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Week ending 18 May 2012
| | | Bullying among adolescents in North Cyprus and Turkey: testing a multifactor model. |
| | Proposes and tests a model for the prediction of bullying amongst a sample of 544 adolescent boys and girls in Northern Cyprus and Turkey. The model uses five variables to test their impact on bullying behaviour: individual factors (social competency factors), parental factors, peer relationships, teacher attitudes within the classroom and school factors. In both countries the strongest predictor of bullying was found to be the psychological environment of the school. Advocates the use of these types of models as the basis of anti-bullying programs. |
| | Publication Details: | Journal of Interpersonal Violence Volume 27 Issue 6, 2012 pp 1040-1065 |
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| | Authors: | Bayraktar, Fatih |
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| | | Adverse mental health outcomes associated with emotional abuse in young rural South African women: a cross-sectional study. |
| | Looks at the lifetime experience of emotional abuse and its relationship with mental health outcomes, either independent of other forms of abuse or in combination. The study of 1,415 South African women, aged 15 to 26 years, found that emotionally abused young women had a greater risk of suicide than those experiencing no abuse and that combined lifetime experience of emotional abuse with physical and/or sexual abuse by an intimate partner was strongly associated with poor mental health outcomes. |
| | Publication Details: | Journal of Interpersonal Violence Volume 27 Issue 5, 2012 pp 862-880 |
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| | Authors: | Jina, Ruxana, et al. |
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| | | Evaluating the risk of child abuse: the Child Abuse Risk Assessment Scale (CARAS). |
| | Evaluates the reliability of a risk assessment scale for physical abuse, using interviews and questionnaires with a sample group of 2,363 Chinese parents living in Hong Kong. The Child Abuse Risk Assessment Scale (CARAS) was found to be a simple, systematic and validated instrument to identify child maltreatment in Chinese societies. |
| | Publication Details: | Journal of Interpersonal Violence Volume 27 Issue 5, 2012 pp 951-973 |
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| | Authors: | Chan, Ko Ling |
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| | | Interaction of serotonin transporter linked polymorphic region and childhood neglect on criminal behavior and substance use for males and females. |
| | Looks at whether genetics can help explain why some neglected children go on to abuse substances and take part in criminal behaviour, while others don't. Uses data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (USA) to identify an association between a genetic variant in the serotonin transporter linked polymorphic region (5-HTTLPR) in the 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HTT) gene and an increased risk of neglect and marijuana abuse for females. |
| | Publication Details: | Development and Psychopathology Volume 24 Issue 1, 2012 pp 181-193 |
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| | Authors: | Vaske, Jamie, and Newsome, Jamie, and Wright, John Paul |
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| | | Mothers' physical abusiveness in a context of violence: effects on the mother-child relationship. |
| | Investigates the impact of a mother's physical abusiveness on the mother-child relationship, and how this is affected by the child's exposure to domestic abuse. Finds that physically abused children who have been exposed to domestic abuse are more over-responsive and over-involving than children who had not been exposed to interpersonal violence. Concludes that the presence of the two forms of violence does have a unique impact on the mother-child relationship, but the effects are complex. |
| | Publication Details: | Development and Psychopathology Volume 24 Issue 1, 2012 pp 79-92 |
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| | Authors: | Timmer, Susan G., et al. |
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Child and family services |
| | | Children's services: working together. |
| | Textbook focusing on working collaboratively with children and young people, other professionals and the community to develop a holistic approach to working with children. Brings together policy, practice, theory and research. Suitable for anyone with an interest in children's services including those studying social work, social policy and health. Divided into four sections covering: children's services; community and participation; evidence and theory for practice with children and families; and working together - challenges and opportunities. Chapters include: children's views of services; integrating children's services; youth justice, policy and practice; representing children's interests and views in commissioning; young people's participation in decision-making; the police, community and multi-agency work for children and young people; children's representation; protective and risk factors in child health; infant mental health; attachment and loss in childhood; collaborating to improve the health of looked after children; and issues in inter-professional education. |
