Children and Youth Services Review

1979 - 2025

Current editor(s): Duncan Lindsey

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Volume 169, issue C, 2025

Relationships between co-parenting patterns and achievement motives in Chinese junior high school adolescents: A latent profile analysis

Fanfei Meng, Cuiping Cheng, Yuntian Xie, Xing Li and Jinlong Liang

A qualitative study of adaptation challenges of Ukrainian refugees in the United States

S. Childress, N. Shrestha, S. Russ, J. Berge, K. Roy, A. Lewin, N. Perez-Brena, M. Feinberg and N. Halfon

Co-production of a nature-based intervention for children with ADHD study (CONIFAS): Creating a home-based intervention with children and families with lived experience of ADHD

Hannah A. Armitt, Ellen N. Kingsley, Leah Attwell, Piran C.L. White, Kat Woolley, Megan Garside, Natasha Green, Tony Lloyd and Peter A. Coventry

School-Based Outcomes, Post-Graduation Plans and Adult Support among Youth who have been in Foster Care

Katie J. Stone, Luke Muentner, Brianna Lundgren and Rebecca J. Shlafer

‘I want to support her but also want to protect her’: The gendered parenting practices of LGBTQ+ parents

Maddie T. Logan, Amy Heberle and Abbie E. Goldberg

Net worth poverty and child Well-being: Black–White differences

Christina Gibson-Davis, Lisa A. Keister and Lisa A. Gennetian

Implementing complex attachment-based interventions: Perspectives on the circle of security-Virginia family intervention

Bettina Nielsen, Hanne Weie Oddli, Kari Slinning and Filip Drozd

The Double-Edged sword of parental empathy in parenting practice and its association with children’s externalizing and internalizing problems

Nanhua Cheng, Chaoqun Li, Yi Wang and Zhengyan Wang

“We all grow up with our mob because it takes all of us”: First Nations collective kinship in Australia

James C. Beaufils, Jacynta Krakouer, Aunty Leasa Kelly, Aunty Michelle Kelly and Dana Hogg

Relationship between parents’ problematic internet use levels and child abuse potential

Seher Ünverdi and Seher Sarıkaya Karabudak

Infant placements in foster care and labor market attachment: A national cohort study

Hilma Forsman and Lars Brännström

Should family group conferencing be assessed as a child and family rights participatory model or as an intervention Method? – A comprehensive quantitative Danish study measuring and discussing effects on both Dimensions

Bo Morthorst Rasmussen

Son-to-mother violence in the aftermath of domestic violence: Experiences of sons attending group violence prevention programs

Jemma Venables, Amy Young, O’Leary, Patrick and Molly Dragiewicz

School climate and cyberbullying victimization: A meta-analysis

Sen Li, Ningning Gong, Yijin Lin, Fengwen Huang, Shuangxi Zhang and Guoliang Yu

The relationship between prior suicidality, criminal behavior, and current household gun access among adolescents: Does race moderate the relationship?

Adam M. Watkins

“They need nurturance; they need to be seen”: Early care and education for children exposed to intimate partner violence

Juliann H. Nicholson, Yoonsook Ha, Ellen R. DeVoe, Renée Spencer and Alytia A. Levendosky

Laziness and competence: The discursive social construction of resilient learner identity

J.A. Matías-García, M. Cubero and R. Cubero-Pérez

Examining the influence of COVID-19 on Part C early intervention enrollment by state, year, and racial group

Emily K. Thomas, Katie L. Rowland, Alayna Borowy, Quentin Wedderburn and Sarah R. Edmunds

Domestic abuse, primary care and child mental health services: A systems analysis of service coordination from professionals’ perspectives

Claire Powell, Olumide Adisa, Lauren Herlitz, Shivi Bains, Sigrún Eyrúnardóttir Clark, Jessica Deighton, Shabeer Syed, Ruth Gilbert, Gene Feder and Emma Howarth

Evaluating the impact of Family Visit Coaching on future system contact

Cynthia Burnson, María Gandarilla Ocampo, Elizabeth Harris, Senia McClure and Mike Malloy

Adversity in adolescence: Modeling risk for different purposes

J.J. Cutuli, Janette E. Herbers, Dan Treglia, Claire Flatley and Danielle R. Hatchimonji

The lesser evil for youth with behavioural problem: Basis for decision-making on time-out placements in child welfare

