Interrupting the intergenerational transmission of violence: a mixed-methods longitudinal study in South Africa

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Include all children – a discussion of improving self-report measures of violence for overlooked child populations

Author(s): Troels Græsholt-Knudsen, Sophia Backhaus, Katrin Chauviré-Geib, Aya Fujita, Carolina Jernbro, Stephanie Lange, Lakshmi Neelakantan, Dennis Oberleiter, Vania Sandoz, Meret Sophie Wallimann, Lucas Wissmann, Tobias Hecker, Gertrud Sofie Hafstad, Franziska Meinck
Published in: Child Protection and Practice, Issue 7, 2026, Page(s) 100234, ISSN 2950-1938
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.chipro.2025.100234

Unpacking school-based child sexual abuse prevention programs: A realist review

Author(s): Mengyao Lu, Jane Barlow, Franziska Meinck, Lakshmi Neelakantan
Published in: Trauma, Violence and Abuse, 2022, ISSN 1524-8380
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/15248380221082153

Factor structure and internal consistency of the ISPCAN Child Abuse Screening Tool Parent Version (ICAST-P) in a cross-country pooled data set in nine Balkan countries

Author(s): Meinck, F., Murray, A. L., Dunne, M. P., Schmidt, P. & Nikolaidis, G.
Published in: Child Abuse & Neglect, 2021, ISSN 0145-2134
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2021.105007

The ethics of child maltreatment surveys in relation to participant distress: Implications of social science evidence, ethical guidelines, and law

Author(s): Ben Mathews, Harriet L. MacMillan, Franziska Meinck, David Finkelhor, Divna Haslam, Lil Tonmyr, Andrea Gonzalez, Tracie O. Afifi, James G. Scott, Rosana E. Pacella, Daryl J. Higgins, Hannah Thomas, Delphine Collin-Vézina, Kerryann Walsh
Published in: Child Abuse & Neglect, 2022, ISSN 0145-2134
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2021.105424

Co-occurring Intimate Partner Violence, Mental Health, Human Immunodeficiency Virus, and Parenting Among Women: A Scoping Review

Author(s): Mpho Silima, Nicola Christofides, Hannabeth Franchino-Olsen, Nataly Woollett, Jingying Wang, Ari Ho-Foster, Kabelo Maleke, Franziska Meinck
Published in: Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, Issue 25, 2024, Page(s) 4102-4116, ISSN 1524-8380
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/15248380241268807

How Does the Mother-Daughter Relationship Explain Patterns of Intergenerational Violence? Findings from a Multigenerational Study in South Africa

Author(s): Nataly Woollett, Pamela Maluleke, Hannabeth Franchino-Olsen, Nicola Christofides, Christina Thurston, Khudejha Asghar, Mpho Silima, Kopano Monaisa, Franziska Meinck
Published in: Journal of Family Violence, 2025, ISSN 0885-7482
Publisher: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
DOI: 10.1007/s10896-025-01012-x

Qualitative study exploring parenting among mothers and female caregivers living with the IPV, mental health and HIV syndemic in South Africa

Author(s): Mpho Silima, Nicola Joan Christofides, Hannabeth Franchino-Olsen, Nataly Woollett, Franziska Meinck
Published in: BMJ Open, Issue 14, 2024, Page(s) e086478, ISSN 2044-6055
Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-086478

Patterns of contextually sensitive adverse childhood experiences and associations with adult mental health outcomes in a longitudinal South African community sample: a latent class analysis

Author(s): Christina Thurston, Aja Louise Murray, Hannabeth Franchino-Olsen, Khudejha Asghar, Franziska Meinck
Published in: Child Abuse & Neglect, Issue 177, 2026, Page(s) 108121, ISSN 0145-2134
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2026.108121

Contextually Sensitive Polyvictimization Profiles and Physical and Mental Health Outcomes among South African Adolescents from Low-Resource Communities: An Extended Latent Class Analysis

Author(s): Hannabeth Franchino-Olsen, Thees Spreckelsen, Mark Orkin, Franziska Meinck
Published in: Child Indicators Research, Issue 17, 2024, Page(s) 2069-2097, ISSN 1874-897X
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s12187-024-10155-0

