Children and Youth Services Review

1979 - 2025

Current editor(s): Duncan Lindsey

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Volume 175, issue C, 2025

Understanding households in which very young children are contributing to the family

Emma Armstrong-Carter, Sihong Liu, Jelena Obradović and Philip Fisher

The evolution of priority for the care of orphans and vulnerable children in Zambia

Yusra Ribhi Shawar and Joseph Mumba Zulu

Changes in Chinese primary school students’ mental health during 2001–2021: a cross-temporal meta-analysis

He Li, Mengxu Fan and Liu Xu

Committed but constrained: Social workers’ perspectives on practice with children and families living in poverty

Yuval Saar-Heiman, Anat Zeira and June Thoburn

Predicting children migrants’ social exclusion risk through an innovative digital tool: Application of machine learning methods to Spanish residential centres

Gloria Fernández-Pacheco Alises, Tatiana Avignone and Mercedes Torres Jiménez

Children’s exposure to intimate partner violence as a form of child maltreatment in Canada: Analysis of the Canadian incidence study of reported child abuse and neglect (CIS)

Tara Black, Barbara Fallon, Nicolette Joh-Carnella, Emmaline Houston and Eliza Livingston

Community leadership in system transformation: A realist review of strategies for effective partnership between communities of color and public systems impacting children and families

Mallory VanMeeter, Shannon Kugley, Elizabeth Dierksheide and Mark McDaniel

Bridging the gap: The role of parent advocates in enhancing child protective services practice

Marina Lalayants and Lisa Merkel-Holguin

From juvenile justice involvement to incarceration in young adulthood: Do independent living services matter?

Dylan Jones, Eunhye Ahn, Henrika McCoy, Brett Drake and Melissa Jonson-Reid

Burden: A qualitative analysis

Suzanne de Ruig, Floor van Rooij, Marion van Hattum, Jasmijn Bres and Chris Kuiper

The interaction effect of childhood emotional maltreatment and peer victimization on adolescents’ altruistic behaviors: Does gender matter?

Hanjing Gao, Qianwen Liu and Zhenhong Wang

Beyond guidelines: Evaluating the realities of suicide prevention in schools

Jorge-Manuel Dueñas, Fabia Morales-Vives and Janaina Minelli de Oliveira

Holding on to your Kids’ may do more to Avert workplace violence than ‘Hardening the Sanctuary’ and ‘Protective Federal Legislation

Elizabeth Dean

The association between work and substance use among justice-involved young people: Findings from panel data

Lewis H. Lee, Edson Chipalo and SeungHoon Han

Motives for caregivers of children with FASD seeking a peer mentor

Jocelyn J. Blake, Alexis Winfield, Kimberly Harris and Jason Brown

Local adults’ perceptions of adverse experiences and psychosocial consequences among refugee children in Sudan and South Sudan

Unni Heltne, Ragnhild Dybdahl, Sulaima Sharif and Anders Breidlid

Adolescent mental health inpatient unit: The experience of caregivers

Mackenzie Sternbeck-Rutter, Karlen R. Barr, Karina Rovere, Rachael Wade, Kevan McLean and Michelle L Townsend

“At the Mercy of our System”: Structural and programmatic changes for supporting parents with children in out-of-home care

Ashley N. Rousson, Sophia Merelas, Emiko A. Tajima, Laura Orlando, Julia J. Lund and Susan Barkan

Child welfare inequalities in an egalitarian nation: A Norwegian cohort study

Mary Elizabeth Hemler

Fear and loss: Violent fathers’ impact on children’s and mothers’ lives after fleeing from home

Linda Arnell and Sara Thunberg

Adapting KEEP, an evidence-based parenting preventive intervention, for sexual and gender minority youth in the child welfare system

Miriam Clark, Rohanna Buchanan, Grant Estrin, LaShaun Brooks and Patricia Chamberlain

