Children and Youth Services Review

1979 - 2025

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Volume 112, issue C, 2020

Mother’s autonomy and child anemia: A case study from India

Rita Ray

Towards a more holistic understanding of child participation: Foregrounding the experiences of children in Ghana and Nigeria

Afua Twum-Danso Imoh and Samuel Okyere

Threshold concepts in residential child care: Part 1, the selves of learners and their praxis

Laura Steckley

Family assets, parental expectation, and child educational achievement in China: A validation of mediation analyses

Shu Fang, Jin Huang, Shiyou Wu, Minchao Jin, Youngmi Kim and Courtney Henrichsen

Predictors of parental disciplinary practices and associations with child outcomes among Ghanaian preschoolers

Sharon Wolf and Noelle M. Suntheimer

Overcoming exposure to complex stressors: An examination of protective coping mechanisms for low-income urban African American youth

Molly Cory, Alicia Chen, David DuBois, Jocelyn Smith Carter and Kathryn Grant

The association between prenatal micronutrient supplementation and early development of children under age two: Evidence from rural Guizhou, China

Yang He, Jingjing Gao, Tianyi Wang, Chengfang Liu and Renfu Luo

An assessment of anemia status of child-mother pairs in Bangladesh

Jahidur Rahman Khan, Md. Mazharul Islam, Raaj Kishore Biswas and Amena Sultana

Many of the kids are not alright: Material hardship among children in the United States

Richard Rodems and H. Luke Shaefer

Income inequality and child maltreatment risk during economic recession

Anika Schenck-Fontaine and Anna Gassman-Pines

The role of metacognition in explaining the relationship between early adversity and reading comprehension

Amanda M. Ferrara and Carlomagno C. Panlilio

Simplifying quality rating systems in early childhood education

Anna J. Markowitz, Daphna Bassok and Daniel Player

The role of career adaptability and resilience in mental health problems in Chinese adolescents

Chen Xu, Xingying Gong, Wanyan Fu, Yanjun Xu, Haiyan Xu, Wenjing Chen and Min Li

Long-term effects of early childhood programs through eighth grade: Do the effects fade out or grow?

Yu Bai, Helen Ladd, Clara G. Muschkin and Kenneth A. Dodge

Experiences with “Babywearing”: Trendy parenting gear or a developmentally attuned parenting tool?

Lela Rankin Williams and Patricia R. Turner

Health pathways for children at risk in the Ille et Vilaine administrative division: A French perspective

A. Le Helley, H. Pla, C. Eloi, M. Balençon and C. Sicotte

Child victimization in China: Prevalence and links to family contextual characteristics using a representative sample

Tingting Liu, Jennifer E. O'Brien, Wen Li and Yuhong Zhu

Pedagogical quality of after-school care: Relaxation and/or enrichment?

Ruben Fukkink and Marianne Boogaard

Communication and language in abused and institutionalized minors. A scoping review

Esperanza Palazón-Carrión and Josefina Sala-Roca

School counselor conceptualizations of the needs of children of incarcerated parents

Emily C. Brown

Psychosocial interventions in schools with newcomers: A structured conceptualization of system, design, and individual needs

Claire V. Crooks, Alexandra C.G. Smith, Natasha Robinson-Link, Shawn Orenstein and Sharon Hoover

Understanding the risk and protective factors among children of mothers engaged in street-level prostitution

Aaron Murnan, Samantha Bates and Eugene Holowacz

Perceived community-based needs of low-income parents with psychiatric disabilities who experienced legal challenges to their parenting rights

Robyn M. Powell, Monika Mitra, Joanne Nicholson and Susan L. Parish

The impact of incentives on treatment adherence and attrition: A randomized controlled trial of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy with a primarily Latinx, low-income population

Lauren Borduin Quetsch, Emma I. Girard and Cheryl B. McNeil

Relationship between parental psychological control and problem behaviours in youths: A three-level meta-analysis

Fuyun Yan, Qi Zhang, Guangming Ran, Song Li and Xiang Niu

Perspectives of the key stakeholders of the KickStart for Kids school breakfast program