Sophie T. Hébert, Vanessa Fortier-Jordan, Elisabeth Plante, Charline Côté and Véronique Noël

Factors mediating the intergenerational transmission of depressive symptoms: A Hong Kong study

Julia W.K. Lo and Joyce L.C. Ma

Youth unemployment and associated factors in India

Krishna Surjya Das

Association between parental phubbing and adolescents’ depression: Roles of family cohesion and resilience

Bin Yu, Jing Tong and Cheng Guo

Coping patterns among sexually abused children: A latent profile analysis

Ophélie Dassylva, Laetitia Mélissande Amédée, Alison Paradis and Martine Hébert

The mediating role of sexual abuse education on Parents’ knowledge and attitudes towards child sexual abuse in Turkey

Abdullah Sarman and Suat Tuncay

How do children describe their experiences of parental imprisonment: A qualitative scoping review

Jinyi Zhang and Catherine Flynn

Where are the high schoolers? Dwindling participation in after-school programs

Ofir Sheffer

Inclusive education in Eastern Europe and the South Caucasus: Comparing parental satisfaction

Elena Iarskaia-Smirnova, Nikita Bolshakov and Charlie Walker

Home sweet-and-sour home: Changes experienced by girls in a gender-sensitive and trauma-informed authoritative out-of-home placement

Gila Amitay, Tomer Einat and Olga Vishnikov

The mediating role of well-being at school in the association between family violence and psychosocial problems

Anna L.C. van Loon-Dikkers, Maartje P.C.M. Luijk, Amaranta D. de Haan and Majone J. Steketee

Family perspectives from users and non-users of subsidized child care: Benefits and barriers to subsidy participation

Hailey Heinz, Mary Nava, Monica Fiorella Asencio Pimentel, Yoselin Cordova, Elisabeth Baker Martínez and Elizabeth Yakes Jimenez

A systematic review of intervention programs for school attendance problems

María Pérez-Marco, Carolina Gonzálvez, Andrea Fuster and María Vicent

Creating mental immunity to reduce the risk associated with substance abuse among junior high school students in Nakhon Pathom Province, Thailand

Paranee Ninkron and Praphan Khuntiterakul

Care under pressure: Policy contradictions of speedy release, safety, and placement suitability in ORR-contracted programs for unaccompanied migrant children

John Doering-White, Jessica Darrow, Breanne Grace, Benjamin Roth, Aimee Herring and Stefan Liew

Youth in foster care: Highlighting the importance of youth engagement in mental health treatment decisions

Cassandra Simmel, Cadence F. Bowden, Sheree Neese Todd, Kristin Thorp, Justeen Hyde and Stephen Crystal

Evaluating the impact of structural and policy-driven school factors on the development of non-cognitive abilities among Chinese children

Babar Nawaz Abbasi and Zhimin Luo

Stakeholders’ views on addressing adverse childhood experiences in the Maghreb: A participatory approach

Fadi Baghdadi, Christopher Hands, Kamal Belherkate, Siham Hamadi Boubiett, Vimala Crispin, Sana El Mhamdi, Ann John, Ashrafunnesa Khanom, El Houssein Bedidi Seyid, Abdellah Soussi and Helen Snooks

Envisioning the future of youth justice: A focus group study with youth, family, frontline staff, and subject experts

Julia Lesnick, Laura S. Abrams, Kassandra Angel and Elizabeth S. Barnert

Enhancing digital citizenship of children and youth with Autism: Evaluating novel screen time guidelines for caregivers and professionals

Yael Mayer, Kimberly Nguyen, Emma Lei, Mor Cohen-Eilig, Armansa Glodjo and Tal Jarus

Longitudinal links among childhood maltreatment, internalizing problems, and peer victimization of Chinese adolescents: A developmental cascade model

Yixin Chen, Jingjin Shao and Zhi Wang

Families refusing assistance from the Norwegian child welfare Services- the importance of family characteristics, case processing and identified problems

Kirsten Buck Rustad, Camilla Lauritzen, Karen J. Skaale Havnen, Sturla Fossum, Øivin Christiansen and Svein Arild Vis

Non-suicidal self-injury in Chinese adolescents with problematic smartphone use: A one-year longitudinal study

Shuang Lin, Yongjian Li, Jing Sheng, Lijun Chen, Yuzhi Zhang and Jun Chen

Belief in a just world mediates the relation between early life environmental unpredictability and poor cyber defending behavior in adolescence: Evidence from a longitudinal study

