Children and Youth Services Review

1979 - 2025

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Volume 178, issue C, 2025

Exposure to child abuse and neglect, and formal and non-formal social support, in the presence of post-traumatic symptoms and resilience among young Arab-Palestinian women in Israel

Haneen Karram-Elias, Shira Pagorek-Eshel and Raghda Alnabilsy

The effectiveness of UK-based interventions to reduce school exclusion. A systematic review

Sarah Bekaert, Monica Duman and Georgia Cook

Conceptualising inclusive childhoods in Eastern Europe, Central Asia and the Caucasus: Editorial and introduction to the special issue

Michael Rasell, Sarah Phillips and Elena Iarskaia Smirnova

Consensus statement on developmentally appropriate policy and practice for adolescents in foster care

M. Dozier, J.G. Smetana, J. Allen, M.J. Bakermans-Kranenburg, A.D. Benner, L.M. Burton, N. Campione-Barr, G. Carlo, K.A. Dodge, A. Fuligni, A. Galvan, K. Ginsburg, W. Grolnick, V.M. Murry, S.D. Simpkins, M.H.Van IJzendoorn, C. Zeanah and C. Shauffer

Perceived effects of an art therapeutic treatment (ArAT) for children and adolescents with psychosocial problems

Liesbeth Bosgraaf, Marinus Spreen, Kim Pattiselanno and Susan van Hooren

Evaluating a mindfulness randomized controlled trial in Chinese migrant youth: A follow up mixed methods study

Honghui Wang, Xinshu She, Min Wang, Wanqing Liu, Huan Wang, Cody Abbey, Manpreet K. Singh, Scott Rozelle and Lian Tong

Evaluation of outcomes of Mississippi’s Child Advocacy Studies (CAST) initiative

Theodore P. Cross and Yu-Ling Chiu

Social representations of homeless children about social network care during the COVID-19 pandemic

Carina Gleice Tabosa Quixabeira, Cleide Maria Pontes, Ana Paula Esmeraldo Lima, Weslla Karla Albuquerque Silva de Paula, Renata Lira dos Santos Aléssio and Luciana Pedrosa Leal

Exploring staff perspectives of working in secure care accommodation for young people: A systematic review of qualitative research

Carolyn Thomas, Graham Walker, Jason Lang and Helen Smith

Perceived parenting profiles and adolescents’ suicidal behaviors: Direct associations and gender differences

Chuhan Wang, Jiaqi Guo, Xin Han and Jianing You

Understanding the strengths of young parents using photovoice: An evaluation of the school-based Parent Linking Program in New Jersey

Jacquelynn F. Duron, Lena M. Obara, Patty Mojta, Veronica Ford and Victoria Banyard

The Accidental Hub: exploring English primary schools’ response to family needs and public policy within the shifting landscape of child protection and wellbeing

E. Maynard, B. Lever-Taylor, Y-S. Chang, E. Jefferson, S. Cooper, S. Prawer and John Driscoll

Understanding the burden of COVID-19 orphanhood and caregiver loss among children and adolescents living in South Africa

Christina Laurenzi, Ramsha Hisham, Tatenda Mawoyo, Kathryn J. Steventon Roberts, Lucie Cluver, Mark Tomlinson and Lorraine Sherr

Risk or refuge? The dual role of affinity for solitude and deviant peer affiliation in the link between childhood maltreatment and youth depression: a mixed-methods study

Zhaoyang Xie, Zheng Zhang, Xuting Li, Hiran Thabrew, Kaiwen Bi, Sijian Tang and Jiansong Zhou

Relationship of demographic variables with mental health conditions in a childhood sexual abuse sample in a Victorian sexual assault service

Susan Sim and Helen Kambouridis

From laughter to survival: The effect of war on children’s play in Gaza

Dana Bdier, Bilal Hamamra and Fayez Mahamid

A new approach to exploring agency in migration research: The case of south-to-south migration among Venezuelan youth