Michelle Watson, Stefania Velardo and Murray Drummond

School personnel and child abuse and neglect reporting behavior: An integrative review

Zeinab Alazri and Kathleen M. Hanna

Provider perspectives of housing programs for young adults experiencing homelessness

Sara Semborski, Brian Redline, Harmony Rhoades and Benjamin Henwood

Informal foster care practice in Anambra State, Nigeria and safety concerns

Chinwe Nnama-Okechukwu, Prince Agwu and Uzoma Okoye

A preliminary investigation of universal mental health screening practices in schools

Brandon J. Wood and Terry McDaniel

Peer victimization and adolescents’ suicidal ideation and suicide attempts: A moderated mediation model

Wenya Peng, Dongping Li, Xian Li, Jichao Jia, Yanhui Wang and Jiale Xiao

A Bayesian analysis of associations between neighborhoods, spanking and child externalizing behavior

Andrew Grogan-Kaylor, Berenice Castillo, Julie Ma, Kaitlin P. Ward, Shawna J. Lee, Garrett T. Pace and Jisu Park

A systematic review of child-focused outcomes and assessments of arts therapies delivered in primary mainstream schools

Zoe Moula, Supritha Aithal, Vicky Karkou and Joanne Powell

Community-engaged process to adapt evidence-based programs for parents of children with autism spectrum disorder

Marissa E. Yingling, Robert M. Hock, Mark E. Feinberg and Amy A. Holbert

How children spend their out-of-school time – A comparative view across 14 countries

Markus N. Sauerwein and Gwyther Rees

The roles of neighborhood social cohesion, peer substance use, and adolescent depression in adolescent substance use

Fei Pei, Yixuan Wang, Qi Wu, Karla Shockley McCarthy and Shiyou Wu

‘It can never be as perfect as home’: An explorative study into the fostering experiences of unaccompanied refugee children, their foster carers and social workers

Jet Rip, Elianne Zijlstra, Wendy Post, Margrite Kalverboer and Erik J. Knorth

Evaluating the Facilitating Attuned Interactions (FAN) approach: Vicarious Trauma, professional Burnout, and reflective practice

Katherine P. Hazen, Matthew W. Carlson, Holly Hatton-Bowers, Melanie B. Fessinger, Jennie Cole-Mossman, Jamie Bahm, Kelli Hauptman, Eve M. Brank and Linda Gilkerson

Associations of private tutoring with Chinese students’ academic achievement, emotional well-being, and parent-child relationship

Xiaodong Zheng, Chengcheng Wang, Zheng Shen and Xiangming Fang

Longitudinal stability and change in adolescent substance use: A latent transition analysis

Izabela Zych, Joaquín Rodríguez-Ruiz, Inmaculada Marín-López and Vicente J. Llorent

Changes in Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) scores over time: A systematic review

Rebeccah L. Sokol, Juliann Li, Bryan G. Victor, Alison L. Miller, Joseph P. Ryan and Brian E. Perron

Addressing the most damaged adolescents in the child protection system: An analysis of the profiles of young people in therapeutic residential care

A. Águila-Otero, A. Bravo, I. Santos and J.F. Del Valle

Relationship between overeating and child abuse by family members among Chinese adolescents

Gui Chen, Jinbo He, Siwei Wu, Bin Zhang and Xitao Fan

Receipt of substance-use services by caregivers involved in the child-welfare system

Tyrone C. Cheng and Celia C. Lo

Are bully-victims homogeneous? Latent class analysis on school bullying

Jae Young Chung and Sunbok Lee

Malaysian youth associations as places for empowerment and engagement

Steven Eric Krauss, Shepherd Zeldin, Haslinda Abdullah, Adriana Ortega, Zuraidah Ali, Ismi Arif Ismail and Zaifu Ariffin

Threshold concepts in residential child care: Part 2, relational practice as threshold

Laura Steckley

Volume 111, issue C, 2020

Sibling separation and self-reported offending: An examination of the association between sibling placement and offending behavior

Abigail Novak and Kristen Benedini

Risk factors for externalizing behavior among adolescents: Does level of risk matter?

