Children and Youth Services Review

1979 - 2026

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Volume 182, issue C, 2026

‘Unlocking child participation’: Development and validation of the Child Participation Post-Separation Scale (ChiPPS)

Rianne van Dijk, Charlotte R. Mol, Zoë Rejaän, Susan Branje, Maja Deković, Wendy M. Schrama and Inge E. van der Valk

Applying the general strain theoretical framework to exploring the associations between adverse childhood experiences and problematic Internet use

Wen-Hsu Lin, Hui-Ker Su and Chi Chiao

Go to school. Go to college. Make something of your life

M. Sebrena Jackson and Toni Naccarato

Relationships Between Peer Bullying, Short Video Addiction, Sleep Deprivation, and Life Satisfaction in School-Aged Children

Mehtap Metin Karaaslan and Kübra Berber

Protective factors in unaccompanied foreign minors: a qualitative study from a neuroeducational professional perspective

Sara Arenas-Carranza, Jorge Expósito-López and Eva María Olmedo-Moreno

A typology on the diversity of transnational family relationships of unaccompanied minors in Germany: A constructivist grounded theory study

Franziska Anna Seidel

Technoference unplugged: Age, gender, and the disruption of adolescent well-being

Tayyaba Ali, Sidra Iqbal and Muhammad Zubair

Staff perspectives on program functioning and fidelity of a kinship navigator program

Anna Yelick, Kristine Posada and Kasey Longley

Life satisfaction and the moderating role of resilience among disabled young people

Ami Goulden, Ran Hu and Bryn King

A systematic review of the relationship between poverty and child abuse and neglect: Evidence from individual and family level studies

G.C.M. Skinner, N. Hodges and E. Kennedy

Support for foster parents by youth welfare offices in Germany: a nationwide survey

Judith Bürzle and Christian Bachmann

Unleashing the superpowers of peer group empathy: a study on bullying intervention tendency and behavior in primary school students

Chenhui Dai, Yujing Dang, Xiaojun Zhao and Changxiu Shi

Mentalization and externalizing behavior from early adolescence to young adulthood: A meta-analysis

Renée E. Klein Schaarsberg, Johanneke van Agten, Demi de Jong, Sterre L. van Haeringen, Levi van Dam, Janneke P.C. Staaks, Geert-Jan J.M. Stams, Ramón J.L. Lindauer and Arne Popma

Exploring the prevalence, forms, risk factors, and interventions associated with violence against children in alternative care settings: A scoping review

Justin Rogers, Susie Wilson and Jen Dixon

Spiritual care in Children’s Advocacy Centers: results of a survey of CAC directors

Theodore P. Cross, Victor Vieth and Elizabeth M. Cross

Parent group facilitators’ reflections on accessibility of in-person and videoconference meetings

Cristina A. Granda

Promoting positive childhood experiences (PCEs) among those impacted by parental substance use: The role of multi-level connectedness

Jennifer L. Matjasko, Joivita Bradford, Sarah Treves-Kagan, Gary Chovnick, Elizabeth Vaughn, Erin Ingoldsby and Lara DePadilla

Barriers to ensuring child participation in the daily practice of Lithuanian child welfare professionals

Ilona Tamutienė and Vytautas Kirka

Developmental differences in children’s visits with parents in jail

Lauren A. Hindt, Laurel Davis, Elizabeth L. Shaver, Julie Poehlmann and Rebecca J. Shlafer

Exploring parents’ repertoire of everyday resistance in child welfare services — Towards a power-sensitive understanding of resistance

Malin Fævelen

Multisystemic therapy modifications for child welfare-focused implementation

Molly Brunk, Emily Weinberger and Suzanne E.U. Kerns

The role of adverse and positive childhood experiences on mood challenges in child welfare population

Hyeeun K. Shin, Scott C. Leon, Olga Vsevolozhskaya, Xiaoran Tong and John S. Lyons

Measurement invariance of the anxious protection subscale the short version of the multidimensional overprotective parenting scale (AP-s-MOPS) in Chinese and Belgian adolescents

Long Wang, Martijn Van Heel, Zahra Azadfar, Stijn Van Petegem, Lijun Wang, Ying Wang and Imke Baetens

A scoping review of policies and practices to support young people transitioning from out-of-home care in Asia

Rangga Radityaputra, Susan Baidawi and Philip Mendes

Process-evaluation of the implementation of a collaborative community programme for health, safety and talent development in youth

Mirte Boelens, Harrie Jonkman, Clemens M.H. Hosman, Hein Raat and Wilma Jansen

Others of the other: Examining migrant children’s delinquency through the exclusion–support matrix