Volume 174, issue C, 2025

What factors impact transfer of learning in child welfare: A scoping review

Geetha Gopalan, Diane DePanfilis, Avital Kaye-Tzadok and Kerry M. Deas

What we know about the stigma of systems-involved youth: A scoping review of intersectional research with marginalised youth in contact with social services

Gabriela Martínez-Jothar, Mijntje ten Brummelaar and Mónica López López

The dynamic interplay between social status and children’s bullying network: A longitudinal social network analysis

Wen Yuan, Juan Cao, Zheng Liu, Xuran Zhang, Lisha Liu, Hui Guo and Yanfang Li

Household chaos and children’s health outcomes: The mediating effects of sleep quality and rumination

Yiyi Deng, Jiatian Zhang, Yi Ren, Hua Ming, Chenyi Zuo, Kehan Mei and Silin Huang

Racial, ethnic, and gender disparities in substantiated child maltreatment: A state-level analysis of U.S. incidence rates

Rebecca L. Fix, Amanda Luken, Reshmi Nair and Spencer T. Fix

Examining the evolution of research on grandparent caregiving

Yaqing Chang, Xiaojing Cai and Na Shao

Universal school-based prevention program for decreasing the depressive symptoms of high school students on a part-time course: Developing the MIRaES program in Japan

Kohei Kambara, Yugo Kira, Misuzu Matsumoto, Suzuka Hako, Tomoya Ito and Akiko Ogata

The mediating role of mental health promoting knowledge level in the relationship between emotional literacy and psychological help seeking attitudes in adolescents

Gül Bozkurt and Dilek Küçük Alemdar

Attachment and socialization of siblings in Hungarian residential care: An ethnographic study

Vanda Titz-Mohácsi and Krisztián Széll

Volume 173, issue C, 2025

A self-guided, academic-focused online parenting program to promote positive parenting and parent well-being: A randomized controlled trial in Hong Kong

Yan Li, Florrie Fei-Yin Ng, Irene Nga-Lam Sze and Jenny Yau

The effectiveness of Nurture Groups at supporting social and emotional outcomes: a systematic review

Bethan Jones, Henry Wood-Downie and Dennis Golm

“If you don’t have a place to call home, how can you have good health for yourself and your children?” perceptions of housing screening among families who have experienced homelessness

Mary-Genevieve Moisan, Avik Chatterjee, Marvin So, Christine T. Ma, Jacqueline A. Hart, Sia Xiong and Meghan R. Mason

Bridging success: How institutional adults can support system involved youth and young adults in pursuing post-secondary vocational education and career pathways

Astraea Augsberger, Mary Elizabeth Collins and Sruti Mohanty

The association between thought disturbance and suicidal ideation within and across ethnoracial groups of juvenile legal system-involved youth

Elizabeth C. Thompson, Kaitlin Sheerin, Kara A. Fox, Nazaret Suazo, Anthony Spirito and Kathleen Kemp

“I’m the best dad ever, apart from being here”: An evaluation of the nurturing programme parenting intervention for fathers in a UK prison

Evelyn Hearne, Jane Harris and Zara Quigg

The impact of the healing together programme for children and young people affected by domestic abuse

Katie Cunneen, Asha Patel and Claire Fox

Implementation and formative evaluation of a youth mental health first aid (YMHFA) training program for teachers in Brockton, Massachusetts

Elena Savoia, Maxwell Su, Shanna Gray, Alberto Montrond, Anna Vasaturo and Marcia A. Testa

Dynamics of family violence in mandatory and voluntary child protection support systems: A longitudinal within-family design

E.H.J. Doelman, M.P.C.M. Luijk, M.H.M. de Moor, F.C.P. van der Horst and M.J. Steketee

How and when is academic stress associated with adolescent digital game addiction?: Social interaction via digital games as a mediator and parental monitoring as a moderator

Il Bong Mun and Seyoung Lee

Barriers to the educational progress of care leavers: The neglected role of stigma?

