Children and Youth Services Review

1979 - 2026

Current editor(s): Duncan Lindsey

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Volume 191, issue C, 2026

Laws, policies, and guidelines addressing school-related gender-based violence in Kenya: a systematic review

Lucy A. Wakiaga, Mchungwani Rashid, Benta Abuya, Naomi Langat, Ruth Nanjekho Wafubwa, Amani Karisa and Nelson Muhia

The experiences of unstable housing and homelessness among care leavers: A systematic review of current research knowledge

Mattias Bengtsson, Veronika Paulsen, Anne-Kirstine Mølholt, Eva Dögg Sigurðardóttir, Veera Niemi, Freydís Jóna Freysteinsdóttir and Alberte Alsø Dokkedal

Who stays, who leaves? School dropout risk among Romani and Non-Romani children

Nigar Şentürk and Nilüfer Koçtürk

Interventions that address suicidal thoughts and behaviors in youth with a history of childhood sexual abuse: A scoping review

Aliya Jomha, Peter Silverstone, Andrew Greenshaw, Wanda Polzin, Yifeng Wei, Matthew Reeson, Liz Dennett, Sara Sunderji and Hannah Pazderka

Examining joint and separate effects of parenting burnout and emotion socialization on child problem behaviors: a gendered perspective

Youli Wang, Baocheng Pan, Xuanyi Zhao, Honghuan Fang, Yizhao Gong, Keman Yuan, Pin Xu, Bowen Xiao and Yan Li

“My love for them can’t be conditional”: how active Latter-day Saint parents foster positive relationships with their LGBTQ+ teens and barriers to doing so

G. Tyler Lefevor, Sydney A. Sorrell, Emalee Willis and Jane H. Bell

Services to support the integration of unaccompanied immigrant children: A systematic review of international literature

Arlene Bjugstad, Lexi Williams, Cheryl Aguilar and Johanna Creswell Báez

Trends and risk factors for teenage pregnancy in India, 2005–2021

Baldev Singh Kulaste and Bal Govind Chauhan

Adverse childhood experiences and psychological resilience in adolescents and emerging adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Lai Ying-Ying, Lv Ling-Xuan, Luo Yi-Ling, Nie Yan-Gang and He Yu-Zhe

Family centered approach practices in diagnosis and education processes of children with disabilities

Elifcan Cesur and Elif Kaya

Workflow architecture and escalation sequencing in Oregon Child Welfare: Institutional placement of structured safety classifications

Megan McCarthy

Child health, parental behavioral health, and the role of living arrangements

John S. Palatucci, Joel C. Cantor and Alan C. Monheit

Parents need to have input: Parents’ views of their case plans upon child welfare system involvement

Lenore M. McWey, Melissa Radey, Carson Outler, Kristine Posada, Devin D. Coleman, Isis Gonzalez, Roxana Llarena, Patricia Nellius-Guthrie and Luther Powell

Childhood maltreatment and mental health in Indian young adults: examining positive perception as a cognitive mediator

Shadaan Afreen and Fiza Khan

Echoes of adverse childhood experiences: A phenomenological study on Turkish youth’s resilience and wellbeing

Neslihan Şahin Altan and Ersoy Erdemir

Blurred faces, blurred lines? A cross-cultural content analysis of visual and textual child privacy management in parent influencer content

Carissa Anderson and Gaëlle Ouvrein

Care leavers and the criminal justice system: The role of support systems during transition

Kylie Gill, Catherine Naughton and Colm Walsh

Receipt of resources among different types of kinship care arrangements

Sara Gable, Bethany Crotty, Rachel Dicke, Angela Nickell and Bradd Anderson

Corrigendum to “Documentation practices in Norwegian adolescent psychiatry: tracing the institutional circuit of physical restraint” [Child. Youth Serv. Rev. 186 (2026) 109043]

Esben S.B. Olesen

From equality to equity: can an equity approach mitigate risks of wasted potential in young lives?

Kristi Asser, Dagmar Kutsar and Oliver Nahkur

Interpreting child welfare indicators: child agency and welfare regimes in comparative perspective

Ayşegül Demir

Differential mediating roles of cognitive flexibility between interpersonal relationships and adolescent depressive symptoms

Xian Zhao, Yiqiu Hu, Mengmeng Chang, Xueqing Lin, Qin Yang and Li Meng

“Everyone is there to make the field bloom”: Spiritual criminology in practice at a youth farming project

Gila Amitay

“Sometimes I feel like dropping out of school, but I do not”: Exploring internal developmental assets of student well-being in Bangladesh

Saira Hossain, Iva Strnadová and Joanne Danker

Creativity as a developmental catalyst in positive youth development: The I-CPYD framework for arts-based youth interventions

