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Parental Worries, Child Maltreatment Risk and Empowerment: How Are They Noticed in Child and Family Services?

Parental empowerment has been related to their well-being and self-efficacy. Learning more about the signs describing child maltreatment risk are crucial for the welfare of children and families. The aim of this study was to assess the risk of child maltreatment (CM) and related worrying factors of...

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Autores principales: Lepistö, Sari Johanna, Ellonen, Noora, Rantanen, Heidi Eveliina, Vuorenmaa, Maaret Kristiina, Helminen, Mika Tapio, Paavilainen, Eija
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Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8870057/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35204989
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children9020269
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author Lepistö, Sari Johanna
Ellonen, Noora
Rantanen, Heidi Eveliina
Vuorenmaa, Maaret Kristiina
Helminen, Mika Tapio
Paavilainen, Eija
author_facet Lepistö, Sari Johanna
Ellonen, Noora
Rantanen, Heidi Eveliina
Vuorenmaa, Maaret Kristiina
Helminen, Mika Tapio
Paavilainen, Eija
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description Parental empowerment has been related to their well-being and self-efficacy. Learning more about the signs describing child maltreatment risk are crucial for the welfare of children and families. The aim of this study was to assess the risk of child maltreatment (CM) and related worrying factors of parents and associations between the CM risk, worries and parental empowerment. The study is based on self-report surveys administered to parents in primary health care and hospital settings. The risk of CM and related worrying factors were measured by the Brief Child Abuse Potential Inventory (BCAP) from 453 parents. Family empowerment was measured by The Generic Family Empowerment Scale (G-FES). Parents expressed worries such as loneliness and distress (20%), feelings of persecution (9%), family conflict (17%), rigidity (21%) and financial insecurity (4%). The BCAP found 27 parents with increased risk. Parents with CM risk expressed more empowerment in connection to services for their child and family. It is crucial to discuss worries in child and family services before they raise the risk level. Tools such as the BCAP are useful in systematically identifying the child maltreatment risk and parental worries under discussion, offering possibilities for preventing child maltreatment and increasing well-being of children.
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spelling pubmed-88700572022-02-25 Parental Worries, Child Maltreatment Risk and Empowerment: How Are They Noticed in Child and Family Services? Lepistö, Sari Johanna Ellonen, Noora Rantanen, Heidi Eveliina Vuorenmaa, Maaret Kristiina Helminen, Mika Tapio Paavilainen, Eija Children (Basel) Article Parental empowerment has been related to their well-being and self-efficacy. Learning more about the signs describing child maltreatment risk are crucial for the welfare of children and families. The aim of this study was to assess the risk of child maltreatment (CM) and related worrying factors of parents and associations between the CM risk, worries and parental empowerment. The study is based on self-report surveys administered to parents in primary health care and hospital settings. The risk of CM and related worrying factors were measured by the Brief Child Abuse Potential Inventory (BCAP) from 453 parents. Family empowerment was measured by The Generic Family Empowerment Scale (G-FES). Parents expressed worries such as loneliness and distress (20%), feelings of persecution (9%), family conflict (17%), rigidity (21%) and financial insecurity (4%). The BCAP found 27 parents with increased risk. Parents with CM risk expressed more empowerment in connection to services for their child and family. It is crucial to discuss worries in child and family services before they raise the risk level. Tools such as the BCAP are useful in systematically identifying the child maltreatment risk and parental worries under discussion, offering possibilities for preventing child maltreatment and increasing well-being of children. MDPI 2022-02-16 /pmc/articles/PMC8870057/ /pubmed/35204989 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children9020269 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Parental Worries, Child Maltreatment Risk and Empowerment: How Are They Noticed in Child and Family Services?
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title_short Parental Worries, Child Maltreatment Risk and Empowerment: How Are They Noticed in Child and Family Services?
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children9020269
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