Children and Youth Services Review

1979 - 2025

Current editor(s): Duncan Lindsey

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Volume 115, issue C, 2020

Social work contact in a UK cohort study: Under-reporting, predictors of contact and the emotional and behavioural problems of children

Meng Le Zhang, Andrew Boyd, Sin Yi Cheung, Elaine Sharland and Jonathan Scourfield

Quality features of family–school partnerships in German schools: Measurement and association with parent–child communication about school

Sittipan Yotyodying, Swantje Dettmers and Kathrin Jonkmann

Reducing poverty among children: Evidence from state policy simulations

Jessica Pac, Irwin Garfinkel, Neeraj Kaushal, Jaehyun Nam, Laura Nolan, Jane Waldfogel and Christopher Wimer

Psychosocial deficits underpinning child headed households (CHHs) in Mabvuku and Tafara suburbs of Harare, Zimbabwe

A. Makuyana, S.P. Mbulayi and S.M. Kangethe

Effects of the ‘Circle of Security’ group parenting program (COS-P) with foster carers: An observational study

Govind Krishnamoorthy, Paula Hessing, Christel Middeldorp and Melissa Branjerdporn

Making the transition: How asset building services can promote positive adult outcomes for foster youth

Melanie L. Nadon

Access to healthcare among youth experiencing homelessness: Perspectives from healthcare and social service providers

Kathryn R. Gallardo, Diane Santa Maria, Sarah Narendorf, Christine M. Markham, Michael D. Swartz and Charles M. Batiste

Turnover and retention of infant-toddler teachers: Reasons, consequences, and implications for practice and policy

Kyong-Ah Kwon, Adrien Malek, Diane Horm and Sherri Castle

Fifth year persisters: High school, college, and early career outcomes for persisting non-graduates

Mathew C. Uretsky and Angela K. Henneberger

Classroom composition and quality in early childhood education: A systematic review

Ana Lúcia Aguiar and Cecília Aguiar

Using latent class analysis to identify the complex needs of youth on probation

JoAnn S. Lee and Faye S. Taxman

Time and context shaping the transition from out-of-home care to adulthood in Portugal

Alyona Artamonova, Maria das Dores Guerreiro and Ingrid Höjer

Kinship care first? Factors associated with placement moves in out-of-home care

Merav Jedwab, Yanfeng Xu and Terry V. Shaw

Mothers abused by intimate partners: Comparisons of those with children placed by child protective services and those without

Leslie M. Tutty and Kendra Nixon

The role of parental incarceration in predicting trajectories of child internalizing problems

Jean Kjellstrand, Gary Yu, J. Mark Eddy, Miriam Clark and Arriell Jackson

“It’s not girly”: Rural service providers’ perceptions of fathering, masculinities, and intersectionality

Sonia Molloy and Alexandra Pierro

Comparing adolescent and service provider perceptions on the barriers to mental health service use: A sequential mixed methods approach

Monique Platell, Karen Martin, Colleen Fisher and Angus Cook

The relationship between highly visual social media and young people’s mental health: A scoping review

Alanna McCrory, Paul Best and Alan Maddock

Predictors of foster youths’ participation in their transitional independent living plan (TILP) development: Calling for collaborative case plan decision-making processes

Park, Sunggeun (Ethan), Jenna Powers, Nathanael J. Okpych and Mark E. Courtney

Parental satisfaction with early childhood education services in rural China: A national survey

Xiumin Hong, Wenting Zhu, Dandan Wu and Hui Li

Does your child think you’re happy? Exploring the associations between children’s happiness and parenting styles

Alexandra Maftei, Andrei-Corneliu Holman and Elena-Roxana Cârlig

Cybervictimization and loneliness among Chinese college students: A moderated mediation model of rumination and online social support

Jie Fang, Xingchao Wang, Zhonglin Wen and Jiayan Huang

Examining the legal representation of youth in foster care: Perspectives of attorneys and attorney guardians ad litem

J. Jay Miller, Jessica Donahue-Dioh and Larry Owens

Identifying gaps and using evidence-based practices to serve the behavioral health treatment needs of medicaid-insured children

