Children and Youth Services Review

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Volume 108, issue C, 2020

Safety assessment in child welfare: A comparison of instruments

Annemiek Vial, Mark Assink, Geert Jan J.M. Stams and Claudia van der Put

Previous reports of child maltreatment from the Canadian Incidence Study (CIS) 2008 of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect: An examination of recurrent substantiation and functional impairment

Kristene Cheung, Tamara Taillieu, Lil Tonmyr, Jitender Sareen and Tracie O. Afifi

Body appreciation and body dissatisfaction between maltreated and comparison adolescents

Andrea K. Kennedy, Janet U. Schneiderman and Sonya Negriff

Challenges states face in meeting the federal benchmark of equal access to child care: Evidence from a Colorado market price survey

Erika Moldow, Elizabeth Davis and Barbara Lepidus Carlson

Young children's stereotype endorsement about people in poverty: Age and economic status effects

Amy E. Heberle and Alice S. Carter

Understanding patterns of child material deprivation in five regions of the world: A children’s rights perspective

Daria Shamrova and Joana Lampe

Fostering the family, not just the child: Exploring the value of a residential family preservation programme from the perspectives of service users and staff

C.M. Rapsey and Cassandra J. Rolston

What drives parents to consider center-based child care for their children? The case of Bangladesh

Jianhong Zhang, André Nijhof, Syeda Sazia Zaman, Mitul Dutta and Sakila Yesmin

Narratives of women’s retrospective experiences of teen pregnancy, motherhood, and school engagement while placed in foster care

Serena K. Ohene and Antonio Garcia

Pathways into college and away from crime: Perspectives of Black and Latino/a youth growing up in single-mother households in one of America’s most dangerous cities

Barbara Previ, Laura Napolitano, Michelle Meloy and Kristin Curtis

Exploring the protective factors of children and families identified at highest risk of adverse childhood experiences by a predictive risk model: An analysis of the growing up in New Zealand cohort

Matthew C. Walsh, Sophie Joyce, Tim Maloney and Rhema Vaithianathan

Well-being dynamics among poor children and young people in Taiwan: Capability approach-based investigation

Chih-Nan Chen and Yei-Whei Lin

Patterns of incarceration among youth after detention: A 16-year longitudinal study

Anna J. Harrison, Jessica A. Jakubowski, Karen M. Abram, Linda A. Teplin and Leah J. Welty

Expanding and deepening our understanding of which young people are most likely to have an informal mentor

Grace Gowdy, Daniel P. Miller and Renée Spencer

Predictors of the quality of the relationship with caregivers in residential care

Mónica Costa, Beatriz Melim, Semira Tagliabue, Catarina Pinheiro Mota and Paula Mena Matos

Exploring the context of self-care for youth in military families

Mallory Lucier-Greer, Megan McCoy, Jerry Gale, Joseph W. Goetz and Jay A. Mancini

Multiple risks, multiple systems, and academic achievement: A nationally representative birth-to-five investigation

Heather L. Rouse, Ji Young Choi, Quentin H. Riser and Constance C. Beecher

Different profiles, different needs: An exploration and analysis of characteristics of children in kinship care and their parents

Amilie Dorval, Josianne Lamothe, Sonia Hélie and Marie-Andrée Poirier

Challenges for children’s participation: Child activism for ending child marriage

E. Kay M. Tisdall and Patricio Cuevas-Parra

Exposure to cyberbullying in WhatsApp classmates‘ groups and classroom climate as predictors of students‘ sense of belonging: A multi-level analysis of elementary, middle and high schools

Gabriela Kashy-Rosenbaum and Dana Aizenkot

Evaluation of reproductive health education in transition-age youth

Rebecca J. Taylor, Kate Shade, Sarah J. Lowry and Kym Ahrens

Risk and protective factors contributing to homelessness among foster care youth: An analysis of the National Youth in Transition Database

Peggy Kelly

Pre-college STEM camps as developmental context: Mediational relations between gender, career decidedness, socioemotional development, and engagement

Ryan J. Gagnon and Alexandra Sandoval

Understanding the evolution of national child welfare policies: The case of Israel

Shlomit Weiss-Dagan and Ram A. Cnaan

Causal relationships between religion factors influencing ethical behavior among youth in the three southern border provinces of Thailand

K. Laeheem

Examining multiple dimensions of father involvement as predictors of risk-taking intentions among black adolescent females

Qiana R. Cryer-Coupet, Marquitta S. Dorsey, Brianna P. Lemmons and Elan C. Hope

Predictors of behavioral health service utilization in a medicaid enrolled sample of emerging adults

