diff --git a/rules/no-for-loop.js b/rules/no-for-loop.js
index dc1e77e9d5..94673cda65 100644
--- a/rules/no-for-loop.js
+++ b/rules/no-for-loop.js
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@
 const {isClosingParenToken, getStaticValue} = require('eslint-utils');
 const isLiteralValue = require('./utils/is-literal-value.js');
 const avoidCapture = require('./utils/avoid-capture.js');
-const getChildScopesRecursive = require('./utils/get-child-scopes-recursive.js');
+const getScopes = require('./utils/get-scopes.js');
 const singular = require('./utils/singular.js');
 const toLocation = require('./utils/to-location.js');
+const getReferences = require('./utils/get-references.js');
 
 const MESSAGE_ID = 'no-for-loop';
 const messages = {
@@ -261,13 +262,8 @@ const someVariablesLeakOutOfTheLoop = (forStatement, variables, forScope) => {
 	});
 };
 
-const getReferencesInChildScopes = (scope, name) => {
-	const references = scope.references.filter(reference => reference.identifier.name === name);
-	return [
-		...references,
-		...scope.childScopes.flatMap(s => getReferencesInChildScopes(s, name)),
-	];
-};
+const getReferencesInChildScopes = (scope, name) =>
+	getReferences(scope).filter(reference => reference.identifier.name === name);
 
 const create = context => {
 	const sourceCode = context.getSourceCode();
@@ -355,7 +351,7 @@ const create = context => {
 
 					const index = indexIdentifierName;
 					const element = elementIdentifierName ||
-						avoidCapture(singular(arrayIdentifierName) || defaultElementName, getChildScopesRecursive(bodyScope));
+						avoidCapture(singular(arrayIdentifierName) || defaultElementName, getScopes(bodyScope));
 					const array = arrayIdentifierName;
 
 					let declarationElement = element;
diff --git a/rules/prefer-array-find.js b/rules/prefer-array-find.js
index ea1e6b751c..18799b8b44 100644
--- a/rules/prefer-array-find.js
+++ b/rules/prefer-array-find.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ const {
 } = require('./selectors/index.js');
 const getVariableIdentifiers = require('./utils/get-variable-identifiers.js');
 const avoidCapture = require('./utils/avoid-capture.js');
-const getChildScopesRecursive = require('./utils/get-child-scopes-recursive.js');
+const getScopes = require('./utils/get-scopes.js');
 const singular = require('./utils/singular.js');
 const {
 	extendFixRange,
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ const create = context => {
 					const singularName = singular(node.id.name);
 					if (singularName) {
 						// Rename variable to be singularized now that it refers to a single item in the array instead of the entire array.
-						const singularizedName = avoidCapture(singularName, getChildScopesRecursive(scope));
+						const singularizedName = avoidCapture(singularName, getScopes(scope));
 						yield * renameVariable(variable, singularizedName, fixer);
 
 						// Prevent possible variable conflicts
diff --git a/rules/prevent-abbreviations.js b/rules/prevent-abbreviations.js
index 2ae436f037..1b47c4661f 100644
--- a/rules/prevent-abbreviations.js
+++ b/rules/prevent-abbreviations.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ const getVariableIdentifiers = require('./utils/get-variable-identifiers.js');
 const isStaticRequire = require('./utils/is-static-require.js');
 const {defaultReplacements, defaultAllowList} = require('./shared/abbreviations.js');
 const {renameVariable} = require('./fix/index.js');
+const getScopes = require('./utils/get-scopes.js');
 
 const isUpperCase = string => string === string.toUpperCase();
 const isUpperFirst = string => isUpperCase(string[0]);
@@ -447,16 +448,11 @@ const create = context => {
 		}
 	};
 
-	const checkChildScopes = scope => {
-		for (const childScope of scope.childScopes) {
-			checkScope(childScope);
-		}
-	};
-
 	const checkScope = scope => {
-		checkVariables(scope);
-
-		return checkChildScopes(scope);
+		const scopes = getScopes(scope);
+		for (const scope of scopes) {
+			checkVariables(scope);
+		}
 	};
 
 	return {
diff --git a/rules/utils/avoid-capture.js b/rules/utils/avoid-capture.js
index d0765b6272..e8ab2e4647 100644
--- a/rules/utils/avoid-capture.js
+++ b/rules/utils/avoid-capture.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ const {
 	isKeyword,
 } = require('@babel/helper-validator-identifier');
 const resolveVariableName = require('./resolve-variable-name.js');
+const getReferences = require('./get-references.js');
 
 // /~https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/issues/2536#issuecomment-87194347
 const typescriptReservedWords = new Set([
@@ -98,8 +99,7 @@ function unicorn() {
 ```
 */
 const isUnresolvedName = (name, scope) =>
-	scope.references.some(reference => reference.identifier && reference.identifier.name === name && !reference.resolved) ||
-	scope.childScopes.some(scope => isUnresolvedName(name, scope));
+	getReferences(scope).some(({identifier, resolved}) => identifier && identifier.name === name && !resolved);
 
 const isSafeName = (name, scopes) =>
 	!scopes.some(scope => resolveVariableName(name, scope) || isUnresolvedName(name, scope));
diff --git a/rules/utils/get-references.js b/rules/utils/get-references.js
index 6fafe83870..9f6c74588f 100644
--- a/rules/utils/get-references.js
+++ b/rules/utils/get-references.js
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 'use strict';
 const {uniq} = require('lodash');
+const getScopes = require('./get-scopes.js');
 
-const getReferences = scope => uniq([
-	...scope.references,
-	...scope.childScopes.flatMap(scope => getReferences(scope)),
-]);
+const getReferences = scope => uniq(
+	getScopes(scope).flatMap(({references}) => references),
+);
 
 module.exports = getReferences;
diff --git a/rules/utils/get-child-scopes-recursive.js b/rules/utils/get-scopes.js
similarity index 56%
rename from rules/utils/get-child-scopes-recursive.js
rename to rules/utils/get-scopes.js
index 756a11e2f5..fff2fdca4b 100644
--- a/rules/utils/get-child-scopes-recursive.js
+++ b/rules/utils/get-scopes.js
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ Gather a list of all Scopes starting recursively from the input Scope.
 @param {Scope} scope - The Scope to start checking from.
 @returns {Scope[]} - The resulting Scopes.
 */
-const getChildScopesRecursive = scope => [
+const getScopes = scope => [
 	scope,
-	...scope.childScopes.flatMap(scope => getChildScopesRecursive(scope)),
+	...scope.childScopes.flatMap(scope => getScopes(scope)),
 ];
 
-module.exports = getChildScopesRecursive;
+module.exports = getScopes;