| | Publication Details: | Harlow, Essex: Pearson Education, 2012 pp 391 |
| | ISBN: | 9781408237250 |
| | Shelf Mark: | QLE CCE |
| | Authors: | Hill, Malcolm ed., et al. |
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| | | Supporting families with complex needs: findings from LARC4. |
| | Explores the use of the common assessment framework (CAF) with families with complex needs. Finds that most families welcomed the common assessment process, in all cases the families showed some improvement following the common assessment, and more needs to be done to help universal service providers and social workers understand when families should be supported via the common assessment. Also considers the cost effectiveness of different interventions, and includes a variety of case studies looking at the applications of CAF. |
| | Publication Details: | Slough: National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER), 2012 pp 28 |
| | ISBN: | 9781908666161 |
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| | Authors: | Easton, Claire, et al. |
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Child health, development and welfare |
| | | The state of the world's children 2012: children in an urban world. |
| | Presents statistical data on children living in urban areas, reporting that 1 out of 3 urban dwellers lives in slum conditions across the world; in Africa this is 6 in 10. Considers the impact of such living conditions on children. Explores children's rights in urban settings; urban challenges (including violence and crime); child-friendly cities; health; social capital; urban poverty; education; and water, sanitation and hygiene. Also includes case studies including maternal and child health services for the urban poor in Nairobi and the Child Friendly Cities Initiative.. |
| | Publication Details: | New York: UNICEF, 2012 pp 142 |
| | ISBN: | 9789280645972 |
| | Shelf Mark: | STATS/Society |
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| | Corporate Authors: | UNICEF |
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| | | Infants' responsiveness, attachment and indiscriminate friendliness after international adoption from institutions of foster care in China: application of emotional availability scales to adoptive families. |
| | Looks at maternal sensitivity, child responsiveness, attachment and indiscriminate friendliness in families with children internationally adopted from residential or foster care in China. Finds that adopted children showed more disorganised attachment than children living with their birth families. Identifies improvements, most noticeably amongst former foster children, in responsiveness over time. |
| | Publication Details: | Development and Psychopathology Volume 24 Issue 1, 2012 pp 49-64 |
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| | Authors: | Van Den Dries, Linda, et al. |
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| | | Mothers' depressive symptoms and children's facial emotions: examining the depression-inhibition hypothesis. |
| | Looks at the relationship between a mother's depressive symptoms and their child's facial expressions of emotions. Uses observation of a group of 94 mothers playing with their 14-27 month olds to investigate links between the mother's and the child's emotional state. Finds that as the mother's depressive symptoms increased, the child's levels of facial expression decreased. Considers the impact this could have on the child's future relationships and competencies. |
| | Publication Details: | Development and Psychopathology Volume 24 Issue 1, 2012 pp 195-210 |
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| | Authors: | Dix, Theodore, et al. |
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| | | Creating safer organisations: practical steps to prevent the abuse of children by those working with them. |
| | Provides practical messages and measures for organisations to ensure they safeguard the children and young people they are responsible for. Gives an overview of the literature and the policy and legislation in the UK. Draws on research with offenders to understand manipulation styles and to highlight the diverse prevention strategies needed to address the range of possible risks. Discusses organisational issues, multi-agency collaboration and digital technologies, using cases to illustrate institutional failures. Presents guidance on safer recruitment, interviewing approaches and managing allegations against staff. See also: Towards safer organisations (2009) http://www.nspcc.org.uk/Inform/research/findings/TowardsSaferOrganisations_wda63931.html and Towards safer organisations II (2012) http://www.nspcc.org.uk/Inform/resourcesforprofessionals/sexualabuse/safer-organisations_wda89439.html |
| | Publication Details: | Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, 2012 pp 210 |
| | ISBN: | 9781119972686 |
| | Shelf Mark: | QLJ KHE TD |
