@article{ref1,
title="Global prevalence of physical and psychological child abuse during COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis",
journal="Child abuse and neglect",
year="2022",
author="Lee, Hyun and Kim, EunKyung",
volume="135",
number="",
pages="e105984-e105984",
abstract="BACKGROUND: With the onset of COVID-19, most countries issued lockdowns to prevent the spread of the virus globally and child abuse was concerned under such a closed circumstance. <br><br>OBJECTIVE: This study aims to estimate the prevalence of physical and psychological child abuse during COVID-19 and moderating variables for those abuses.   PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING: The rates of child abuse reported in 10 studies encompassing 14,360 children were used, which were gathered through a systematic review. <br><br>METHODS: We reviewed previous studies systematically for the appropriate data and conducted a meta-analysis. <br><br>RESULTS: The prevalence of physical child abuse is estimated at 18 % and that of psychological abuse is estimated at 39 %. Regarding the unemployment rate, it reveals a high correlation with physical abuse (b = 0.09; p < 0.05) but not with psychological one (b = 0.03; no. sig). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: To prevent child abuse during the pandemic, it is suggested to minimize COVID-19-related economic damage to families and explore factors for reducing the gap between low and high-income countries.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0145-2134",
doi="10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105984",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105984"
}