Children and Youth Services Review

1979 - 2026

Current editor(s): Duncan Lindsey

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Volume 188, issue C, 2026

Navigating crises and personal growth: longitudinal insights into the goals and developmental trajectories of adolescents in secure residential youth care

Bettina Grüne and Sabrina Hoops

The preventive role of professional youth workers in tackling financial scarcity among young people: providing an entry point to support

Jodi Mak, Anna Custers, Tine Van Regenmortel and Jolanda Mathijssen

A social network-based teams intervention: pilot study impact on bonding to school

William B. Hansen

Racial/ethnic disparities in first-grade children’s social-emotional development: Associations with kindergarten characteristics and parenting practices

Kyunghee Lee and Wenjing Shao

Examining family factors, children’s mental health, and service complexity in children of parents with problematic substance use

Macall Oldenhof, Abigail Withers, Natalia Lapshina and Shannon L. Stewart

“I felt like that was my second home”: A qualitative study of adult engagement with opportunity youth in a workforce development program

Renée Spencer, Pari Adams, Suchakrey Toys Koomplee, Xiuping Li, Melinda Poole and Antoinette Basualdo Delmonico

Unraveling reciprocal associations: A cross-lagged panel network analysis of maternal psychological distress and child’s internalizing problems

Yan Luo and Shan Jiang

Exploring the impact of REBT and mindfulness based parenting program on parental beliefs, practices and well-being: A thematic analysis

Vaijayanthi Vaidyanathan and M. Kanchana

Machine learning–based prediction of adolescent smoking behavior using psychological predictors

Woogwan Jo

Suicide prevention guidelines for young people in youth justice detention settings in Australia: an expert consensus study

Sanne Oostermeijer, Anthony Jamieson, Judith Wright, Anna Ross, Rhiannon Morley, Poni Tongun, Amy Morgan and Nicola Reavley

State policy predictors of child care centers’ utilization of subsidies for children from underserved groups

Gerilyn Slicker, Cara L. Kelly and Jason T. Hustedt

Beyond patriarchal norms: prevalence, gendered patterns, and risk factors of child maltreatment in matrilineal and patrilineal China

Gaoran Chen, Muyuan Luo, Juan Li and Guowei Wan

Child sexual abuse in Punjab, Pakistan: a mixed-methods study of victim–offender relationships and implications for child protection services

Liaqat Ali, Ahsan Waheed Rathore, Ayesha Humayun, Allah Rakha and Anam Munawar

Legal change and children’s shared decision making experiences in mental health: A systematic narrative review

A. Feltham, K. Lawrence, A. Majumdar, L.M. Brady, C. Sciplino and P. Brug

“Home to me has been mostly just a backpack”: childhood housing instability among survivors of sex trafficking

Lindsay B. Gezinski, Cynthia Fraga Rizo, Annie Isabel Fukushima, O’Brien, Jennifer, Nicollette Violante and Cassandra Price

Lost childhood: lived experiences of growing up with a parent with addiction

Szilvia Kassai, Georgina Mucsi, Tímea Békési and Csaba Jancsák

A combined psychotherapy intervention to support child-parent attachment for mothers affected by substance use disorder with young children

Douglas Strane, Katherine Wu, Katherine Kellom, Una Majmudar, Maria Frontera, Marsha Gerdes and Meredith Matone

Children with incarcerated parents across the globe: Challenges and flourishing in five countries

Julie Poehlmann, Lorna Brookes, Liz Gordon, Kyoung Hyeon Park, Francis Ssuubi, Koen Sevenants, Rodrigo J. Carcedo González, Chandni Anandha Krishnan, Orhan Kahya, Kaitlyn Pritzl, Nancy Loucks, Luciano Cadoni and Ji Sun Lee

Bullying and cyberbullying victimization in adolescent migrants: emotional adjustment and school belonging as protective factors

Sonia Franco-Torres, Alicia Pérez-Albéniz, Adriana Díez-Gómez, Beatriz Lucas-Molina, Rubén Fernández-Alonso and Eduardo Fonseca-Pedrero

Artificial intelligence for early detection of child maltreatment in healthcare: a narrative review integrating technical, ethical, clinical, and governance perspectives

Flora Niu, Meita Dhamayanti, Elsa Pudji Setiawati and Nita Arisanti

Getting to guardianship: Impacts of kinship guardianship subsidies on guardianship permanency for foster care-involved youth

Jenna L. Shelton

Unpacking meaningful participation: A case study of successful youth influence on policy by municipal youth council members in southern Colombia

Luisa Fernanda Leyton Londoño, María Cecilia Dedios Sanguineti and Pamela Y. Collins

No tools, yet full of imagination: creative parenting solutions for young children at risk from East Jerusalem

Mayis Eissa

Client violence in residential child protection services: A qualitative study in Chile

Magdalena Calderón-Orellana, Daniela Díaz-Bórquez and Nicolas León

“I feel like my future is in my control”: Exploring young people’s early experiences of the basic income for care leavers in Wales pilot through the lens of self-determination theory