Javiera García-Meneses, Christopher P. Salas-Wright, Michael G. Vaughn, Mildred M. Maldonado-Molina, Valentina Osses Cárcamo, Melissa Bates, Juliana Mejía-Trujillo, Augusto Pérez-Gómez, Seth J. Schwartz and María Fernanda García

Child care providers’ emotional distress links stressors to turnover intention: implications for rebuilding a healthy workforce

Sihong Liu, Julia Mendez Smith, Deborah Phillips and Philip A. Fisher

‘Crossover kids’ in Manitoba: The intersection of the child protection system, youth criminal justice system and First Nations identity

Marni Brownell, Rick Linden, Nathan C. Nickel, Lorna Turnbull, Matthew Sanscartier, Kayla Frank, Lindey Courchene, Wendy Au, Jennifer E. Enns, Janelle B. Lee, Hannah Owczar, Chelsey McDougall, Scott McCulloch and Cora Morgan

The association between witnessing domestic violence and trait aggression via anger rumination among Chinese college students: The moderated mediating role of socioeconomic status

Jiamei Li, Jinping Cai, Suo Jiang and Xiaoqing Li

Children’s voices in child welfare tribunal proceedings: documentation and weighting of children’s opinions on contact with biological parents after a care order

Helle Karina Johansen, Stine Lehmann, Karl Harald Søvig and Ragnhild Bjørknes

Access and utilization of Portuguese mental healthcare services by migrant children and adolescents: perceptions and experiences of families

Rafael Inácio, Rita Gonçalves, Joana Pires, Maria J. Marques and Sónia Dias

Effect of multi-disciplinary deliberation on perceptions of risk and recommended actions in response to child abuse

James Leslie Herbert, Amanda Paton, Kate Deuter and Gina Horch

Challenges in school-based mental health service utilization: a qualitative study with school social workers

Jennifer Murphy, Kaija Craft and Youngmi Kim

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

Jeremy Shiffman and Seiha Min

An evaluation of therapeutic Life Story Work in residential out of home care

S.A. Kontomichalos-Eyre, M. Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, J. Browne and J.A. McGillivray

Exploring the influence of family relationship on students’ school well-being

Stenny Anto Kollannoor and Shinto Thomas

The effects of bullying on victims in high schools in Maseru District, Lesotho

Badela, Lironts’o Nofanelo, Mulwayini Mundau and Mpheng Mapuru-Khati

Life beyond the care center: the lived experience of care leavers in Vietnam

Robbie Gilligan, Hoa Thi Nguyen and Nga Hanh Do

Home visiting for families without a home: findings from a qualitative study

Amy L. Dworsky, Erin D. Carreon, Beth E. McDaniel and Amanda M. Griffin

Family relationships between normative orientations and lived diversity – experiences of care leavers with their mothers and fathers

Stephan Sting, Georg Streissguertl and Julia Weissnar

Youth mental health first aid training outcomes among public safety professionals serving high-risk youth

Kim Gryglewicz, Kristina K. Childs, Melanie F.P. Soderstrom, Richard L. Elligson and Ashley Lockwood

Access to autism services and support needs in Morocco: Perspectives of autistic adults, caregivers, service providers, and civil society

Oumnia Bouaddi, Afaf Affane, Chaimaa Al malki, Yassine Souidi and Mohamed Khalis

How do emotional abuse and emotional neglect differ in their influences on aggression in Chinese adolescents? The longitudinal mediation of relative deprivation

Yunlong Xie, Zhenxue Wang, Kun Chen, Baixue Gao, Tianyi Hu and Wen He

Predictors of help-seeking intention among young people: a Common-Sense Model based study

Hau Nguyen, Michelle-Louise Conway, Daraine Murphy, Aoife Brady and Eilis Hennessy

Co-producing service experiences for transition-age youth in foster care: Exploring the connection between transitional independent living plan development and independent living service usage

Park, Sunggeun (Ethan), Nathanael J. Okpych, Justin S. Harty and Mark E. Courtney

Untreated ADHD contributes to the school-to-prison pipeline and related racial disparities

Andrea L. Glenn, Olivia K. Thompson and Taylor KL. Mosley

Weapon carrying among adolescents: a cross-sectional study of crime-related risk and protective factors