Beyza Ünal, Mustafa Kocanci, Beyhan Aksoy, Kardelen Devrim Doruköz, Berk Uslu and Mete Kaan Namal

Patterns of vulnerability: A descriptive study on intergenerational child welfare involvement

Audrey Kern, Tonino Esposito, Sonia Hélie and Rachel Langevin

Strengthening social support in residential care: Evidence from the D’AR-TE project

Paula Ferreira and Mara Ricardo

Family experiences regarding treatments and therapies for children with developmental disabilities: A qualitative study

Yoomi Shin, Naeun Park, Hyunyoung Lee and Anna Lee

Seeing the invisible: Educators contending with childhood neglect among their students

Eran P. Melkman and Laura I. Sigad

Best practice vs. reality: An exploratory study of communication dynamics during forensic dental and medical examinations in child abuse investigations

Hayley Manalang Ko, Gunn Astrid Baugerud, Miriam S. Johnson, Unni-Mette Stamnes Köpp and Ewa A. Szyszko Hovden

Internal attribution of poverty and social isolation among the Korean youth: the mediating effect of relative deprivation

Soo-Bi Lee and Jae-Kyoung Lee

Multisystemic therapy across Europe: Implementation and evolution

Simone Fox, Annemarieke Blankestein, Cathy James, Tom Jefford, Femke Kuijpers, Aurelie Lange, Terje Ogden, Knut Taraldsen and Emma Ulfsdotter Ljunggren

Mandatory reporting policy and its effects: changes in perspectives on child abuse, reporting behavior, and influencing factors among Chinese child welfare social workers

Tian Tian, Wanzhen Chen and Fang Peng

Unpacking gender differences: The role of familism values in the relationship between perceived discrimination and educational attainment among second-generation immigrant youth

Yiqiu Huang and Xuan Wang

Causal attribution: a theoretical framework for understanding the significance of children’s perceptions of family violence

Tina Gerdts-Andresen and Eva Lill Fossli Vassend

Volume 181, issue C, 2026

A review of sources and preliminary findings for understanding foster care re-entry services and outcomes

Linda-Jeanne M. Mack, Terry V. Shaw, Haelim Lee and Haksoon Ahn

Me and my foster family: assessing the feasibility of a flexible intervention

Charlotte Bredahl Jacobsen, Siddhartha Baviskar, Anne Bølling Frederiksen, Ida Schrøder, Christine Marie Hildeshejn and Sofie Danneskiold-Samsøe

We will always think, ‘is this the right decision?’ Norwegian child welfare workers navigating the uncertain project of reunification

Ellen Syrstad, Ingunn T. Ellingsen, Margrete Aadnanes and Jeri L. Damman

‘Caring for the carers’: Compassion fatigue and associated factors in foster and kinship carers

Christine Clark and Emily P. Taylor

The role of family resilience in the context of built environment risk and adolescent depression

Yangjin Park, Danielle R. Harrell, Bethany Wood and Keundeok Park

Beyond traditional models: A qualitative study of barriers and facilitators to rural teen mental health

Erin M. Knight, Charlotte E. Bausha, Karen L. Fortuna, Julie Balaban, Christopher M. Tirrell, Courtney Porter, Amanda N. Perry and M. Kay Jankowski

Mentalization-based group intervention for parents of autistic children: insights and case studies

Yael Enav, Natalia Kirsman and Dana Erhard-Weiss

Persistent poverty, poverty mobility, and young adults’ material hardship

Yoonzie Chung and Kathryn Maguire-Jack

Building knowledge across borders: the first twenty years of iaOBERfcs

Robin Spath, Patricia McNamara, Cinzia Canali and Devis Geron

Children’s voices in disaster recovery: Lessons from the 2023 Turkey-Syria earthquake

Ayse Yildiz, Nurcan Simsek and Aysegul Boluk

Family support in Europe: theory, policy and practice

Lucía Jiménez and John Canavan

Young people’s experiences of support, belonging, and freedom before and after leaving residential care institutions in Kenya

Sarah Elizabeth Neville, K. Megan Collier, Elizabeth K. Klein, Joanna Wakia, John Hembling, Beth Bradford, Martin Kiandiko, Alividzah Kituku, Maureen Obuya, Nelson Nyabola, Jane Dzame Karisa, Ronald Kwicha Baya, Indrani Saran, Margaret Lombe and Thomas M. Crea

Lifelines of young people with a history in residential care: A qualitative investigation from a complex systems perspective

