Child Maltreatment in Residential Care

1. Front Matter

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2. An Introduction to Maltreatment of Institutionalized Children

   • Adrian V. Rus, Sheri R. Parris, Ecaterina Stativa, Anca Bejenaru, Rebecca D. Webster, Jeremy Wente et al.

   Pages 1-25

3. Institutional Neglect in Romania’s Long-Term Residential Centers in the 1990s from the Perspective of Children’s Rights

   • Ecaterina Stativa, Adrian V. Rus, Sheri R. Parris, Jacquelyn S. Pennings, Oana Clocotici

   Pages 27-60

4. Punishment, Peer Exploitation, and Sexual Abuse in Long-Term Romanian Residential Centers: Findings from a Nationally Representative Sample of Institutionalized Children

   • Adrian V. Rus, Ecaterina Stativa, Sheri R. Parris, Jacquelyn S. Pennings, Max E. Butterfield, Wesley C. Lee et al.

   Pages 61-86

5. Academic Achievement of Romanian Institutionalized Children: A Social–Ecological Approach

   • Adrian V. Rus, Ecaterina Stativa, Sheri R. Parris, Jacquelyn S. Pennings, Florin Tibu, Reggies Wenyika et al.

   Pages 87-110

6. The Prevalence of Stunting Among the Romanian Institutionalized Children Placed in Long-Term Institutional Settings in the 1990s

   • Ecaterina Stativa, Adrian V. Rus, Sheri R. Parris, Jacquelyn S. Pennings, Bogdan Simion, Reggies Wenyika

   Pages 111-128

7. Psychopathology Following Severe Deprivation: History, Research, and Implications of the Bucharest Early Intervention Project

   • Kathryn L. Humphreys, Nathan A. Fox, Charles A. Nelson, Charles H. Zeanah

   Pages 129-148

8. Poly-victimization and Mental Health Problems Among Adolescents in Residential Facilities in Spain

   • Anna Segura, Noemí Pereda, Georgina Guilera, Soledad Álvarez-Lister

   Pages 149-168

9. Child Sexual Abuse in Religiously Affiliated and Secular Institutions in Germany

   • Miriam Rassenhofer, Nina Spröber-Kolb, Paul L. Plener, Michael Kölch, Jörg M. Fegert

   Pages 169-177

10. Research on Child Sexual Abuse in Institutions in German-Speaking Countries: A Summary

    • Nina Spröber-Kolb, Miriam Rassenhofer, Marc Allroggen, Paul L. Plener, Michael Kölch, Jörg M. Fegert

    Pages 179-197

11. Family Environment in Institutions for Young Children in Russia: Mental Health and Development Versus Medical Care

    • Maria Solodunova, Oleg Palmov, Rifkat J. Muhamedrahimov

    Pages 199-218

12. Institutional Care in Ukraine: Historical Underpinnings and Developmental Consequences

    • Nataliya A. Dobrova-Krol, Marinus H. van IJzendoorn

    Pages 219-240

13. Divergent Developmental Pathways of Children and Adolescents Reared in Long-Term Residential Protective Care in Turkey

    • Nese Erol, Zeynep Simsek, Abdullah Oskay, Kerim Münir

    Pages 241-267

14. Experiences of Victimization by Peers and Staff in Residential Care for Children at Risk in Israel from an Ecological Perspective

    • Shalhevet Attar-Schwartz

    Pages 269-299

15. Structural Neglect in Orphanages: Physical Growth, Cognition, and Daily Life of Young Institutionalized Children in India

    • Femmie Juffer, Marinus H. van IJzendoorn, Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg

    Pages 301-321

16. Child Maltreatment and Prevention Practices in Chinese Orphanages

    • Xiaoyuan Shang, Karen R. Fisher

    Pages 323-336

17. Child Abuse and Neglect in Charitable Children’s Institutions in Uasin Gishu County, Kenya: A Challenge of Context

    • Paula Braitstein, Samuel Ayaya, David Ayuku, Allison DeLong, Lukoye Atwoli

    Pages 337-356

18. Interaction Competencies with Children (ICC): An Approach for Preventing Violence, Abuse, and Neglect in Institutional Care in Sub-Saharan Africa