Michelle Abraczinskas, Christopher Bory and Robert Plant

“Ask Me What I Want”: Community-based participatory research to explore transition-age foster Youth’s use of support services

Saralyn C. Ruff and Kristi Harrison

Academic failure and the role of early life course economic deprivation

Chrisse Edmunds

Practitioner and foster carer perceptions of the support needs of young parents in and exiting out-of-home care: A systematic review

Amy Gill, Rebekah Grace, Manjula Waniganayake and Fay Hadley

A longitudinal examination of African American adolescent females detained for status offense

Bo-Kyung Elizabeth Kim, Camille R. Quinn, Patricia Logan-Greene, Ralph DiClemente and Dexter Voisin

Housing instability and child welfare: Examining the delivery of innovative services in the context of a randomized controlled trial

Cyleste C. Collins, Rong Bai, Robert Fischer, David Crampton, Nina Lalich, Chun Liu and Tsui Chan

Case file analyses in child protection research: Review of methodological challenges and development of a framework

Susanne Witte

Contributions of child temperament and marital quality to coparenting among Chinese families

Jieqiong Fan, Lixin Ren and Xuan Li

The wellbeing of foster and kin carers: A comparative study

Leith Harding, Kate Murray, Jane Shakespeare-Finch and Ron Frey

Perception of social climate by welfare/justice-involved girls in out-of-home placement centers

Mylène Pellerin, Geneviève Parent and Nadine Lanctôt

Developing self-care competency among child welfare workers: A first step

J. Jay Miller

Early Head Start service use by families with court-substantiated maltreatment

Alayna Schreier, Kelsey McCoy, Mary Fran Flood, Brian L. Wilcox and David J. Hansen

Foster children are at risk for developing problems in social-emotional functioning: A follow-up study at 8 years of age

Heidi Jacobsen, Hans Bugge Bergsund, Tore Wentzel-Larsen, Lars Smith and Vibeke Moe

The effect of tuition fee reduction and education subsidy on school enrollment: Evidence from Vietnam

Tuan Anh Bui, Cuong Viet Nguyen, Khuong Duc Nguyen, Ha Hong Nguyen and Thu Phuong Pham

The impact of a residential camp on grandchildren raised by grandparents: Grandparents’ perspectives

J. Dare, R. Marquis, E. Wenden, S. Gopi and D.A. Coall

“We are kind of their parents”: Child welfare workers’ perspective on sexuality education for foster youth

Caroline Harmon-Darrow, Karen Burruss and Nadine Finigan-Carr

Underexamined points of vulnerability for black mothers in the child welfare system: The role of number of births, age of first use of substances and criminal justice involvement

Tricia Stephens, Alexis Kuerbis, Caterina Pisciotta and Jon Morgenstern

“Be supportive and understanding of the stress that youth are going through:” Foster care alumni recommendations for youth, caregivers and caseworkers on placement transitions

Ruth M. Chambers, Rashida M. Crutchfield, Tasha Y. Willis, Haydée A. Cuza, Angelica Otero, Stephanie G. Goddu Harper and Heather Carmichael

Child welfare removal of infants: Exploring policies and principles for decision-making in Nordic countries

Anne-Dorthe Hestbæk, Ingrid Höjer, Tarja Pösö and Marit Skivenes

Examining parental educational expectations in one of the oldest children’s savings account programs in the country: The Harold Alfond College Challenge

Zibei Chen, William Elliott, Kaipeng Wang, Anao Zhang and Haotian Zheng

Use of child support enforcement actions and their relationship to payments

Daniel R. Meyer, Maria Cancian and Melody K. Waring

The effect of social anxiety on mobile phone dependence among Chinese adolescents: A moderated mediation model

Fanchang Kong, Jingkuan Qin, Bo Huang, Haibo Zhang and Li Lei

Psychological maltreatment and loneliness in Chinese children: The role of perceived social support and self-esteem

Shilan Luo, Yunyan Liu and Dajun Zhang

Pathways of resilience for children facing socio-economic adversities: Experiences from Future Families’ OVC programmes in South Africa

Pamhidzayi Berejena Mhongera and Antoinette Lombard

Navigating peer-influences in a large youth homeless shelter in North America

Jonathan Alschech, Tolulola Taiwo-Hanna and Michael L. Shier

Implementation of system-wide change in child welfare and behavioral health: The role of capacity, collaboration, and readiness for change