Louise Roberts, Zoe Bezeczky, Sally Holland, Vibhor Mathur and David Westlake

Preventing children’s care entry: an umbrella review of the risks, protective factors, and interventions

Mark Rodgers, Yanhua Chen, Davara Bennett, Michelle Black, Mia Hankinson, Yiwen Liu, David Marshall, David Taylor-Robinson and Amanda Sowden

Students in foster care in alternative education settings in California: Recent trends in enrollment and school mobility

Anastasia Semykina, Niu Gao, Jonathan Isler, Piper Stanger and Izamar Ortiz-Gonzalez

Parental involvement profiles and their association with children’s early development in Taiwan: a three-year longitudinal study

Bo Lyu, He Huang, Biying Hu, Xiaozi Gao, Yu-Ju Chou and Chien-Ju Chang

The association between parent, peer, and youth emotional and behavioral factors in substance use among youth with truancy petitions involved in the juvenile legal system

Caroline E. Reid, Eileen G. Salazar Vega, Kaitlin M. Sheerin, Anthony Spirito and Kathleen A. Kemp

“I wouldn’t want a child like you who sleeps around for money”: the role of stigma in the help-seeking of young people who trade sex

Ayelet Prior, Roni Eyal-Lubling, Guy Shilo and Einat Peled

Implementing an evidence‑based digital resilience intervention in residential youth care: A qualitative study using the RE‑AIM framework

Christina Stadler, David Bürgin, Valentine Savary, Mélanie Mayor, Catarina Fernandes de Brito, Andreas Papageorgiou and Donja Brunner

Reframing outcomes in intensive family preservation services: practitioners’ perspectives on positive change

Lou Lippens, Sarah De Pauw and Stijn Vandevelde

Longitudinal association between deviant peer affiliation and internet gaming disorder among Chinese adolescents: a moderated mediation model of self-control and parent-adolescent conflict

Jiaqin Wang, Chengfu Yu, Xingcan Ni, Zhiqing Ou, Manna Wang and Danlin Cui

Predicting less, understanding more: shifting the use of machine learning from individual prediction to structural insights in systems that affect children and families

A.J. Fairchild, J. Gupta-Kagan and A. Barclay

Adolescents provide approximately $15 billion worth of informal family caregiving services to the United States economy

Emma Armstrong-Carter, Joshua B. Gilbert, Tristan Silfverskiold, Lucy E. Clark and Tara Templin

Assessing variation in U.S. young adults’ anxiety, depression, and financial well-being by race and gender during the COVID-19 pandemic

Hillary A. Vervalin, Sunil Butler and Charlotte Bright

Enacting change: a case study of Canada’s 1984 youth justice minimum age legislation

Elizabeth S. Barnert, Laura S. Abrams, Devan Gallagher and Haoyi Lei

Parental perspectives on children’s right to participation in an urban slum settlement of Dhaka

Khandakar Fatema, Syed Moniruzzaman, Md.Maruf Haque Khan, Afifa Anjum, Sabrina Mousum, Muhammad Ibrahim Ibne Towhid, Marium Salwa and M Atiqul Haque

School-based sexual abuse prevention services for ethnic minority boarding students in Vietnam: A multi-stakeholder assessment of implementation and perceived effectiveness

Phi Dinh Khuong and Lam Thuy Duong

Household chaos and externalizing behaviors in children and adolescents: a systematic review of parenting, emotion reactivity, and self-regulation mechanisms

Isabella Tang Jia Hui, Truman Jing Yang Teo, Kuhanesan N.C. Naidu, Andy Teo Zhi Jian, Wen Zhi Ng, Kelly Gan, Koh Jia Ning, Eleanor J. Ong, Michelle Neo, Celine H.J. Wong, Ganesh Kudva Kundadak, Rayner Kay Jin Tan, Mythily Subramaniam, Nur Hani Zainal and Cyrus S.H. Ho

Toxic online disinhibition and cyberbullying in adolescents: the moderating role of need for popularity and gender

María Misas, Antonio Camacho and Eva M. Romera

Seeking help, finding harm: Exploring inadequate systemic responses to child maltreatment

Laura M. Schwab-Reese, Amelia Hartley, Dessie Clark, Rafia Tasnim, Lynette M. Renner, Danielle Siragusa, Larel Jacobs and Michelle Fingerman

Children’s experience of surviving the web of exploitation

Genevieve Bloxsom, Gemma McKibbin, Jennifer Davidson, Nick Halfpenny and Cathy Humphreys

Digital adoption systems and professional practice: A qualitative study of the National Adoption Registry in Romania

Anca Bejenaru

Examining staff practices for supporting students with persistent externalizing behavior challenges in head start

Bridget Poznanski, Katherine Zambrana, Anniette Maldonado, Sarah Mikhail, Della Gregg and Katie C. Hart

Parental experiences and considerations on the social transition of their gender diverse child: A retrospective qualitative study

Lindsey R. van der Vaart, Hille M. Assenberg, Thomas D. Steensma, Henny M.W. Bos and Floor B. van Rooij

