Children and Youth Services Review

1979 - 2026

Current editor(s): Duncan Lindsey

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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

Volume 189, issue C, 2026

A longitudinal investigation of the family stress model in South Africa

McKenzie N. Berezin, Anneli Hardy, Yulia Shenderovich, Catherine L. Ward and Lucie Cluver

Support for children living with parental mental health difficulties: a narrative review

Jessica Keeler and Hazel Chapman

Does greater purchasing power of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program improve children’s development?

Youngjin Stephanie Hong

At the heart of institutional care: a qualitative study of caregiving dynamics in Indian childcare institutions

Manaswini Mishra and Rooplekha Khuntia

The moderating effect of respect for human rights on the relationship between perceived discrimination and adolescent suicide

Se-Hee Kim and Sung-Man Bae

Parental practices for facilitating children’s mental health: A qualitative study of families from China’s rural area

Yayuan Zhao, David Murphy, Changming Duan and Fenglan Li

Emotional and behavioral impacts of the 2023 Turkey earthquake on children: A qualitative study

Ferdağ Yıldırım, Zeynep Temel Mert and Şeyma Alan Poyraz

Interventions to strengthen foster family care: a systematic review of effects, evidence gaps, and future directions

Hilma Forsman, Martin Bergström, Thérèse Eriksson, Sara Fundell, Carl Gornitzki, Annicka Hedman, Uliana Hellberg, Judith Lind, Anna-Karin E. Åkerman and Sarah Vigerland

Corrigendum to “Capturing change: a multiple single-case experimental design evaluating Forensic Outpatient Systemic Therapy for juvenile antisocial behavior” [Child. Youth Serv. Rev. 187 (2026) 1-16/Article 109078]

S. Marjolein van Cappellen, Hanneke E. Creemers, Larissa Hoogsteder and Jessica J. Asscher

Intervention strategies to reduce risky sexual behaviors among adolescents: a systematic review of recent evidence (2020–2024)

T. Senthil and N.S. Nagalakshmi

Internet use and cognitive development among rural adolescents in China: The moderating roles of parental supervision

Zhipeng He and Qiubo Zhu

Parenting in the digital age: A PLS-SEM analysis of parental grit, self-regulation, and positive parenting practices as mediators between emotional distress and digital negligence

İlknur Kiraz Avcı and Mehmet Avcı

Teachers’ detection and reporting of children at risk: findings from a vignette study in Hungary

Marianna Kopasz, Boglárka Herke and Karolina Balogh

The chain mediating role of hospital support and reporting motivation between nurses’ recognition ability and reporting intention for child maltreatment in China

Tengfei Yu, Ting Liu, Xi Zhang, Xiaohan Xu, Zhiru Kou, Lixuan Zhuang, Honglei Wang and Xiuling Yang

Family-based educational supports for children with visual and multiple disabilities: an ecological and social model perspective

A. Emel Sardohan Yıldırım, Muhammed Ali Çankaya, Abdullah Yıldız and Yakup Yıldırım

Disparities in economic hardships among immigrant households during Covid-19: evidence from a national survey

Habiba Ibrahim, Laura Brugger, Jihye Lee, Stephen Roll and Alexandra Berns

The agentic ways children, their families and their community sustain participation in occupations in the context of poverty

Simon Leadley, Clare Hocking and Margaret Jones

A Mixed Methods Study of Home Visiting Engagement and Culturally Responsive Support for Resettled Families

Aimee Hilado, Reiko Kakuyama-Villaber, Melissa H. Bond and Carolyn Ponting

Navigating parenthood: exploring parenting discipline strategies among youth aging out of foster care in the U.S

Rong Bai, Cyleste Collins, Shaobing Su, Cassie King, Reeve Kennedy, Dmitry Tumin and Cheng Ren

Development and validation of the Preschoolers’ digital well-being Scale in Chinese Contexts: shifting perspectives from digital risks to digital opportunities

Simin Cao and Hui Li

Understanding the experiences of adolescent girls victimized by domestic violence in Iran: a qualitative study with a grounded theory approach

