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040			_aAFVC
100			_aVermeulen, Samantha _910734
245			_aChild maltreatment during school and childcare closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic _cSamantha Vermeulen, Lenneke R.A. Alink and Sheila R. van Berkel
260			_bSage, _c2022
500			_aChild Maltreatment, 2022, First published online, 1 February 2022
520			_aThe aim of the present study was to examine child maltreatment prevalence rates during the first COVID-19 related national closure of schools and childcare settings (the lockdown) in the Netherlands. Based on reports of childcare professionals and primary and secondary school teachers (N = 444) the prevalence of child maltreatment during the 3 months of this first lockdown was estimated at almost 40,000 children, or 14 per 1,000 children. The prevalence of emotional neglect was found to be three times higher during the lockdown compared to a period without lockdown. This significant difference was reflected in overall emotional neglect as well as for two main subtypes of emotional neglect: educational neglect and witnessing domestic violence. No significant differences were found for other types of child maltreatment. Most of the reported cases of maltreatment were already problematic before the lockdown and became worse during the lockdown. The results of this study indicate that the closure of schools and childcare settings may have enormous negative consequences for vulnerable children. (Authors' abstract). Record #7514
650			_aCHILD ABUSE _9103
650			_aCOVID-19 _98949
650		4	_9210 _aEARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
650			_aEMOTIONAL ABUSE _9222
650			_aPANDEMICS _98950
650			_aPREVALENCE _9457
650			_aSCHOOLS _9515
651			_aINTERNATIONAL _93624
651			_aTHE NETHERLANDS _95203
700			_aAlink, Lenneke R.A. _910735
700			_avan Berkel, Sheila R. _910736
773	0		_tChild Maltreatment, 2022, First published online, 1 February 2022
830			_aChild Maltreatment _94886
856			_uhttps://doi.org/10.1177/10775595211064885 _zDOI: 10.1177/10775595211064885 (Open access)
942			_2ddc _cARTICLE