Publication year: 2011
Source: Child Abuse & Neglect, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 4 August 2011
Claire, Chamberland , Barbara, Fallon , Tara, Black , Nico, Trocmé
Objectives: To determine the prevalence and characteristics of reports of emotional maltreatment (EMT) in Canada, as well as changes in these reports between 1998 and 2003. Methods: This study is based on a secondary analysis of data collected in the first and second Canadian Incidence Study. Emotional maltreatment (excluding exposure to intimate partner violence) investigations were categorized into six groups: emotional abuse, emotional neglect, and other maltreatment as the only investigated form of maltreatment, and these same three groups were examined when they co-occurred with another form of maltreatment. Results: Both the rate of emotional-abuse-only investigations and emotional-neglect-only investigations increased almost threefold from 1998 to…