The association of parental or caregiver alcohol use with child maltreatment: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of longitudinal studies.

Background and Aims: Caregiver alcohol use is a risk factor for child maltreatment, but a previous meta‐analysis was limited to physical abuse only. We aimed to quantify the association of parental or caregiver alcohol use with child maltreatment and assess if this differs by incidence or recurrence...

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Publicado en:Addiction Vol. 120; no. 9; pp. 1724 - 1739
Autores principales: Leung, June Yue Yan, Parker, Karl, Lin, En‐Yi, Huckle, Taisia
Formato: equations & formulas meta analysis research systematic review tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Sep2025
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          Leung, June Yue Yan
          Parker, Karl
          Lin, En‐Yi
          Huckle, Taisia
        affil: SHORE and Whariki Research Centre, College of Health, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand
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          Parents
          Caregivers
          Child Abuse Risk Factors
          Risk Assessment
          Child Abuse Epidemiology
          Alcohol Abuse Complications
          Alcoholism Complications
          Alcohol Drinking
          Human
          Systematic Review
          Meta Analysis
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          Australia
          Denmark
          New Zealand
          South Korea
          United Kingdom
          United States
          Descriptive Statistics
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      ab: Background and Aims: Caregiver alcohol use is a risk factor for child maltreatment, but a previous meta‐analysis was limited to physical abuse only. We aimed to quantify the association of parental or caregiver alcohol use with child maltreatment and assess if this differs by incidence or recurrence of maltreatment and level of caregiver alcohol use. Methods: We undertook a systematic review and meta‐analysis of longitudinal studies according to a registered protocol on PROSPERO (CRD42020211585). We searched the databases MEDLINE, PubMed, Scopus, PsycINFO, CINAHL and the Cochrane Library in November 2024. We included studies that reported the association of interest. We excluded studies that only assessed prenatal alcohol use or caregiver substance use, and studies that did not adjust for socio‐economic position. Two reviewers independently screened the retrieved articles for relevance, extracted data from the included studies and assessed the methodological quality of studies using criteria adapted from the Newcastle‐Ottawa scale. We performed meta‐analyses using inverse variance weighting and random effects models. Results: We included seven studies on child maltreatment incidence and five on recurrence. All were cohort studies in high‐income countries: three in Australia, one in Denmark, one in New Zealand, two in South Korea, one in the United Kingdom and four in the United States. The sample size ranged from 501 to 84 245 (median 4782). Caregiver alcohol‐related diagnoses were associated with higher child maltreatment incidence [odds ratio (OR) = 2.32, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.10–4.89] and recurrence (OR = 1.92, 95% CI = 1.13–3.28) compared with caregivers without alcohol‐related diagnoses. An association of any caregiver drinking with child maltreatment incidence could not be ruled out (OR = 1.22, 95% CI = 0.72–2.08). The review was limited by high heterogeneity and variable reporting of alcohol use and child maltreatment; however, we obtained similar results after sensitivity analysis and adjustment for reporting bias. Conclusions: Caregiver alcohol use may be an important risk factor for child maltreatment, adding to the growing body of evidence on alcohol's harm to others and calling for stronger actions to reduce alcohol harm.
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