Who gets to decide when children participate? Considering the complexities of consent and gatekeeping in violence research

Author(s): Franziska Meinck, Hannabeth Franchino-Olsen, Gertrud Sofie Hafstad, Andreas Jud, Christoph Liel, George Nikolaidis, Troels Græsholt-Knudsen
Published in: Child Abuse & Neglect, Issue 169, 2025, Page(s) 107679, ISSN 0145-2134
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107679

Patterns of adverse childhood experiences and associations with prenatal substance use and poor infant outcomes in a multi-country cohort of mothers: a latent class analysis

Author(s): Chad Lance Hemady; Lydia Gabriela Speyer; Aja Louise Murray; Ruth Harriet Brown; Franziska Meinck; Deborah Fry; Huyen Do; Siham Sikander; Bernadette Madrid; Asvini Fernando; Susan Walker; Michael Dunne; Sarah Foley; Claire Hughes; Joseph Osafo; Adriana Baban; Diana Taut; Catherine L. Ward; Vo Van Thang; Pasco Fearon; Mark Tomlinson; Sara Valdebenito; Manuel Eisner
Published in: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2022, ISSN 1471-2393
Publisher: BioMed Central
DOI: 10.1186/s12884-022-04839-0

Conducting violence research across multiple family generations and with young children: Findings from a mixed-methods pilot study in South Africa

Author(s): Hannabeth Franchino-Olsen, Nicola Christofides, Nataly Woollett, Ansie Fouche, Mpho Silima, Christina Thurston, Kopano Monaisa, Franziska Meinck
Published in: Journal on International Child Maltreatment, 2023, ISSN 2524-5236
Publisher: Springer
DOI: 10.1007/s42448-023-00157-w

Children’s Voices Matter: Key Takeaways and Recommendations From Including Young Children in Violence Against Children Research

Author(s): Hannabeth Franchino-Olsen, Pam Maluleke, Nicola Christofides, Franziska Meinck, Nataly Woollett
Published in: International Journal of Qualitative Methods, Issue 25, 2026, ISSN 1609-4069
Publisher: International Institute for Qualitative Methodology, University of Alberta
DOI: 10.1177/16094069251397807

“They should ask me so that they can help me”: Patterns of young children's expressed feelings and beliefs when interviewed about violence and difficult experiences

Author(s): Hannabeth Franchino-Olsen, Nataly Woollett, Christina Thurston, Pamela Maluleke, Nicola Christofides, Franziska Meinck
Published in: Child Abuse & Neglect, 2024, Page(s) 106932, ISSN 0145-2134
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2024.106932

“I’ve accepted it because at the end of the day there is nothing, I can do about it”: A qualitative study exploring the experiences of women living with the HIV, intimate partner violence and mental health syndemic in Mpumalanga, South Africa

Author(s): Mpho Silima, Nicola Christofides, Hannabeth Franchino-Olsen, Nataly Woollett, Franziska Meinck
Published in: PLOS Global Public Health, Issue 4, 2024, Page(s) e0002588, ISSN 2767-3375
Publisher: PLOS Global Public Health
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0002588

Characterizing typologies of overlapping IPV & VAC in the home: Findings from DRC, Ethiopia, and South Africa

Author(s): Khudejha Asghar, Nicola Christofides, Kathryn Falb, Nicola Jones, Franziska Meinck
Published in: Child Abuse & Neglect, Issue 169, 2026, Page(s) 107637, ISSN 0145-2134
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107637

Measuring violence against children: A COSMIN systematic review of the psychometric and administrative properties of adult retrospective self-report instruments on child abuse and neglect

Author(s): B Steele, L Neelakantan, J Jochim, L Davies, M Boyes, H Franchino-Olsen, M Dunne, F Meinck
Published in: Trauma, Violence and Abuse, 2023, ISSN 1524-8380
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/15248380221145912

‘Through the drawings…they are able to tell you straight’: Using arts-based methods in violence research in South Africa

Author(s): Nataly Woollett, Nicola Christofides, Hannabeth Franchino-Olsen, Mpho Silima, Ansie Fouche, Franziska Meinck
Published in: PLOS Global Public Health, Issue 3, 2023, Page(s) e0002209, ISSN 2767-3375
Publisher: PLOS Global Public Health
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0002209