Ishak Celik, Nicholas H. Buker and Jasmine Oswalt

The impact of parent advocacy type on child protection case conference intervention decisions: a vignette study

Ravit Alfandari, Ori Ben Simhon and Guy Enosh

The association between mental health well-being and risky behaviors among adolescents in Argentina: Data from the 2018 global school health survey

Syed Muhammad Saad Jalil and Ziyad Riyad Mahfoud

Clusters of difficulties experienced by children during their transition to primary school

Jonghyun Jun, Kane Meissel and Maria Cooper

Agree to disagree: How life satisfaction (in)congruence links to resilience in grandchild–grandparent dyads of Chinese left-behind families

Qiong Hu, Qiong Zhang and Yanlin Zhou

Volume 177, issue C, 2025

Young people’s experiences of secure care: A synthesis of qualitative research

Graham Walker, Carolyn Thomas, Jason Lang and Helen Smith

Multiraciality and intersectionality: an Asian-centered exploration of out-of-home care

Allison Dunnigan, Ruijie Ma and Claudette Grinnell Davis

Cyber victimization reports between parents and children: an examination of agreement predictors

Hannah Rapp, Stephanie Fredrick and Amanda Nickerson

Implementation of the incredible years-ASLD® program in autism and preterm children with communication and/or socialization difficulties in Spain (FIRST STEPS): a feasibility study

Laia Villalta, María Elias, Marta Llorens, Helena Vall-Roqué, Marina Romero-González and Fátima Valencia-Agudo

Knowledge transfer in family support: the EurofamNet experience

Branko Bošković, Sviatlana Karpava, Roberta Ruggiero and Joana Sequeira

Strengths supporting resilience in individuals with learning disabilities: A scoping review

Madison Reid and Sherry Hamby

Parental absence, child victimization and health-related outcomes in rural China

Yangling Ren, Peirong Yang, Yixiao Liu and Gang Chen

Subsidized and high-quality child care, but for whom?

Yazgı Genç

Adapting to fatherhood: A qualitative study into resilience resources

Georgios C. Soultanopoulos, Jens Henrichs, Wessel Ganzevoort, David Borman, Lena C. Slot, Loes van Rijn – Van Gelderen, and Corine J.M. Verhoeven

Mothers, money, and multi-partner fertility: understanding economic outcomes in midlife

Cassandra Dorius, Margaret Gough Courtney and Quentin H. Riser

Caregiver and child perceptions of play in a refugee context in Uganda

Sarah R. Meyer, Roscoe Kasujja, Sarah Namukwaya, Nawaraj Upadhaya and Eva S. Smallegange

Social engagement, positive psychological attributes, and altruism among young people in Bangladesh

Md. Saidur Rashid Sumon and Md. Shahinuzzaman

“Your heart’s just dismantling’: The separation of siblings through the care system and custody

Kirsty Deacon and Briege Nugent

Partners in Education Survey: validation of a brief, parent-report home-school partnership measure in Australia

Alicia Johnson, Tianyi Ma, Julie Hodges, Christopher Boyle and Matthew R. Sanders

Embedding children’s participation in child protection: The burden of decision making and the potential of complexity theory

Samia Michail, Tobia Fattore and Rebekah Grace

Are symptoms of depression and anxiety associated with specific charges among detained youth?

Paula J. Fite, Jeevan S. Bains and Selena A. Baca

Promoting work-related well-being of after-school staff via effectiveness and connectedness: a mixed method study

Rachel R. Ouellette, Enid A. Moreira, Melanie Tran and Stacy L. Frazier

Exploring microaggressions among LGBTQIA+ youth in the child welfare system

Mónica López López, Luis Armando Parra, O’Brien, Rory Patrick, Mijntje ten Brummelaar, Mireia Foradada Villar and Gabriela Martínez-Jothar

Why do people become foster parents and how to recruit new families? A multi-informant study

Sofia Ferreira, Eunice Magalhães, Vânia S. Pinto and João Graça

Undervalued, misled, & isolated: foster parents’ experience of (mis)attunement within our compliance-centered system