    • Tobias Hecker, Getrude Mkinga, Joseph Ssenyonga, Katharin Hermenau

    Pages 357-378

19. Why Institutions Matter: Empirical Data from Five Low- and Middle-Income Countries Indicate the Critical Role of Institutions for Orphans

    • Christine L. Gray, Sumedha Ariely, Brian W. Pence, Kathryn Whetten

    Pages 379-400

20. Institutional Care Environments for Infants and Young Children in Latin America and the Caribbean

    • Afton R. Kirk, Christina J. Groark, Robert B. McCall

    Pages 401-418

This data-rich volume reviews short- and long-term consequences of residential or institutional care for children across the globe as well as approaches to reducing maltreatment. Up-to-date findings from a wide range of developing and developed countries identify forms of abuse and neglect associated with institutionalization and their effects on development and pathology in younger children, adolescents, and alumni. The sections on intervention strategies highlight the often-conflicting objectives facing professionals and policymakers balancing the interests of children, families, and facilities. But despite many national and regional variations, two themes stand out: the universal right of children to live in safety, and the ongoing need for professionals and community to ensure this safety.

Included among the topics:

• Maltreatment and living conditions in long-term residential institutions for children
  
• Outcomes from institutional rearing
• Recommendations to improve institutional living
• Historical, political, socio-economic, and cultural influences on Child Welfare Systems
• Latin American and the Caribbean, African, Asian, Middle-Eastern, Western and Eastern European countries and the United States of America are presented.

Child Maltreatment in Residential Care will inform psychology professionals interested in the role of residential care in the lives of children, and possibilities for improved outcomes. It will also interest social workers and mental health practitioners and researchers seeking evidence-based interventions for families adopting children from residential care.           

• Child Well-being
• Child Abuse and Neglect
• Residential Treatment
• Orphanages
• Institutional Maltreatment
• Social Work Interventions
• Preventing Child Maltreatment
• Child Sexual Abuse

• Department of Social and Behavioral Science, Southwestern Christian University, Bethany, USA

  Adrian V. Rus

• Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, USA

  Sheri R. Parris

• Social Pediatrics and Obstetrics Research Department, National Institute for Mother and Child Health “Alessandrescu-Rusescu”, Romania

  Ecaterina Stativa

Adrian V. Rus, Ph.D., received his doctorate in Psychology in 2012 with an emphasis in experimental psychology from Texas Christian University. Dr. Rus currently teaches for Southwestern Christian University in Bethany, Oklahoma. Much of his research is focused on abuse and neglect of Romanian institutionalized children, although he also has a scientific interest in topics such as children and mother’s health, parenting, and personality. His studies have been published in high quality peer-reviewed journals such as Child Abuse and Neglect, Child Abuse Review, European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care, and European Journal of Public Health, among others.

 Sheri R. Parris, Ph.D., is a Research Scientist at Texas Christian University with extensive writing and editing experience, as well as research experience in the fields of psychology and education. She has previously co-edited three educational textbooks, co-authored many book chapters, and has published articles in peer-reviewed journals such as Child Abuse Review, Child Abuse & Neglect, Child Welfare, Child and Youth Services, Children and Youth Services Review, Contemporary School Psychology, Journal of Educational Psychology, Journal of Evidence-Informed Social Work, among others.

 Ecaterina Stativa, Ph.D., is a senior Research Scientist, sociologist, at the National Institute for Mother and Child Health “Alessandrescu-Rusescu” in Bucharest, Romania. She has extensive research experience on many aspects of child abandonment, institutionalization, neglect, and maltreatment. She has also led a large number of the national representative studies on different public health topics regarding mother and child health, for the Romanian Government and International Agencies. Her studies have been published as research reports and articles in prestigious peer-reviewed journals.

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