Different instruments, same content? A systematic comparison of child maltreatment and harsh parenting instruments

Author(s): Backhaus, S., Leijten, P., Meinck, F. & Gardner, F.
Published in: Trauma, Violence and Abuse, 2022, ISSN 1524-8380
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/15248380221134290

Interrupting the intergenerational cycle of violence: protocol for a three-generational longitudinal mixed-methods study in South Africa (INTERRUPT_VIOLENCE)

Author(s): F Meinck, N Woollett, H Franchino-Olsen, M Silima,C Thurston, A Fouche, K Monaisa, N Christofides
Published in: BMC Public Health, 2023, ISSN 1471-2458
Publisher: BioMed Central
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-023-15168-y

Factors Associated With Violence Against Children in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Regression of Nationally Representative Data.

Author(s): Ilan Cerna-Turoff; Zuyi Fang; Anne Meierkord; Zezhen Wu; Juan Yanguela; Clare Bangirana; Franziska Meinck; Franziska Meinck
Published in: Trauma, Violence and Abuse, Issue 1, 2021, ISSN 1524-8380
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/1524838020985532

Which factors affect postpartum educational enrollment of adolescent mothers in South Africa? A latent class analysis

Author(s): Janina Jochim, Franziska Meinck, Kathryn J. Steventon Roberts, Camille Wittesaele, Nontokozo Langwenya, Elona Toska, Lucie Cluver
Published in: Psychology, Health & Medicine, Issue 27, 2023, Page(s) 138-154, ISSN 1354-8506
Publisher: Brunner - Routledge (US)
DOI: 10.1080/13548506.2022.2108085

Who goes back to school after birth? Factors associated with postpartum school return among adolescent mothers in the Eastern Cape, South Africa

Author(s): Janina Jochim, Franziska Meinck, Elona Toska, Kathryn Roberts, Camille Wittesaele, Nontokozo Langwenya, Lucie Cluver
Published in: Global Public Health, Issue 18, 2024, ISSN 1744-1692
Publisher: Routledge
DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2022.2049846

“When we speak to them at their level, they are able to speak everything”: Reflections on training fieldworkers in South Africa to conduct research on violence across three generations

Author(s): Mpho Silima, Kopano Monaisa, Franziska Meinck, Nicola Christofides, Nataly Woollett, Hannabeth Franchino-Olsen
Published in: Child Protection and Practice, Issue 8, 2026, Page(s) 100280, ISSN 2950-1938
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.chipro.2026.100280

Toward a Contextually Sensitive Understanding of Polyvictimization: A Latent Class Analysis of Violence, Risks, and Protections Among South African Adolescents From Highly Deprived Settings

Author(s): Hannabeth Franchino-Olsen, Mark Orkin, Franziska Meinck
Published in: Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Issue 39, 2024, Page(s) 3591-3618, ISSN 0886-2605
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/08862605241233273

Widening epidemiological data on the prevalence of child maltreatment: Validation of the German ICAST-R in a student sample and national household survey

Author(s): Marion Jarczok; Stephanie Lange; Franziska Meinck; Andreas Witt; Vera Clemens; Jörg M. Fegert; Andreas Jud
Published in: Child Abuse and Neglect, 2023, ISSN 0145-2134
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106038

Adolescents’ experiences of participating in sensitive research: a scoping review of qualitative studies

Author(s): Neelakantan, L., Fry, D., Florian, L. & Meinck, F.
Published in: Trauma, Violence & Abuse, 2023, ISSN 1524-8380
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/15248380211069072

Child-reported violence, beliefs, and mental health: A cross-sectional quantitative study of 6–17-year-olds in South Africa

Author(s): Hannabeth Franchino-Olsen, Pam Maluleke, Franziska Meinck, Nicola Christofides, Christina Thurston, Khudejha Asghar, Nataly Woollett
Published in: Child Abuse & Neglect, Issue 173, 2026, Page(s) 107887, ISSN 0145-2134
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2026.107887

“Children Are Like Vuvuzelas Always Ready to Blow”: Exploring How to Engage Young Children in Violence Research