| | Authors: | Erooga, Marcus ed. |
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Disability and special needs |
| | | Safeguarding deaf and disabled children in sport: a multimedia learning resource for sports clubs and organisations. |
| | NSPCC learning resource to support sport and recreation organisations in their safeguarding responsibilities towards deaf and disabled participants. Includes film scenarios, expert commentary, guidance notes and training tasks. Aims to help organisations to: understand what may prevent the inclusion of deaf and disabled children in sport and their additional vulnerability; consider ways to increase involvement and participation; provide practical guidance for coaches and others providing activities; ensure all policies and processes safeguard and respond to the needs of the group; and provide flexible training, presentations and other learning opportunities to managers, staff and volunteers. Consists of a DVD and CD. |
| | Publication Details: | [London]: NSPCC, 2012 |
| | ISBN: | 9781908055071 |
| | Shelf Mark: | DISK |
| | Corporate Authors: | NSPCC. Child Protection in Sport Unit |
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| | | Predictors of dating violence among Chinese adolescents: the role of gender-role beliefs and justification of violence. |
| | Examines the relationship between beliefs on gender-roles, justifications of dating violence and the experience of dating violence amongst 976 adolescents in Taiwan, Hong Kong and China. Finds links between traditional beliefs regarding gender roles and attitudes justifying violence and the perpetration of dating violence. Advocates the inclusion of challenges to traditional gender stereotyping and education focusing on challenging attitudes and myths in programs to prevent dating violence. |
| | Publication Details: | Journal of Interpersonal Violence Volume 27 Issue 6, 2012 pp 1066-1089 |
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| | Authors: | Shen, April Chiung-Tao, and Chiu, Marcus Yu-Lung, and Gao, Jianxiu |
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| | | Supervision and consultation practice with domestic violence. |
| | Looks at the role of supervision in domestic violence work in particular the emphasis on safe practice. Also looks at stress and dilemmas for supervisees, the responsibilities of the supervisor and how to create a dialogue which includes safety, doubt and progress. |
| | Publication Details: | Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry Volume 17 Issue 2, 2012 pp 181-185 |
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| | Authors: | Vetere, Arlene |
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| | | The effects of academic and interpersonal stress on dating violence among college students: a test of Classical Strain Theory |
| | Looks at the effects of stress on dating violence among students in the United States. The study found that strain (as identified in Merton's Classical Strain Theory) increased dating violence and the longer the relationship the higher the chance of physical aggression and violence. However work (employment) reduced psychological aggression as it reduced the time spent together rather than representing economic strain. |
| | Publication Details: | Journal of Interpersonal Violence Volume 27 Issue 5, 2012 pp 974-986 |
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| | Authors: | Mason, Brandon, and Smithey, Martha |
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| | | 21st century boys: how modern life can drive them off the rails and how to get them back on track. |
| | Explores boys' development from birth to adolescence, considering how parents, professionals, communities and politicians can help them to grow up balanced, happy and able to contribute to society. Includes practical advice on minimising the effects of learning disorders; why play is an important part of learning; how to avoid the dangers of television and computer addiction; and what parents and schools can do to improve the achievements of boys in the education system. |
| | Publication Details: | London: Orion, 2009 pp 373 |
| | ISBN: | 9781409103387 |
| | Shelf Mark: | QGI MMR JNT |
| | Authors: | Palmer, Sue |
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| | | Change and reciprocity in adolescent aggressive rule-breaking behaviours and parental support and dysfunctional discipline. |
| | Explores how the development of aggressive or rule-breaking behaviours in 9-17 year olds is related to the development of overreactive and warm parenting using data from the longitudinal Flemish Study on Parenting. Follows parental and child behaviour over a period of six years using the Child Behaviour Checklist, the Parenting Scale and the Parenting Practices Questionnaire. Finds that girls and boys change similarly in the extent to which they show externalising behaviours, and that for both changes were related to changes in parenting. |
| | Publication Details: | Development and Psychopathology Volume 24 Issue 1, 2012 pp 301-315 |
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| | Authors: | De Haan, Amaranta D., and Prinzie, Peter, and Dekovic, Maja |