Mehrdad Hajihasani

To agree or not to agree, that’s the question. Different outcome measures for the reliability of risk assessment instruments lead to different conclusions

Leontien De Kwaadsteniet, Cilia L.M. Witteman, Lutske De Vries-Dijkstra, Marja De Klerk and Rob G. Beukering

The prevalence of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) among youth in Grenada, Guyana, and Saint Lucia

Hyunjung Cheon, Genesis Navarrete, Matthew J. Durán, Charles M. Katz and Laura L. Lightfoot

Cross-system collaboration between the youth legal system and community mental health centers: a qualitative study

O’Reilly, Lauren M., Alexander Glazier, Melvin Wao, Jondea Mon-Romero, Allyson Dir, Katherine Schwartz, Zachary W. Adams, Tamika Zapolski, Leslie Hulvershorn and Matthew C. Aalsma

Transacting ‘family-centred’ care: The changing role and professional identity of youth care workers in the context of a critical transformation of their care domain

Eline Verheijen, Jan-Kees Helderman, Dorian Schaap and Iris Wallenburg

Why parents of children aged 4–6 use generative AI: a qualitative interview study

Beyza Şanal Güngör and Ali Güngör

Mellow growing together in Türkiye: Effectiveness of an online, group-based parenting program for low-risk mothers and their toddlers

Micaela Kromhout, Lisa Golds, David McCrae, Tolga E. Dagli, Figen Sahin Dagli and Vaheshta Sethna

Prevalence and sociodemographic correlates of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) subtypes among school-going children of Dibrugarh, Assam: A cross-sectional study

Puja Chanda and K.Arockia Maraichelvi

Exploring executive functions in the relationship between childhood adverse experiences and hikikomori tendencies among Singaporean young adults

Patrick K.F. Lin, Fiona Z.L. Ng and Austin Y.W. Chua

A scoping review of high conflict divorce: From general mapping to a focus on children’s experiences

Julien Lahaye Cauchy, Fabien Bacro, Elyse Granger, Alicia Danielewski and Elisabeth Godbout

Support needs of parents of adolescents with mental health problems: a quantitative study

Lucía Antolín-Suárez, Ana Rodríguez-Meirinhos, Francisco J. Nieto-Casado and Sofía Baena

Breaking the cycle: parental perspectives on intergenerational trauma, healing, and early childhood education

Samira Amirazizi, Erin Dowdy, Samantha Hutchinson, Ashley Garcia and Miya Barnett

Mental health literacy among secondary school teachers in Africa: a scoping review

Charity L. Manganyi, Nkoata B. Mpyana, Raymond M.T. Monyethabeng, Simon M. Ndlovu, Ronny Mkhonto, Inneth B. Makofane, Mahlapahlapana J. Themane and Tholene Sodi

Climate shocks and child welfare systems: Analyzing the association between the 2021 Texas Freeze and substantiated maltreatment rates

Juan J. Nunez and Zachary D. Gassoumis

From strain to schooling: Externalizing and internalizing pathways linking adversity exposure to school engagement in children of incarcerated fathers in Türkiye

Zulal Iscanoglu, Metin Buluş, Elizabeth I. Johnson and Holly Foster

Trauma, trust, and decision-making in child protection: a realist synthesis of interventions to prevent care entry and support reunification

R. McGovern, C. Smiles, C. Grant, J. Gibbs, O. Adisa, H. Alderson, K. De Backer, K. Brennan-Tovey, O’Keeffe, S., C. Powell, J. Rankin, C.A. Wilson, J. Woodman and M. Lhussier

Suffering in silence? Parental uncertainty and family help-seeking in adolescent online victimization in China

Luming Zhao and Jiaxi Peng

A critical review of community-based service models for newcomer youth employment

Silvia Garcia and Nidhi Arun

(In)visible in the classroom: school experiences and inclusion barriers of trans youth

Lucía González-Mendiondo Carmona, Sara Rodríguez-Pérez, Nieves Moyano Muñoz and Aingeru Mayor Martínez