TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Global prevalence of physical and psychological child abuse during COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis
JO  - Child abuse and neglect
A1  - Lee, Hyun
A1  - Kim, EunKyung
SP  - e105984
EP  - e105984
VL  - 135
IS  - 
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0145-2134
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105984
ID  - ref1
ER  -