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| | | Emotional relationships between mothers and infants: knowns, unknowns, and unknown unknowns. |
| | Gives an overview of research on emotional availability (EA) of mothers to their infants. Identifies issues in researching EA, and looks at possible areas of improvement for the future. Includes a list of research in the field and an explanation of the Emotional Availability Scales. |
| | Publication Details: | Development and Psychopathology Volume 24 Issue 1, 2012 pp 113-123 |
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| | Authors: | Bornstein, Marc H., and Suwalsky, Joan T. D., and Breakstone, Dana A. |
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| | | The quality of the mother-child relationship in high-risk dyads: application of the emotional availability scales in an intergenerational, longitudinal study. |
| | Looks at how mothers' experiences of aggression and social withdrawal during their childhoods affects their relationships with their children. Finds that maternal experiences of these deprivations predicted negative emotional availability during mother-child interactions. Factors mediating this relationship included: lower stress levels, access to social support and better home environment. |
| | Publication Details: | Development and Psychopathology Volume 24 Issue 1, 2012 pp 93-105 |
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| | Authors: | Stack, Dale M., et al. |
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| | | Towards safer organisations II: using the perspectives of convicted sex offenders to inform organisational safeguarding of children. |
| | Research report of interviews with 27 adults convicted of sexual offences against children committed whilst in organisational positions of trust. Findings look at individual facilitating factors, organisational risk factors and the ways in which convicted sex offenders become part of organisations. Provides practice and recommendations for organisations and policy recommendations regarding regulating activity and barring. |
| | Publication Details: | London: NSPCC, 2012 pp 94 |
| | Shelf Mark: | QSM |
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| | Authors: | Erooga, Marcus, and Allnock, Debra, and Telford, Paula |
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| | | Assessing desistance in child molesters: a qualitative analysis. |
| | Reports on a study of two child sex offender groups, one of them composed of men desisting from offending, the other of potentially active offenders. Men in the desisting group were more optimistic, had an enhanced sense of personal agency and more internalised locus of control, whereas the active group were more pessimistic and more likely to blame external events for their problems. Those in the desisting group reported finding a place within a social group but the potentially active offenders felt socially isolated and alienated. |
| | Publication Details: | Journal of Interpersonal Violence Volume 27 Issue 5, 2012 pp 930-950 |
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| | Authors: | Farmer, Mark, and Beech, Anthony R., and Ward, Tony |
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| | | Examining the relationship between childhood animal cruelty motives and recurrent adult violent crimes toward humans. |
| | Reports on a study of inmates in the United States, examining their self-identified motives for childhood cruelty towards animals and their later violent crimes against humans. Out of the 103 inmates (of the 180 sample) who had committed animal cruelty, 64% said they had committed some of the acts for fun, and 24% reported being motivated by anger or imitation. None of the motives were found to predict later recurrent violence towards humans, but those engaging in repeated childhood animal cruelty were more likely to engage in recurrent violent crime as adults. Suggests that identification of early warning signs relating to animal cruelty may assist in risk management and intervention, and includes a review of the research literature. |
| | Publication Details: | Journal of Interpersonal Violence Volume 27 Issue 5, 2012 pp 899-915 |
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| | Authors: | Overton, Joshua C., and Hensley, Christopher, and Tallichet, Suzanne E. |
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| | | Containing the secret of child sexual abuse. |
| | Uses grounded theory to analyse disclosure of child sexual abuse from the perspective of young people and their parents in Ireland, developing a theoretical model to conceptualise the process. The model identifies three key areas in the disclosure process, active withholding, the 'pressure cooker effect' and confiding the secret, which help the child to contain the secret and suggests this is an adaptive-coping strategy. |
| | Publication Details: | Journal of Interpersonal Violence Volume 27 Issue 6, 2012 pp 1155-1175 |
| | Website: | Click Here |
| | Authors: | McElvaney, Rosaleen, and Greene, Sheila, and Hogan, Diane |
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