Maria Assariotaki, Eleni Vasilaki and Aikaterini Vasiou

‘Parents always think you’re cold’: investigating the relationship between discrepancy in perceptions of parental involvement and children’s depressive symptoms

I-Jun Chen, Jiamin Ge, Hsuan-Wei Huang, Hui Ren, Qingqing Li and Jiaqi Zhou

The associations of adverse childhood experiences with self-esteem and depression among South Korean college students: Cyberbullying victimization and resilience as mediators

Jungup Lee, Jumi Lee, Serim Lee and Jun Sung Hong

Evaluating a school engagement intervention for students in foster care: the Educational Liaison program

John H. Hitchcock, Nell Krahnke, Jeffrey A. Anderson, Donna Walker and Eishi Adachi

Editorial: Social justice in children, youth and family welfare: Unmasking hidden complexities

T.P. Chipawe Cane, L. Holmes, J. Boddy, N.J. van Oordt, V.S. Pinto, F. Paredes Ramos and E. Fernandez

The link between perceived social support, parental burnout, and child behavior problems: A dyadic perspective

Emir Y. Çitil, Gizem Arikan, Ibrahim H. Acar and Ayse Meltem Ustundag-Budak

Continuity of care in an Israeli residential educational setting: a practitioner-led qualitative case study of trust formation and group development among migrant adolescents

Daniel Golshtein

Beyond training: professionalizing youth instructors in hybrid youth-serving systems: a system-design analysis from Israel

Eli Vinokur and Avinoam Yomtovian

The experiences of children with disabilities in foster care: a scoping review

Michelle Therrien, Ciera Lorio, Kristy A. Anderson, Emily Dolce and Kyunghye Kim

Generational status, social capital, and home- and school-based parental involvement among U.S. immigrant families

Jinmyung Choi

Metabolic monitoring protocols/practices and metabolic/weight-related outcomes of psychotropic medications in children in foster care: a scoping review

Mohsin Khan, Lauren Q. Malthaner, Gunjan Singh and Jill D. McLeigh

Corrigendum to “Cultural mentoring in out-of-home care: enhancing knowledge, connections, and outcomes for children and adult stakeholders” [Child. Youth Serv. Rev. 190 (2026) 109240]

Adaora Ezekwem-Obi, Rebekah Grace, Michel Edenborough, Stacy Blythe and Kathy Karatasas

Volume 190, issue C, 2026

Promises unfulfilled? National patterns in ICWA-preferred kinship placements, 2018–2023

Theresa Rocha Beardall and Frank Edwards

Psychoeducation for trauma in youth: a preliminary trial on the Mind Matters program

Becky F. Antle, Ashley R. Logsdon, Amanda J. Minogue, Anita P. Barbee, Lisa M. Purdy, Andreana Bridges and Mackenzie L. Antle

Parental job loss and young children’s socioemotional development during COVID-19

Eunho Cha, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn and Jane Waldfogel

Childhood exposure to domestic violence and abuse: a scoping review of impacts on adult functioning

Parveen Ali, Ashfaque Ahmed Talpur and Patience Govera

Burnout and coping among professionals in child and youth social services

Ignasi Navarro-Soria, Jorge Heliz-Llopis, Borja Costa-López and Andrea Plasencia-Pimentel

Translating trauma-informed knowledge into child welfare practice: findings from a participatory practice development initiative

Aoife Price, Maria Lotty, Margarita Frederico and Finola McCarthy

Risk and resilience: an analysis of school racial discrimination and school connectedness among racially minoritized youth

Kamryn S. Morris, Emine Ozturk and Sarah Lindstrom Johnson

Quality of parent-provider relationship in family child care related to parent engagement and functioning

Laura Fernanda Jimenez Parra, So Yeon Shin, Tiffany L. Martoccio and Brenda Jones Harden

Family relationships and child behavior problems in children of migrant employees: The mediating roles of parental stress and child screen time

Xinyue Yang, Ruiyun Liang, Dong Li and Yansong Sun

“Hola, Baby”: An exploratory analysis of situational and technological characteristics in cases of online child sexual abuse victimization in Puerto Rico

Byung Lee, Linda Perez-Laras, Linda Laras and Solmary Vega

Barriers to youth participation and pathways to resilience: a positive youth development perspective from Ethiopia’s Hadiya Zone

B. Gizachew Jekamo

‘How does she feel about me?’: Exploring foster carer mentalizing and its association with the quality of fostering relationships

Eva A. Sprecher, Nick Midgley, Tina Adkins and Michelle Sleed

Parent and Teacher Endorsement towards Child Protection and the POCSO Act: A Study in Rural Indian Educational Settings