Bridget Couture, Julia Pryce, Reign Erickson, Emma Bosch, Shanequewa Love and Linda Gilkerson

Research-policy-practice in developing a systems approach to child protection: a county-level case in China

Ning Zhu, Riitta Vornanen, Timo Toikko and Fang Zhao

Fathers in treatment for substance use involved in care proceedings: Using free-text clinical documents to understand childcare responsibilities and individual characteristics

Martha Canfield, Zara Rehman, Sam Norton, Johnny Downs and Gail Gilchrist

Policy responses to youth homelessness: Ireland and Flanders compared

Paula Mayock and Koen Hermans

Developing and validating the perceived youth barriers scale (PYBS): A bottom-up approach to assessing barriers faced by underprivileged young adults

Rana Hong, Philip Young P. Hong and Ja-Young Cho

Introduction to the special issue on the governance of national care systems for orphans and vulnerable children in low-income countries

Jeremy Shiffman, Seiha Min, Eddy J. Walakira, Joseph Mumba Zulu and Yusra Ribhi Shawar

Factors associated with childhood out-of-home care entry and re-entry in high income countries: A systematic review of reviews

Richmond Opoku, Natasha Judd, Katie Cresswell, Michael Parker, Michaela James, Jonathan Scourfield, Karen Hughes, Jane Noyes, Dan Bristow, Evangelos Kontopantelis, Sinead Brophy and Natasha Kennedy

Scrolling with young people: Transferring general youth work methods into digital spaces

Dejan Todorovic, Josje van der Linden, Stijn Sieckelinck and Margaretha Christina Timmerman

Discrepancy between policy and practice: a case study on hegemony within an Indonesian juvenile correctional center (LPKA)

William Maxey, Zainal Arifin, Hari Harjanto Setiawan, Sri Setiawati and Rudi Febriamansyah

The impact of past trauma on psychological distress among university students during COVID-19: a moderated mediation of cognitive distortion and dispositional mindfulness

Siqi Fang, Man Cheung Chung and Na Wang

Academic achievement of undergraduate health students: Effect of learning styles and personal-familial factors

Meltem Koç, Ayşen Canan Pakeloğlu, Banu Bayar and Kılıçhan Bayar

Uganda’s system to care for orphans and vulnerable children: a sociopolitical analysis of its evolution

Eddy J. Walakira, Adam D. Koon, Rita Nakanjako, Innocent Kamya and Jeremy Shiffman

More Than Our Childhoods: A survivor-led participatory approach to out-of-home care life story research

Amy Gill and Dee Michell

The challenges of family group conferences for at-risk children: risk assessment by parents and social workers

Yasmin Aboud-Halabi, Yan Serdtse and Orna Shemer

Editorial: Key insights and future challenges for care reform

Daniel Lauer

Emerging practices of foster care in Italy within the framework of the European child guarantee: case studies from a participatory perspective

Andrea Petrella, Anna Salvò, Francesca Maci, Armando Bello, Faustino Rizzo and Paola Milani

Effectiveness of pupils’ perceptions of teacher communication strategies for addressing child sexual abuse and harassment in Israel: a six-month prospective study

Yaniv Efrati

“Still in Transition”: Young adults’ retrospective accounts of foster care breakdown during adolescence

Shirley Ben-Shlomo, Noga Levin-Keini and Yifat Meir

Childhood emotional neglect and psychological distress among Chinese college students: The mediating roles of basic psychological needs and coping styles

Jiahua Yang, Rachel Brandon, Anao Zhang, Yujie Yang and Hui Zhang

Context quality and social-emotional competencies for children and youth in residential care – A scoping review

João M.S. Carvalho, Ana Bártolo and Alexandra M. Araújo

The influence of parental involvement on the development of rural children: A comparative study of left-behind children and non-left-behind children

Keyu Chen and Huiping Zhang

Supplemental nutrition assistance program and parents’ time investments in children

Anika Schenck-Fontaine, Afshin Zilanawala and Almudena Sevilla

Approaches to strengthen parental self-efficacy: An umbrella review of systematic reviews