Author(s): Nataly Woollett, Nicola Christofides, Hannabeth Franchino-Olsen, Mpho Silima, Ansie Fouche, Franziska Meinck
Published in: Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Issue 39, 2024, Page(s) 3325-3351, ISSN 0886-2605
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/08862605241230088

Impacts of intimate partner violence and sexual abuse on antiretroviral adherence among adolescents living with HIV in South Africa

Author(s): Lucie D. Cluver, Siyanai Zhou, Mark Orkin, William Rudgard, Franziska Meinck, Nontokozo Langwenya, Marissa Vicari, Olanrewaju Edun, Lorraine Sherr, Elona Toska
Published in: AIDS, Issue 37, 2024, Page(s) 503-511, ISSN 0269-9370
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Ltd.
DOI: 10.1097/qad.0000000000003440

Factor structure, measurement invariance and correlates of a modified version of the Short Child Maltreatment Questionnaire (SCMQ) among adolescents in England

Author(s): Lakshmi Neelakantan, Franziska Meinck, Mina Fazel
Published in: Child Abuse & Neglect, Issue 169, 2025, Page(s) 107660, ISSN 0145-2134
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107660

"“What does that mean?"":The content validity of the ISPCAN Child Abuse Screening Tool - Child version (ICAST-C) in Romania, South Africa, and the Philippines"

Author(s): Lakshmi Neelakantan; Deborah Fry; Lani Florian; Doriana Silion; Madalina Filip; Mildred Thabeng; Kathlyn Te; Jun Angelo Sunglao; Mengyao Lu; Catherine L. Ward; Adriana Baban; Rosanne M. Jocson; Liane Alampay; Franziska Meinck
Published in: Child Abuse and Neglect, 2022, ISSN 0145-2134
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105869

Children's narratives of violence: Qualitative findings from a violence study with young children in South Africa

Author(s): Pamela Maluleke, Hannabeth Franchino-Olsen, Franziska Meinck, Mpho Silima, Nicola Christofides, Christina Thurston, Kabelo Maleke, Khudejha Asghar, Nataly Woollett
Published in: Child Abuse & Neglect, Issue 175, 2026, Page(s) 107992, ISSN 0145-2134
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2026.107992

The impact of childhood psychological maltreatment on mental health outcomes in adulthood: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Author(s): Zhuoni Xiao, Mina Murat Baldwin, Siu Ching Wong, Ingrid Obsuth, Franziska Meinck, Aja Louise Murray
Published in: Trauma, Violence and Abuse, 2022, ISSN 1524-8380
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/15248380221122816

Prospective longitudinal associations between adverse childhood experiences and adult mental health outcomes: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis

Author(s): Christina Thurston, Aja Louise Murray, Hannabeth Franchino-Olsen, Franziska Meinck
Published in: Systematic Reviews, Issue 12, 2023, ISSN 2046-4053
Publisher: BioMed Central
DOI: 10.1186/s13643-023-02330-1

What Are the Mechanisms Underpinning Intergenerational Transmission of Violence Perpetration? A Realist Review

Author(s): Franziska Meinck, Mengyao Lu, Deeksha Suresh, Melis Cetin, Lakshmi Neelakantan, Chad Hemady, Hannabeth Franchino-Olsen, Nataly Woollett, GJ Melendez-Torres, Andrea Gonzalez, Nicola Christofides
Published in: Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 2026, ISSN 1524-8380
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/15248380251361468

“We don’t know how to talk”: Adolescent meaning making and experiences of participating in research on violence in Romania, South Africa, and the Philippines

Author(s): Lakshmi Neelakantan, Deborah Fry, Lani Florian, Doriana Silion, Madalina Filip, Mildred Thabeng, Kathlyn Te, Jun Angelo Sunglao, Mengyao Lu, Catherine L. Ward, Adriana Baban, Rosanne M. Jocson, Liane Peña Alampay, Franziska Meinck
Published in: Child Abuse & Neglect, 2024, Page(s) 106931, ISSN 0145-2134
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2024.106931