Shuang Li, Ningning Feng, Ruoxuan Chen and Lijuan Cui

Improving educational outcomes for youth in foster care: An evaluation of UGrad Academy

Amanda Purington Drake, Victoria L. Baum, Brian Maley and Margaret A. Shideler

Fighting for opportunities for protection and rehabilitation after child sexual abuse

Åsa Landberg, Anna Kaldal and Maria Eriksson

Understanding the importance of the physical environment in meetings between children and child welfare workers at the social services – A scoping review

Robert Lindahl, Cecilia Pettersson and Cecilia Nakeva von Mentzer

Family inclusion for children in care: How foster and kinship carers make it work

W. Foote, K. Davies, N. Ross and J. Cocks

Belonging versus alienation among at-risk minority adults: The perspectives of social service providers of at-risk young adult Arabs in Israel

Karram-Elias Haneen, Sulimani-Aidan Yafit and Ravid Maayan

Adverse childhood experiences, self-compassion, psychological flexibility, and posttraumatic stress disorder

Gökmen Arslan, Serap Özdemir Bişkin and Fatma Kocaayan

Determinants influencing the implementation of child abuse and neglect and domestic violence guidelines: A systematic review

Eveline M. Dubbeldeman, Rianne M.J.J. van der Kleij, Merel Sprenger, Ahmed S. Aslam, Jessica C. Kiefte-de Jong and Mathilde R. Crone

Experience of parenthood after placement

Léa Binaut, Evelyne Bouteyre and Johanna Despax

Determinants of school drop-out among adolescents in rural Sri Lanka

Kavinda Dayasiri, Darshika Jayasingha and Vijayakumary Thadchanamoorthy

Predictors of re-referral to children’s social care services: An analysis of the national datasets for England

Allie Goldacre, Ed Jones, Emma Martin, Keith Clements, Calum Webb and Rick Hood

Changes in the school-to-work transition among young South Korean adults: A cohort comparison

Geumsun Byun

Modified family assessment form (MFAF) and Pennsylvania families: Establishing construct validity and reliability

Steve Simms, Jennifer Benjamin, Todd Franke and Pinky Patel

A systematic review of psychological well-being interventions for child victims of school violence

Andrea Cascales-Martínez, David Pina, Reyes López-López, Esteban Puente-López, Paloma López-Ros, María del Mar Molero and María del Carmen Pérez-Fuentes

Dealing with the post-pandemic challenges faced by youths and families: The perspectives of social workers

Marco Carradore, Giorgio Gosetti and Cristina Lonardi

Illuminating the complexity of decision making in child welfare using the decision making ecology: A scoping review

Heather Allan, Dana Hollinshead, Kayla Rockwell, Kaitlyn Ender, Kofi Antwi-Boasiako, O’Leary, Donna, Floor Middel and John Fluke

Internship: Breaking the vicious unemployment cycle for vulnerable youth

Chi Kin Kwan, Michelle Hei Yan Shum, Ting Ting Chu and Nabi Kate San Ling Ng

The aspirations and achievement motivation among care leavers: An exploration through life course perspective

Madhu Kumari, Subhasis Bhadra and M.M. Rajeev

Pathways of childhood poly-adversity to behavioral and mental health difficulties among adolescents: Resilience and self-concept

Chia-Kuei Lee and Li-Ling Liao

Formal and informal support services available to parents of in-school children with disabilities in Ghana

Irene Vanderpuye, Martha-Pearl Okai, Daniel Miezah, Maxwell Peprah Opoku and Gyimah Ebenezer Mensah

The design and validation of the Mental Health in Schools Questionnaire (MHISQ): A measure designed for typically developing and Special Educational Needs pupils

Chantelle Francis

Development of the protective factors Survey, military families (PFS-MF)

Jessica Sprague-Jones, Kimberly McKenney, Casandra Firman, Yve Susskind and Kirstie Bash

A Rapid Review of Wellbeing, Offending & Successful Matching in mentoring for ‘at-risk’ young people

Joshua Brookes, Ben Lohmeyer and Kate Seymour

What makes peer support supportive? A scoping review of multidimensional parent advocacy support in child welfare

Jeri L. Damman, Yuval Saar-Heiman, Marina Lalayants and Anna Gupta