Stephen Phillippi, Kaylin Beiter, Casey Thomas and Saskia Vos

Social networks during the transition to adulthood from the perspective of Israeli care leavers and their social workers

Yafit Sulimani-Aidan

Only child, parental educational expectation, self-expectation and science literacy in Zhuang adolescents in China: A serial mediation model

Ling Li, Jiayi Shi, Dandan Wu and Hui Li

Volume 114, issue C, 2020

Child welfare approach in Iran

Marzieh Takaffoli, Maliheh Arshi, Meroe Vameghi and Mir Taher Mousavi

Parenting styles and children’s sleep quality: Examining the mediating roles of mindfulness and loneliness

Xiujuan Yang, Cuiying Fan, Qingqi Liu, Xiaowei Chu, Youzhi Song and Zongkui Zhou

Rates and predictors of mental health service use among dual system youth

Minseop Kim, Antonio R. Garcia, Nahri Jung and Sheila Barnhart

The influences of parental emotional warmth on the association between perceived teacher–student relationships and academic stress among middle school students in China

Yun Luo, Yuting Deng and Hui Zhang

The QbTest for ADHD assessment: Impact and implementation in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services

Seán Pellegrini, Mike Murphy and Ella Lovett

The influence of residential workers social climate on the use of restraint and seclusion: A longitudinal study in a residential treatment center for youth

Camille Roy, Julien Morizot, Josianne Lamothe and Steve Geoffrion

Differences in perceived living group climate between youth with a Turkish/Moroccan and native Dutch background in residential youth care

R. Sevilir, G.H.P. van der Helm, J.J. Roest, M.H.M. Beld and R. Didden

Reconsidering success for an integrated family dependency treatment court

Kathleen Moore, Amanda Sharp, Paige Alitz, Svetlana Yampolskaya, Mary Kleinman, Melissa Carlson and Alexa Argerious

Students’ physical victimization in schools: The role of gender, grade level, socioeconomic background and ethnocultural affiliation

Ruth Berkowitz

Better outcomes for children in treatment foster care through improved stakeholder training and increased parent-school collaboration

Danita Henry Stapleton and Roy K. Chen

Longitudinal analysis of need-service matching for substance-involved parents in the child welfare system

Yu-An Lin, Donald Hedeker, Joseph P. Ryan and Jeanne C. Marsh

Socioeconomic vulnerability and housing insecurity: A critical factor in child care in Spain

Juan David Gómez-Quintero, Jesús García Martínez and Lina Maldonado

Voluntary uptake and continuation of treatment among court-involved youth: Lessons learned from the implementation of Functional Family Therapy in a community setting

Adam Watkins, Carolyn Tompsett, Eileen Diggins and Mercedes Pratt

Factors influencing interactions between adolescents and unknown people from the internet: Findings from five European countries

Vojtěch Mýlek, Lenka Dedkova and Hana Machackova

Grandparent involvement and preschoolers’ social adjustment in Chinese three-generation families: Examining moderating and mediating effects

Yuhan Luo, Mengdi Qi, Carol S. Huntsinger, Qin Zhang, Xin Xuan and Yun Wang

A comparative analysis of online, offline, and integrated counseling among hidden youth in Hong Kong

Gloria Hongyee Chan

Impact of perception of safety on outcomes in the context of trauma

Jonathan C. Huefner, Jay L. Ringle, Chanelle Gordon and Patrick M. Tyler

Impact of domestic smokes on the prevalence of acute respiratory infection (ARI) among under-five children: Evidence from India

Salim Mandal, Ankita Zaveri, Rahul Mallick and Pradip Chouhan

Exploring college student identity among young people with foster care histories and mental health challenges

Rebecca Miller, Jennifer Blakeslee and Chanel Ison

Predictors of special education receipt among child welfare-involved youth

Kevin A. Gee

Positive youth development in the context of household member contact with the criminal justice system

Elizabeth I. Johnson, Tanner Kilpatrick, Anneliese Bolland and John Bolland

Violent disciplinary behaviors towards left-behind children in 20 counties of rural China

Chenlu Yang, Xiaoli Liu, Yuning Yang, Xiaona Huang, Qiying Song, Yan Wang and Hong Zhou