Prospective Longitudinal Associations Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Adult Mental Health Outcomes: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Author(s): Christina Thurston, Aja Louise Murray, Hannabeth Franchino-Olsen, Mpho Silima, Chad Lance Hemady, Franziska Meinck
Published in: Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 2026, ISSN 1524-8380
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/15248380251358223

Learner pregnancy in South Africa's Eastern Cape: The factors affecting adolescent girls' school withdrawal during pregnancy

Author(s): Jochim, J., Cluver, L. D. & Meinck, F.
Published in: International Journal of Educational Development, 2021, ISSN 0738-0593
Publisher: W.I. Ozanne and Associates
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2021.102484

Mediation pathways for reduced substance use among parents in South Africa: A randomized controlled trial

Author(s): Ahmad Massarwi, A., Cluver, L., Meinck, F., Doubt, J., Lachman, J. M., Shenderovich, Y. & Green, O.
Published in: BMC Public Health, 2021, ISSN 1471-2458
Publisher: BioMed Central
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-021-11651-6

The impact of childhood psychological maltreatment on mental health outcomes in adulthood: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis

Author(s): Xiao, Z., Baldwin, M. M., Meinck, F., Obsuth, I. & Murray, A. L.
Published in: Systematic Reviews, 2021, ISSN 2046-4053
Publisher: BioMed Central
DOI: 10.1186/s13643-021-01777-4

Understanding how violence is transmitted across generations: An in-depth multiple case study of families in South Africa.

Author(s): Nataly Woollett, Pamela Maluleke, Hannabeth Franchino-Olsen, Nicola Christofides, Mpho Silima, Christina Thurston, Kopano Monaisa, Khudejha Asghar, Franziska Meinck
Published in: Psychology of Violence, Issue 16, 2026, Page(s) 202-216, ISSN 2152-0828
Publisher: American Psychological Association
DOI: 10.1037/vio0000602

Accelerating Sustainable Development Goals for South African adolescents from high HIV prevalence areas: a longitudinal path analysis

Author(s): Franziska Meinck, Mark Orkin, Lucie Cluver
Published in: BMC Medicine, Issue 19, 2021, ISSN 1741-7015
Publisher: BioMed Central
DOI: 10.1186/s12916-021-02137-8

Measuring violence against children: A COSMIN systematic review of the psychometric properties of child and adolescent self-report measures

Author(s): Franziska Meinck, Lakshmi Neelakantan, Bridget Steele, Janina Jochim, Lynn M. Davies, Mark Boyes, Jane Barlow, Michael Dunne
Published in: Trauma, Violence and Abuse, 2022, ISSN 1524-8380
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/15248380221082152

Patterns of Adverse Childhood Experiences from a Longitudinal South African Community Sample: A Latent Class Analysis

Author(s): Christina Thurston, Aja Louise Murray, Hannabeth Franchino-Olsen, Franziska Meinck
Published in: International Journal on Child Maltreatment: Research, Policy and Practice, Issue 8, 2025, Page(s) 403-436, ISSN 2524-5236
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1007/s42448-025-00231-5

The co-occurrence of intimate partner violence and violence against children: A systematic review on associated factors in low- and middle-income countries

Author(s): Isabelle Pearson, Sabrina Page, Cathy Zimmermann, Franziska Meinck, Floriza Gennari, Alessandra Guedes, Heidi Stöckl
Published in: Trauma, Violence and Abuse, 2022, ISSN 1524-8380
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/15248380221082943

Using network analysis to illuminate the intergenerational transmission of adversity.

Author(s): Chad Lance Hemady; Lydia Gabriela Speyer; Janell Kwok; Franziska Meinck; G.J. Melendez-Torres; Deborah Fry; Bonnie Auyeung; Aja Louise Murray
Published in: European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 2022, ISSN 2000-8066
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
DOI: 10.17863/cam.88824

Illuminating the invisible: The need for multisectoral data and information systems to inform intersections of violence against women and children

Author(s): Meinck, Franziska, Dayal, Harsha, & Hall, Katherine
Published in: outh African Child Gauge 2025: Intersections of Violence against Women and Children: Disrupting Intergenerational Harm, 2025, Page(s) 162-173, ISBN 9780796197672
Publisher: University of Cape Town

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