. Douglas Bremner et al. · European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience · 2005 · 4.2K citations

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Authors

50K

  1. DC
    Dante Cicchetti

    University of Rochester, United States

    162 publications · 24.3K citations

    84

    h-index

  2. CS
    Cathy Spatz Widom

    John Jay College of Criminal Justice, United States

    100 publications · 24.2K citations

    68

    h-index

  3. DF
    David Finkelhor

    University of New Hampshire, United States

    89 publications · 17.9K citations

    54

    h-index

  4. HA
    Heather A. Turner

    University of New Hampshire, United States

    66 publications · 17.1K citations

    48

    h-index

  5. HL
    Harriet L. MacMillan

    McMaster University, Canada

    85 publications · 9.9K citations

    48

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Institutions

7.9K

  1. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    109 h-index

    973 publications

    100.1K citations

  2. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    96 h-index

    690 publications

    80.9K citations

  3. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    96 h-index

    801 publications

    80.1K citations

  4. University of New Hampshire

    Durham, United States

    92 h-index

    351 publications

    74.1K citations

  5. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill, United States

    91 h-index

    773 publications

    63.9K citations

  6. University of Rochester

    Rochester, United States

    89 h-index

    523 publications

    59.2K citations

  7. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    87 h-index

    635 publications

    47.5K citations

  8. University of Southern California

    Los Angeles, United States

    87 h-index

    559 publications

    57.5K citations

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Venues

  1. Child Abuse & Neglect

    2.9K publications · 246.6K citations

    210

    h-index

  2. PEDIATRICS

    496 publications · 51K citations

    119

    h-index

  3. Journal of Interpersonal Violence

    827 publications · 50.3K citations

    106

    h-index

  4. Child Maltreatment

    491 publications · 37.1K citations

    104

    h-index

  5. 88

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