Akhilesh Yadav

Few and unstructured: observation count, observation methods and guideline-based evaluation quality in parent-child interaction observations in child protection cases

Haagen Klundby Kierulf and Annika Maria Désirée Melinder

Barriers and needs in relational and sexual education: a vignette study of professionals’ perspectives in Flemish residential youth care

Nienke Derkoningen, Camille Verheyden, Delphine West, Fiona Roulent, Frank Van Holen and Johan Vanderfaeillie

Intersectional disparities in length of stay in foster care by race and disability status

Sumin Cheon and Allison Dunnigan

Family child care programs’ participation in a supplemental quality improvement support within a Quality Rating and Improvement System

Alison Hooper, Ekaterina Novikova, Deborah Fuller, Annette Pic and Rena Hallam

Childhood predictors of disconnection for young men and women: evidence from the Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study

Tia M. Dickerson, Hye-Min Jung and Jane Waldfogel

Educational marginalisation of adolescent girls in child-headed families in Eswatini: an ecological perspective

Todvwa Emelda Nxumalo, Johannes Seroto and Sizakele Matlabe

Applying the ADAPT-ITT framework to develop a team-based mental health support model for young adults transitioning from homelessness to housing

Sarah C. Narendorf, Brittney Singletary, Marcus Brown, Umaira Khan, Gregory Gomez, Prince Hayward, Daniel Herman, Diane Santa Maria, Maurice Gattis and Michelle R. Munson

“And then I was back home again…” lived experiences of young people returning to their families from residential care

Jana Osswald

A global index of maternal attachment insecurity and children’s behavioural problems: examining sex differences and psychosocial pathways in a longitudinal cohort

Stefan Kurbatfinski, Nicole Letourneau, Deborah Dewey, Andrew F. Hayes and Aliyah Dosani

Use and determinants of evidence-based assessment for trauma-exposed children following training and consultation: a mixed-methods study

Megan M. Boyd, Stacy R. Ryan-Pettes, Alya V. Elbualy, Jeffrey N. Wherry and Sara L. Dolan

Cultural mentoring in out-of-home care: Enhancing knowledge, connections, and outcomes for children and adult stakeholders

Adaora Ezekwem-Obi, Rebekah Grace, Michel Edenborough, Stacy Blythe and Kathy Karatasas

Building a house here isn’t like building a house in Minecraft”: exploring children’s experiences of forest bathing activities

Yasemin Büyükşahin and Aylin Kurt

Staff development through attunement: applying the mentoring FAN in youth services

Julia Pryce, Jennifer Gentile, Catherine Lotz, Marjorie Colindres Thulin and Linda Gilkerson

Socioeconomic status, mothers’ parental stress and reflective functioning, and school-aged children’s psychosocial functioning: A moderated mediation model

Keren Hanetz-Gamliel and Noa Gur Shoval

Readiness for a trial: Challenges evaluating interventions at the intersection of domestic abuse and substance use

Margaret Kertesz, Mael Guillou, Hanh Tu Duc Nguyen and Cathy Humphreys

Children and young people’s utilisation of school-based self-referral mental health support: Insight from service delivery data

Hizkia Yolanda, Nikhil Naag, Katalin Toth, Hannah R. Wilkinson, Hazel MacCormick and Sarah Golden

School social workers responding to inequities and challenged by ambiguity

Brandon D. Mitchell, Brittny Gainey, Alexis Campbell, Riley Emick, Amina Cedeno and Dakota Bailey

Neighbourhood ecosystem driven impacts on transition to adulthood: A bibliometric analysis of research themes and trends

Indranil Maity, Utpal Roy, Surajit Karak and Carolyn McNamara Barry

Child protection policies in special education schools: mothers’ perspectives through a school example in Türkiye

Nesime Kubra Terzioglu

Climate change awareness, eco-anxiety, and associated factors among adolescents

Sultan Kayan, Elif Erbay and Naile Bilgili

Family system profiles, community contexts, and child adjustment: a latent profile analysis

Shan Jiang, Chengkun Jin, Ruoyu Du and Zurong Liang

Where youth begin: adverse and positive childhood experiences and program entry differences in a diversion program

Wongeun Ji

Unheard stories: parents’ perspectives on child removal in East Jerusalem

Mayis Eissa

Profiling the research landscape of child agency: a bibliometric analysis

Juan Yang, Lijun Tang, Zhilin Zhou and Di Zhang

The effects of perceived family resilience on anxiety in left-behind children: the longitudinal mediating role of coping style

Jingyan Feng, Ting He and Yuanyuan An

Association between child abuse and domestic violence in married women attending primary health centers in rural south India

Krishnamachari Srinivasan, Elsa Heylen, Veena A. Satyanarayana and Maria L. Ekstrand