Rineke Bossenbroek, Jan-Ole H. Gmélin, Merlijn Olthof, Jana Knot-Dickscheit, Fred Hasselman, Evelien Poelen and Anna Lichtwarck-Aschoff

“Hear our voices”: A qualitative exploration of mental health among Black girls

Ijeoma Opara, Jasmin Brooks-Stephens, Emmanuella Asabor, Moiyattu Banya and Isha Metzger

From frontline observations to experimental analysis: a reverse translational investigation of staff behavior in residential care settings

Ashley N. Anderson, John T. Rapp and Ellie Morosohk

The Promoting Resilience in Stress Management (PRISM) program for elementary school Students: A pilot study

Kiska M. Smith, Courtney C. Junkins, Abby R. Rosenberg and Joyce P. Yi-Frazier

Pathways from parent substance misuse to child and adolescent trauma

Kristen D. Seay

The role of income assistance, childcare, and informal social support in foster care entry

Darejan Dvalishvili, Inga Saitadze and Yi Wang

The effects of home visiting on birth outcomes and perinatal health behaviors

Mason Shero, Hilary A. Doe, Cynthia Osborne and Jennifer Huffman

Psychological wellbeing outcomes across genders in childhood and adolescence aged 8–18 years: a population-level perspective

Zara Boulton, Mary Brushe, Damien W. Riggs, Ashleigh Lin, Cristyn Davies and Tess Gregory

The direct and indirect pathways through which gender norms influences decision-making autonomy among young women and men in Southern Uganda. A mediation analysis

Josephine Nabayinda, Fred M. Ssewamala, Samuel Kizito, Proscovia Nabunya, Phionah Namatovu, Torsten B. Neilands and Mary M. Mckay

Parent–Adolescent communication during COVID-19 and adolescent Emotions: The role of parenting style

Wonki Lee and Alice J. Kim

Exploring young residential care leavers’ participation in care leaving decisions in Ghana: An interpretive analysis using Hart’s ladder of participation

Frederick Godwill Amissah

Dads Tuning in to Kids: Acceptability and appropriateness in a real-world dissemination trial

Nikki Boswell, Christiane E. Kehoe, Christina Ambrosi, Deborah Kane, Karl Andriessen and Sophie S. Havighurst

Psychodrama for children and adolescents: A systematic review of therapeutic effects, changes and underlying processes

Marij Berghs, Cécile Henquet, Constance Vissers and Susan van Hooren

Shaping parenting a decade after leaving care: The dynamic of role models, parenting styles, and gender roles

Tehila Refaeli, Agat Sold, Mor Dvori, Rami Benbenishty and Anat Zeira

Prevalence and correlates of truancy in the United States post-covid-19: results from a national sample

Michael G. Vaughn, Jun-Hong Chen, Brandy R. Maynard, Yohita Shraddha Bandaru and Abigail Schweiger

Youth with FASD: Understanding the challenges and identifying supports to foster healthy development

Maya Peled and Annie Smith

“Between challenges and opportunities”: needs and preferences in the psychosocial support of multi-challenged families with children – a scoping review

Sandra Liliana Teixeira, Pedro F.S. Rodrigues, Ana Paula Caetano and Ana Bártolo

Between promise and practice: a scoping review of the democratic outcomes of youth participation in local governance

Flávio Ramos, António F. Tavares and Nuno F. da Cruz

Tabletop role playing games as a way forward with structurally marginalized youth: A narrative review

Devyn Rorem Colquhoun, Mark Melenberg and Jacqueline Pei

All bark and no bite: Legal and professional consequences for failing to report child maltreatment

Heather Bergen

Longitudinal relationship between perceived stress and Chinese adolescent aggressive behavior: The mediating role of impulse control and the moderating role of social connectedness

Xiaoya Yin, Haiyun Peng, Junjie Gao and Sufei Xin

Effectiveness of the integration of education, care and medicine (IECM) program on knowledge of parenting strategies for parents of infants and toddlers

Ting Liu, Li Ang Xie, Chang Jiang Yang, Nan Ding and Zhi Hong Zuo

Unveiling the interplay: network analysis of childhood trauma, perceived social support, and comorbid depression, anxiety, and smartphone addiction in Chinese young adults

Yilin Ma, Quanxi Hu, You Wang and Xueling Yang

The power of digital and traditional cultural capital: unpacking the association between family material deprivation and academic performance in eight countries

Chaoxin Jiang, Guowei Wan, Shimei Shi, Yimin Zhi and Zhiyou Wang