Katie Cotter Stalker

Do low-income parents who receive unemployment insurance pay more child support?

Leslie Hodges

Using vignettes as a ‘safe space’ for low-income children to discuss sensitive topics in social work assessment

Charmaine J.M. Lee and Esther C.L. Goh

Professionals’ perceptions of electronic and online sexual behaviors of youth in their community

Erin K. Taylor, Alexandra Slemaker and Jane F. Silovsky

Adverse childhood experiences and the associations with depression and anxiety in adolescents

Hye Yeon Lee, Isak Kim, Sojeong Nam and Jeongwoon Jeong

“I just want to be a regular kid:” A qualitative study of sense of belonging among high school youth in foster care

Royel M. Johnson, Terrell L. Strayhorn and Bridget Parler

Support in the workplace: How relationships with bosses and co-workers may benefit care leavers and young people in care

Laura Arnau-Sabatés and Robbie Gilligan

Validation of the Employment Hope Scale (EHS) among summer youth employment program participants

Philip Young P. Hong, Rana Hong and Sangmi Choi

Psychological well-being and distress in adolescents: An investigation into associations with poverty, peer victimization, and self-esteem

Shan Jiang

Prevalence and correlations of school-absenteeism among intermediate and secondary students in Saudi Arabia

Alaa AlSayyari and Fadia AlBuhairan

Safer sex strategies and the role of gender among African American youth transitioning from foster care

Roni Diamant-Wilson and Sonya J. Leathers

Taking up residence: A review of outcome studies examining residential treatment for youth with serious emotional and behavioural disorders

Ariel Yeheskel, Adam Jekielek and Paul Sandor

Child begging, as a manifestation of child labour in Dagbon of Northern Ghana, the perspectives of mallams and parents

Tufeiru Fuseini and Marguerite Daniel

The Protective Factors Survey, 2nd Edition: Establishing validity and reliability of a self-report measure of protective factors against child maltreatment

Jessica Sprague-Jones, Pallavi Singh, Mallory Rousseau, Jacqueline Counts and Casandra Firman

The collaboration between early childhood intervention and child protection systems: The perspectives of professionals

Joana Albuquerque, Cecília Aguiar and Eunice Magalhães

The effect of child mental health service use on child safety and permanency in substance misusing families

Svetlana Yampolskaya and Linda M. Callejas

Combining face-to-face sessions with ICTs for health promotion: Evidence from a field experiment with undergraduate students

Alejandro Cid, José María Cabrera and Marianne Bernatzky

The psychosocial impacts of cybervictimisation and barriers to seeking social support: Young people’s perspectives

Rebecca Dennehy, Sarah Meaney, Mary Cronin and Ella Arensman

Coeducation and gender equality in education systems: A scoping review

María Aragonés-González, Ana Rosser-Limiñana and Diana Gil-González

Elucidating care for families with multiple problems in routine practice: Self-registered practice and program elements of practitioners

L. Visscher, K.E. Evenboer, R.H.J. Scholte, T.A. van Yperen, J. Knot-Dickscheit, D.E.M.C. Jansen and S.A. Reijneveld

How and when is family dysfunction associated with adolescent mobile phone addiction? Testing a moderated mediation model

Qing-Qi Liu, Xiu-Juan Yang, Yu-Ting Hu, Chen-Yan Zhang and Yan-Gang Nie

Are adolescents who consume pornography different from those who engaged in online sexual activities?

Yaniv Efrati and Yair Amichai-Hamburger

Characteristics of volunteer motivation to mentor youth

Micheal L. Shier, Jesssica Larsen-Halikowski and Stephanie Gouthro

“[My counselor] knows stuff about me, but [my natural mentor] actually knows me”: Distinguishing characteristics of youth’s natural mentoring relationships

Nancy L. Deutsch, Victoria A. Mauer, Haley E. Johnson, Anita A. Grabowska and Miriam R. Arbeit

Caregiver strain among biological, foster, and adoptive caregivers caring for youth receiving outpatient care in a public mental health system