Andrew M. Winters, Crystal Collins-Camargo, Becky F. Antle and A. Nathan Verbist

Executive function and early adversity in internationally adopted children

María Peñarrubia, Jesús Palacios and Maite Román

Implementation of attachment-based interventions in mental health and social welfare services: Therapist’s experiences from the Circle of Security-Virginia Family intervention

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

Body mass index and academic achievement in Chinese elementary students: The mediating role of peer acceptance

Bo Lv, Lijie Lv, Chuanliang Bai and Liang Luo

Name-calling, jealousy, and break-ups: Teen girls’ and boys’ worst experiences of digital dating

Lauren A. Reed, Kourtney Conn and Karin Wachter

“Which home are we going back to?” Children's lived experiences after leaving shelters for battered women

Anat Vass and Muhammad M. Haj-Yahia

Identifying Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and psychiatric comorbidity for children and youth in care: A community approach to diagnosis and treatment

Mitesh Patel, Sabrina Agnihotri, Connor Hawkins, Leo Levin, Deborah Goodman and Alexander Simpson

Understanding adolescents living with HIV in Accra, Ghana

Mavis Dako-Gyeke, Alice Boateng, Selasie Addom, Leveana Gyimah and Seth Agyemang

An exploration of placement-related psychosocial influences on school engagement among adolescents in foster care

Brittany P. Mihalec-Adkins, Sharon L. Christ and Elizabeth Day

Are child protection workers and judges in alignment with citizens when considering interventions into a family? A cross-country study of four jurisdictions

Jill Berrick, Jonathan Dickens, Tarja Pösö and Marit Skivenes

‘It was me, but it was them that helped me’: Exploring the issues for care experienced young people within higher education

Sharon Pinkney and Gary Walker

Child neglect and poverty: A Brazilian study

Mara Silvia Pasian, Priscila Benitez and Carl Lacharité

The digital divide: Risk and protective factors and the differences in problematic use of digital devices among Hungarian youth

Hedvig Kiss, Kevin M. Fitzpatrick and Bettina F. Piko

Impulsiveness or self-protection? Exploring individual perceptions, family and school strains related to why adolescents run away from home in China

Yanping Yu, Sally Atkinson-Sheppard and Yunjiao Gao

Key variations in organizational culture and leadership influence: A comparison between three children’s mental health and child welfare agencies

Rosemary Vito

It’s not about them without them: Kinship grandparents’ perspectives on family empowerment in public child welfare

Natallie Gentles-Gibbs and Jordan Zema

Youth Matters: Philly (YMP): Development, usability, usefulness, & accessibility of a mobile web-based app for homeless and unstably housed youth

Johanna K.P. Greeson, Daniel Treglia, Seth Morones, Marcia Hopkins and Dominique Mikell

Detection of behavioral and emotional disorders in residential child care: Using a multi-informant approach

Eduardo Martín, Carla González-García, Jorge F. del Valle and Amaia Bravo

Body dissatisfaction and smartphone addiction among Chinese adolescents: A moderated mediation model

Qinxue Liu, Jianing Sun, Qiuling Li and Zongkui Zhou

A qualitative examination of factors impacting family engagement in treatment for youth with problematic sexual behavior

Jennifer D. Shields, Ashleigh Coser, Lana O. Beasley and Jane F. Silovsky

Evaluating the evidence for youth outcomes in 4-H: A scoping review

Jennifer P. Agans, Mary Maley, Nicolette Rainone, Marie Cope, Andrew Turner, John Eckenrode and Karl Pillemer

Relations among online emotional content use, social and emotional competencies and cyberbullying

Inmaculada Marín-López, Izabela Zych, Rosario Ortega-Ruiz, Simon C. Hunter and Vicente J. Llorent

Early Childhood Education and Child Development: New Evidence from Ghana

Jean-Louis Bago, Moussa Ouédraogo, Koffi Akakpo, Miaba Louise Lompo, Wamadini dite Minata Souratié and Ernest Ouédraogo

Welfare, work, and single mothers: The Great Recession and income packaging strategies

Melody K. Waring and Daniel R. Meyer

The influence of field-based training on caseworker turnover

Cynthia Osborne, Jennifer Huffman, Selena Caldera and Anna Lipton Galbraith

Ostracism and pro-environmental behavior: Roles of self-control and materialism

Sen Li, Fengqing Zhao and Guoliang Yu

Income instability and child maltreatment: Exploring associations and mechanisms

Emma Kahle Monahan

Caregiver physical health and child maltreatment reports and rereports

Chien-Jen Chiang, Melissa Jonson-Reid and Brett Drake

Perspectives of youth aging out of foster care on relationship strength and closeness in their support networks

