Child Maltreatment Antecedents and Interventions (1 CE)

Number of Credits: 1

This course is for: Clinical Psychologists, Counselors, and Marriage & Family Therapists

Course By: Ken Springer, PhD

Content By: van IJzendoorn, M. H., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M. J., Coughlan, B., & Reijman, S. (2020). Annual research review: Umbrella synthesis of meta-analyses on child maltreatment antecedents and interventions: differential susceptibility perspective on risk and resilience. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 61(3), 272-290.

https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13147 

Course Description: Owing to the rapid proliferation of child maltreatment studies in recent years, a broad synthesis of findings is needed. The authors of this study conducted a synthesis of meta-analyses, published between 2014 and 2018, that addressed child maltreatment antecedents and interventions. The synthesis revealed that risk factors for maltreatment include parental experiences of maltreatment in childhood, low socioeconomic status, dependent and aggressive parental personalities, intimate partner violence, and higher baseline autonomic nervous system activity. Interventions found to be moderately effective included those that target child abuse potential and those that serve families who self-report maltreatment. Overall, the synthesis highlights gaps where further research is needed, and it has practical implications for the development of interventions intended to prevent or reduce child maltreatment.  

Learning Objectives:

1. Understand the rationale for conducting this synthesis as well as the methods used to select and analyze studies
2. Describe the main findings with respect to antecedents of maltreatment and types of interventions
3. Integrate the strengths and limitations of the synthesis, and summarize the implications for developing interventions to prevent or reduce child maltreatment

Course Outline:

• Read and understand Annual Research Review: Umbrella synthesis of meta-analyses on child maltreatment antecedents and interventions: differential susceptibility perspective on risk and resilience
• Review the Course Description and Learning Objectives
• Understand the rationale for this umbrella synthesis of meta-analyses
• Understand the methods used to identify, include/exclude, and analyze published meta-analyses
• Analyze the evidence concerning child maltreatment antecedents
• Analyze the evidence concerning the effectiveness of child maltreatment interventions
• Integrate the key findings, strengths, limitations, and clinical implications
• Work through the post-test questions, using the article as the sole basis for your answers
• Revisit the article for any missed questions and/or to better understand recent findings concerning child maltreatment antecedents and interventions

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