Kya Fawley-King, Emily V. Trask, John Ferrand and Gregory A. Aarons

The effect of supervisory neglect on adolescent peer victimization: Mediating role of self-esteem and internalizing problems

Seunghee Baeg, Boram Lee and Hye Jun Park

Selection and training of paraprofessionals in core parent-child interaction therapy skills

Larissa N. Niec, Ryan Egan, Ciera Schoonover and Irene Brodd

Systematic review of the educational experiences of children in care: Children’s perspectives

Indra M. Townsend, Emily P. Berger and Andrea E. Reupert

Can service-learning promote social well-being in primary education students? A mixed method approach

Oscar Chiva-Bartoll, Maria Lidon Moliner and Celina Salvador-García

Predicting adolescent aggressive behavior from community violence exposure, deviant peer affiliation and school engagement: A one-year longitudinal study

Shuang Lin, Chengfu Yu, Jun Chen, Wei Zhang, Lei Cao and Lihong Liu

Untangling child welfare inequalities and the ‘Inverse Intervention Law’ in England

Calum Webb, Paul Bywaters, Jonathan Scourfield, Claire McCartan, Lisa Bunting, Gavin Davidson and Kate Morris

High cost child welfare cases: Child characteristics and child welfare services

Svetlana Yampolskaya, John Robst and Mary I. Armstrong

Exploring educational pathways over the life course in children with out-of-home care experience: A multi-group path analysis

Hilma Forsman

Factors affecting youth citizenship in accordance with socioeconomic background

Hyun Ju Kim and Jae Young Chung

Mobility, belongingness and schooling experiences of Chinese cross-border students

Anita Kit-Wa Chan, Ming Ming Chiu, Shuyan Yang and Lucille Lok-Sun Ngan

Homelessness among Indigenous peoples in Canada: The impacts of child welfare involvement and educational achievement

Amy M. Alberton, G. Brent Angell, Kevin M. Gorey and Stéphane Grenier

Bullying victimization and suicidal ideation among Chinese left-behind children: Mediating effect of loneliness and moderating effect of gender

Qilong Cao, Xiao Xu, Hongjie Xiang, Yizhu Yang, Peiyun Peng and Shuying Xu

Child poverty, status of rural women and education in sub Saharan Africa

Rose Ingutia, Anthony Rezitis and John Sumelius

The roles of Campus-Support Programs (CSPs) and Education and Training Vouchers (ETVs) on college persistence for youth with foster care histories

Nathanael J. Okpych, Park, Sunggeun (Ethan), Samiya Sayed and Mark E. Courtney

Family structure and youth illicit drug use, use disorder, and treatment services utilization

Saijun Zhang, Younghee Lim, Javier F. Boyas and Viktor Burlaka

Effects of parental educational involvement on classroom peer status among Chinese primary school students: A moderated mediation model of psychological Suzhi and family socioeconomic status

Thanh Minh Nguyen, Xingxue Xiao, Shulin Xiong, Cheng Guo and Gang Cheng

Suicidality, mental disorder and the utilization of mental health services among Australian adolescents

Md. Irteja Islam, Enamul Kabir and Rasheda Khanam

Teachers’ ideas about children’s participation within Portuguese early childhood education settings

Nadine Correia, Helena Carvalho, Joana Durães and Cecília Aguiar

Adverse childhood experiences among early care and education teachers: Prevalence and associations with observed quality of classroom social and emotional climate

G.S. Hubel, F. Davies, N.M. Goodrum, K.M. Schmarder, K. Schnake and A.D. Moreland

How long bullying last? A comparison between a self-reported general bullying-victimization question and specific bullying-victimization questions

Maria Beltran-Catalan and Esther Cruz-Catalan

Determinants of diarrhea among children under two years old in Indonesia

Ni Komang Ayu Santika, Ferry Efendi, Praba Diyan Rachmawati, Eka Mishbahatul Mar'ah Has, Kusnanto Kusnanto and Erni Astutik

Preliminary validation of the dropout risk inventory for middle and high school students

Michael G. Vaughn, Greg Roberts, Anna-Maria Fall, Kristen Kremer and Leticia Martinez