Jared I. Best and Jennifer E. Blakeslee

Teachers’ practices mediate the association between teachers’ ideas and children’s perceived participation in early childhood education

Nadine Correia, Helena Carvalho, Margarida Fialho and Cecília Aguiar

Peer relationship mediates the effect of mobile phone functions on adolescent adaptation

Xiaochun Xie, Yun Tao, Aishu Liu and Li Lei

Can emotion regulation difficulty lead to adolescent problematic smartphone use? A moderated mediation model of depression and perceived social support

Linqian Fu, Pengcheng Wang, Meng Zhao, Xin Xie, Ye Chen, Jia Nie and Li Lei

What village? Opportunities and supports for parental involvement outside of the family context

Robert W. Ressler

Victimization and students’ psychological well-being: The mediating roles of hope and school connectedness

Yanhong Liu, JoLynn V. Carney, Hyunhee Kim, Richard J. Hazler and Xiuyan Guo

Does open enrollment policy improve academic performance among students involved with child protective service? Findings from Minnesota-linking information for kids

Saahoon Hong, Won Seok Choi, Kristine N. Piescher, Yanchen Zhang and Taeho Greg Rhee

Challenging intellectual, behavioral and educational prerequisites for interventions aimed at school aged children in foster care. A compilation of Swedish test results

Rikard Tordön, Marie Bladh, Carl Göran Svedin and Gunilla Sydsjö

Structural equation modeling and the effect of perceived academic inferiority, socially prescribed perfectionism, and parents’ forced social comparison on adolescents’ depression and aggression

Youkyung Lee, Jung Hee Ha and Juliet Jue

Impacts of transformational leadership on turnover intention of child welfare workers

Taekyung Park and Barbara Pierce

Impact of oral health on the quality of life of schoolchildren in a city in southern Brazil: A cross-sectional study

Keli Cristina Tessaro, Angélica Maroli, Caroline Solda and Lilian Rigo

The effectiveness of Nurture Groups in improving outcomes for young children with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties in primary schools: An evaluation of Nurture Group provision in Northern Ireland

Seaneen Sloan, Karen Winter, Paul Connolly and Aideen Gildea

Strain, negative emotion, and cyber violence among South Korean Juveniles: A mediation analysis

Yeokil Cho and Sherri DioGuardi

The association of a paraprofessional home visiting intervention with lower child maltreatment rates in First Nation families in Canada: A population-based retrospective cohort study

Mariette Chartier, Jennifer E Enns, Nathan C Nickel, Rhonda Campbell, Wanda Phillips-Beck, Joykrishna Sarkar, Janelle Boram Lee, Elaine Burland, Dan Chateau, Alan Katz, Robert Santos and Marni Brownell

Impact of education on the utilization of maternal health care services: An investigation from National Family Health Survey (2015–16) in India

Bikash Barman, Jay Saha and Pradip Chouhan

System involvement among young adults experiencing homelessness: Characteristics of four system-involved subgroups and relationship to risk outcomes

Sarah C. Narendorf, Daphne M. Brydon, Diane Santa Maria, Kimberly Bender, Kristin M. Ferguson, Hsun-Ta Hsu, Anamika Barman-Adhikari, Jama Shelton and Robin Petering

Family foster care and children’s outcomes in China: Evidence from a scoping review

Yanfeng Xu, Xiaoou Man, Lixia Zhang and Bruce DeForge

Opening up: An exploration of youth mentor self-disclosure using laboratory-based direct observation

Hilary Dutton, Kelsey L. Deane and Pat Bullen

Effects of education philanthropy on well-being of low-income and gifted students in China

Bin Tu, Chien-Chung Huang and Jennifer Sorensen

The influence of juvenile and educator humor on the social climate of young offenders’ institutions

Anna Karłyk-Ćwik

Perceived Quality of Life of Adolescents living in Slums of Uttar Pradesh, India

Satish Kumar Chauhan, Bal Govind Chauhan, Suresh Jungari and Murali Dhar

Factors associated with complete immunizations coverage among Indonesian children aged 12–23 months

Ferry Efendi, Dwida Rizki Pradiptasiwi, Ilya Krisnana, Tiyas Kusumaningrum, Anna Kurniati, Mahendra Tri Arif Sampurna and Sarni Maniar Berliana

Psychological risk and protective factors associated with depressive symptoms among adolescents in secondary schools in China: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Xinfeng Tang, Suqin Tang, Zhihong Ren and Daniel Fu Keung Wong