Helping the noncompliant child: An updated assessment of program costs and cost-effectiveness

Olga Khavjou, Rex Forehand, Raelyn Loiselle, Patrick Turner, Naomi Buell and Deborah J. Jones

The costs of implementing and sustaining a trauma and mental health screening tool in a state child welfare system

Rebecca L. Butcher, M. Kay Jankowski and Eric D. Slade

Supplemental nutrition assistance program and school readiness skills

Youngjin Stephanie Hong and Julia R. Henly

Adolescents’ experiences of mentor alliance and sense of belonging in a site-based mentoring intervention

Vaida Kazlauskaite, Jacqueline E. Braughton, Lindsey M. Weiler, Shelley Haddock, Kimberly L. Henry and Rachel Lucas-Thompson

Deconstructing empathy: A qualitative examination of mentor perspective-taking and adaptability in youth mentoring relationships

Renée Spencer, Julia Pryce, Johanna Barry, Jill Walsh and Antoinette Basualdo-Delmonico

Subjective poverty, deprivation, and the subjective well-being of children and young people: A multilevel growth curve analysis in Taiwan

Ke-Mei Chen

Protective factors of suicide: Religiosity and parental monitoring

Yi Jin Kim, Sung Seek Moon, Youn Kyoung Kim and Javier Boyas

Impact of a positive youth development program on junior high school students in mainland China: A pioneer study

Xiaoqin Zhu and Daniel T.L. Shek

Type versus timing of adverse and benevolent childhood experiences for pregnant women’s psychological and reproductive health

Jillian S. Merrick, Angela J. Narayan, Victoria M. Atzl, William W. Harris and Alicia F. Lieberman

Assessing caregiver usability of the National Training and Development Curriculum for Foster and Adoptive Parents

Amy M. Salazar, Angelique Day, Alanna Feltner, Jacquelene M. Lopez, Katherine V. Garcia-Rosales, Lori A. Vanderwill, Mary Boo, Laura A. Ornelas, Leslie B. Wright and Kevin P. Haggerty

“I missed open arms”: The need for connectedness among Black youth affected by parental drug use

Asari Offiong, Terrinieka W. Powell, Quiana Lewis, Bianca Smith and Morgan Prioleau

Cyber victimization and tobacco and alcohol use among adolescents: A moderated mediation model

Chenchen Ouyang, Dongping Li, Xian Li, Jiale Xiao, Wenqiang Sun and Yanhui Wang

Development and validation of the chronic illness self-management (CISM) scale: Data from a young patient sample in Hong Kong

Steven Sek-yum Ngai, Chau-kiu Cheung, Yuen-hang Ng, Hon-yin Tang, Hui-lam Ngai and Kenix Hok-ching Wong

The sins of the child: Public opinion about parental responsibility for juvenile crime

Eva Aizpurua, Brandon K. Applegate, Riane M. Bolin, Mateja Vuk and Heather M. Ouellette

Impact of parental absence on insomnia and nightmares in Chinese left-behind adolescents: A structural equation modeling analysis

Wanjie Tang, Qian Dai, Gang Wang, Tao Hu and Wenjian Xu

Patterns and explanations of delinquency among Korean youth using general strain theory

Juyoung Song

Somatic and mental symptoms, medical treatments and service use in aftercare – Document analysis of Finnish care leavers

Katri Toivonen, Pirkko Salokekkilä, Anne Puustelli and Arja Häggman-Laitila

Determinants of child health status: Parent-reported health status in Jordan

Abeer M. Shaheen, Khaldoun M Hamdan, Omayyah S. Nassar and Maha Alkaid Albqoor

Posttraumatic stress disorder and aggressive behavior in adolescents: A longitudinal and interpersonal functional approach

Xiao Zhou and Xinchun Wu

Adaptation of the screen for adolescents anxiety related emotional disorders in Down syndrome

María Auxiliadora Robles-Bello and David Sánchez-Teruel

Parent centered planning: A new model for working with parents with intellectual and developmental disabilities

Elizabeth Lightfoot and Sharyn DeZelar