Jeffrey Waid, Kazi Abusaleh and Scott Marsalis

The overlooked transition: supporting school reintegration after a mental health emergency department visit

Lora Henderson Smith, Amy Tran, Natalie Hendrickson and Hector Armando Hernandez Laines

Academic resilience of Chinese rural left-behind adolescents: a multisystemic perspective

Jia Zhuang, Robert Chaskin, Qiaobing Wu, Jiaxin Chen and Linyun Fu

What are youth refuge practice models and how effective are they in improving outcomes for youth experiencing homelessness? A systematic narrative review

Anda Jaman, Tatiana Corrales, Rachael Green, Emma Galvin, Melissa Savaglio, Claire Edmanson and Helen Skouteris

Uncovering the depressive symptom network in self-harming rural children: a Bayesian undirected network analysis

Tongyu Qiu, Pengyuan Li and Yuan Fang

The relationship between parent-child relationships and the types and transitions of mental health in Chinese early adolescents

Xu Wang, Ni Zhu, Mingchen Wei, Shuai Chen, Weijun Liu and Yanling Liu

Relation of congruence and incongruence in father– and mother–child relationships to adolescent depressive symptoms: a polynomial regression and response surface analysis

Xin Liu, Yaoyao Zhang, Fang Ran, Jinyi Zeng and Yanling Liu

Psychosocial adjustment and problematic internet use among emerging adults: A bidirectional relationship mediated by core self-evaluation

Xudong Yang, Xinchang Li, Sijia Mei, Yanghong Song, Mengting Wang, Hong Pan, Wenqian Jian, Yawen Zheng, Yanlong Liu, Wei Wang and Li Chen

Food insecurity and mental health among children and adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa: systematic review

Ibrahim Kasujja, Crick Lund and Tatiana Taylor Salisbury

Psychological effects of the COVID-19 pandemic: Anxiety among high school students in Rafsanjan, 2021

Erfan Shahabinejad, Amirreza Shakoeizadeh, Fatemeh Askari Yazdian, Mohsen Rezaeian and Hassan Ahmadinia

The contribution of the social network of care leavers to a successful transition to adulthood: A realist review

Anna Raymaekers, An Nuytiens and Koen Hermans

Which form of cash is best for families? Associations between lump sum versus regular payments and food insecurity

Samantha Steimle, Rebecca Ryan, Sihong Liu and Philip A. Fisher

Family economic hardship and adolescents’ bullying perpetration/victimization in online and offline context: A latent profile analysis

Ziyi Dong and Shan Jiang

Resilience and mental health among children and youth with an immigrant background in Europe: A scoping review

Yonne Charlotte Tangelder, Jennifer Drummond Johansen and Dawit Shawel Abebe

The impact of child maltreatment intervention on healthcare underutilization in at-risk young children: A quasi-experimental study in Taiwan

Wan-Ting Chen, Tan-Wen Hsieh, Jen-Huoy Tsay, Su-Hui Chang and Chuan-Yu Chen

Deeply navigating among cross-cultural issues makes you a better expert

Annika Melinder, Karine Bakke Lekva and Hulda Rødder Fosse

Maximising existing assets: the potential of Bayesian hierarchical approaches to improve the risk assessment process in youth justice

Helen Ruth Hodges

Do mothers’ and fathers’ parental stress differently relate to child adjustment? A mediated dyadic approach

d’Orsi, Dora and Eva Diniz

COVID-19 pandemic and psychomotor development in Chilean infants and preschoolers: a cohort-based analysis of age and socioeconomic disparities

Francisco Pérez-Lefimil, Sofía Garrido-Luco, Tomás Romero-Briones and José Luis Márquez

Childhood emotional maltreatment and Internet addiction: the differential mediating roles of control and emotional dysregulation across development

Guo Feng, Jie Wu, Jiaying Wu, Ya Ye and Cao Wang

Associations between screen use, learning and concentration among children and young people in western countries: a scoping review

Calina Leonhardt, Dina Danielsen and Susan Andersen