Beyond the moment: How children’s exposure to parental intimate partner violence shapes family life

Mengsha Luo

Taking responsibility and creative workarounds: LGBTQ+ affirmative practice in child welfare

Shelley L. Craig, Vikki Pham, Jenny Hui and Ashley S. Brooks

Housing instability over time and mental health among sexual and gender minority adolescents in the United States

Eleni Gaveras, Jane Leer, Roxanne Romero and Harmony Rhoades

Balancing belonging and relationships: contact dynamics in permanent foster care after infant relinquishment

Janneke Peelen, Marion J.C. van Hattum and Susan J.T. Branje

The impact of trauma-informed sports-based intervention on emotion regulation, self-esteem, and peer relationships in adolescents with substance use disorder: A randomized controlled trial

Abdulselam Kahraman, Neslihan Lok, Kerime Bademli and Sefa Lok

Family-based interventions for adolescent emotional disorders: a systematic review of effectiveness and mechanisms of change

Xiaofeng Lin and Vitor Santos Teixeira

Child protective services contact and students’ school connectedness and absenteeism

Arya Ansari and Kierra M.P. Sattler

Child sexual abuse prevention in schools: school personnel perspectives

Erin K. Taylor, Maggie Ingram, Maddison N. North, Trista Maluy and Jane F. Silovsky

Social work perspectives on barriers and pathways to support for young perpetrators of violence

Filip Wollter and Anders Kassman

Measurement of interagency collaboration in behavioral health for children, youth and families: a narrative review of the literature

Juliet C. Wu, Heather A. Jones, Dace S. Svikis and Michael A. Southam-Gerow

Communication practices in confidential sexual health chat support service on sex and sexuality among adolescents

Menny Malka, Daphna Yeshua-Katz and Shani Pitcho

Housing instability as a distinct risk factor in child protective services investigations: insights from a longitudinal study

Rong Bai, Jeffrey Albert, Dmitry Tumin, Robert Fischer, Cyleste Collins and Chun Liu

Experiences of African refugee young adult males in Canada

Ayodeji Osiname

The relation between psychological maltreatment and internalizing problems among Chinese adolescents: A network analysis

Sen Li, Rui Zheng, Hongmei Liu, Licun Zhang, Shuo Xu and Jing Chen

Do bonds matter equally? The relationship between transitions in attachment figures and academic performance

Shuman Wu, Delin Yu, Zifei Wang and Wenbin Pan

Financial shocks and system contact: exploring the role of child support disbursement instability in child welfare involvement

Kristin Klopfenstein, Erin L. Wickerham and Emma Kahle Monahan

The effects of pandemic supplemental nutrition assistance program waivers on program participation

Emma Flanagan and Quentin Riser

Positivity beyond the interpersonal: how gratitude to nature influences life satisfaction among adolescents

Yue Zhou and Liuna Geng

Meeting caregivers where they are: generational engagement and home visitor responsiveness during home visits in rural China

Peijing Qiao, Xi Lan, Tianyu Li, Mai Lu, Zhixin Du, Yi Qie and Si Chen

Independence through a safety net: aftercare experiences of young adults with cross-cultural backgrounds in the child welfare services

Nawar M.A. Sayyad, Marte Knag Fylkesnes, Ragnhild Hollekim and Fungisai Gwanzura Ottemöller

Peer exclusion and adolescent maladjustment: the role of cognitive flexibility across school contexts

Behire Elif Kuyumcu

Protective factors to increase help-seeking behaviors and coping skills for suicide prevention among youth

Carol A. Leung, Jianchao Lai, Ashley Long and Kaitlyn Childs

Intrapersonal and interpersonal coping resources among children impacted by terrorism and war: the case of october 7

Iris Zadok and Hanita Kosher

Quality of life in families that have children with disabilities: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Nerea Jiménez-Picón, Juan Vega-Escaño, Rocío Romero-Castillo, Javier Fagundo-Rivera and Manuel Pabón-Carrasco

Implementing the CARE model in Spain: effects on relationship quality and child subjective well-being

Ana Pulgar, Raquel Ordiales, Jaime Burón, Carla González-García and Amaia Bravo

Deciding on the order of attachment-based intervention, trauma therapy for parents, and trauma therapy for young children (0–6 years old) in families exposed to intimate partner violence: guidance development using a multi method approach

Willemien M. van den Dorpel, Anja van der Voort, Sabine van der Asdonk, Carlo Schuengel, Carlijn de Roos, Karine Zuidgeest and Lenneke R.A. Alink

“You start life with a 1-0 lead!”: posttraumatic growth experiences in adolescents raised in divorced families

Fatma Altınsoy

School refusal among young people in out-of-home care (OOHC): A scoping review

O’Neil, Amanda, Pamela Patrick, Erin Leif, Emily Berger and Eugenie Edillo

Measuring parental attitudes towards children’s nurturance and self-determination rights

Georgios S. Gorozidis, Myrto Bourdala and Charikleia Pitsou