RT Article
T1 Informant discrepancies in child maltreatment reporting: a systematic review
JF Child maltreatment
VO 27
IS 1
SP 126
OP 145
A1 Cooley, Daryl T.
A2 Jackson, Yo
LA English
YR 2022
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1845435648
AB Potential informants on child maltreatment include the youth who has experienced the alleged maltreatment, and the youth’s caregivers, social workers and case files. When multiple informants are compared, they often disagree about whether or not a youth has experienced maltreatment. Such determinations are critical as endorsement—or lack of endorsement—of maltreatment can have significant consequences on the child’s safety, future living arrangements and referral for treatment and services. The current study provides a systematic review of the literature on informant discrepancies in child maltreatment. Three databases—PsychINFO, Web of Science, and PubMed—were used to identify studies for the review and 13 articles met inclusion criteria. Results showed that more youth tend to report physical, sexual and emotional abuse than seen in case files. By contrast, more case files include neglect than reported by youth. Implications and future directions are discussed.
K1 case files
K1 child maltreatment
K1 informant discrepancies
K1 multiple reporters
K1 Self-report
DO 10.1177/1077559520966387