Stephan Sting, Renate Stohler, Eavan Brady, Robbie Gilligan and Karin Werner

Retrospective Childhood Emotional Maltreatment and Adolescent Problem Behaviors Trajectories: The Mediating Roles of Neuroticism and Self-Compassion

Zhaoxing Sun, Wan Ding, Jiayi Li and Ruibo Xie

Understanding the Needs of Unaccompanied Immigrant Children Separated from their Parents during the “Zero Tolerance” Policy in the US: A Systematic Review of the Literature

Kristina Lovato, Daniel Hieu Thuan Bui and Michelle Zaragoza

Transition to adulthood for young people leaving state care: The impact of the emancipation network on their autonomy and well-being

Raquel Sánchez-Padilla, Manuel Tarín Cayuela and Alejandro Marcelo Viera Abelleira

Helping care leavers develop life skills: A scoping review

Diana Cruz, Laura García-Alba and Jorge F. del Valle

Improving social-emotional skills for inclusion through traditional child games

Suna Özcan and Halis Sakız

Work practices contributing to ‘hidden’ child sexual abuses in mid-twentieth century child institutions: Lessons for contemporary times

Jan Mason, Tobia Fattore and O’Sullivan, Justine

Associations between household chaos and mental health in adolescents: The role of parent-adolescent relationship and adolescent resilience

Qian Pu, Yuhan Luo, Li Niu, Rui Luo, Zhengqian Yang and Fumei Chen

Perspectives on a technology-based smoking cessation intervention among youth exiting foster care

Jordan M. Braciszewski, Suzanne M. Colby, Michael J. Franklin, Robert L. Stout, Vose-O’Neal, Adam and Beth C. Bock

Factors affecting interorganizational learning networks in youth care services: What do we know and what are the research gaps?

Paul L. Kocken and Noortje M. Pannebakker

Friendship quality, self-esteem, and emotional literacy in children with and without a migration background

Mustafa Erol, Murat Temur and Ahmet Erol

Cultural influences on learning motivation: a comparative study of informal learning practices among Syrian refugee and Turkish child laborers in Turkey

Ömer Gökhan Ulum

Barriers and facilitators to healthcare access among youth transitioning out of foster care: A scoping review

Natalia L. Smith, Alauna Adams, Anthony Abshire and Leah P. Cheatham

Surviving in the Darkness: Autobiographical insights of young adults who experienced parental incarceration in South Korea

Ji Sun Lee, Myung Hee Jun and Lina Cui

Relationship between the childhood harsh parental discipline and problematic mobile phone use in Chinese adolescents: Mediating role of rejection sensitivity and self-control

Yiren Zhang, Ruibo Xie, Wan Ding, Min Jiang and Zhaoxing Sun

Exploring barriers and facilitators for Black families seeking to privately adopt Black infants

Eric Harlin and Minhae Cho

A scoping review of the program components, practice components, and outcomes of behaviour support programs delivered to children and young people in out-of-home care

Manisha Abayakoon Stanborough, Mikaela Stanborough, Emily Berger, Jessica Warren, Kelly-Ann Allen and Erin Leif

Bereavement on children and adolescents: A bibliometric study

Christina Yeni Kustanti, Bayu Satria Wiratama, Hidayat Arifin, Defi Efendi, Ethic Palupi, Ignasia Yunita Sari, Sumarti Endah Purnamaningsih Maria Margaretha and Ninik Yunitri

’From the Beginning, a Lost Battle’: Perspectives of fathers and social workers on gender dynamics and abusive backgrounds in therapeutic relationships

Lital Yona and James C. Spilsbury

Child welfare workers‘ perception of colleague support in Norway

Oyeniyi Samuel Olaniyan

Relationship between social network engagement through smartphone and peer relationship trajectory Patterns: From late childhood to mid adolescence

Changmin Yoo