Children and Youth Services Review

1979 - 2025

Current editor(s): Duncan Lindsey

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Volume 159, issue C, 2024

‘Love and knowledge’: Enhancing knowledge, fostering belonging, and advancing caring skills among community caregivers for children of asylum-seekers

Yael Mayer, Ayala Shani, Ayelet Dovrat, Maryann Oneyji Chinenye and Ido Lurie

Going back to the drawing board: The picture of family support in European constitutions

Jelena Arsic and Jelena Jerinic

A social justice perspective on the delivery of family support

Carmel Devaney, Mandi Mac Donald and Julia Holzer

The child’s right to family life when living in public care: how to facilitate contact that preserves, strengthens, and develops family ties

Tina Gerdts-Andresen, Marie Valen-Sendstad Andersen and Heidi Aarum Hansen

A mixed-method non-randomized pilot evaluation of a mentalization-informed motivational interviewing group intervention for concerned significant others of adolescents with excessive gaming behaviors

Camilla K.M. Lo, Nick Tse and Jonie Chiu

Online parenting support: Meta-analyses of non-inferiority and additional value to in-person support

Patty Leijten, Karen Rienks, Annabeth P. Groenman, Madhur Anand, Burcu Kömürcü Akik, Oana David, Rukiye Kızıltepe, Therdpong Thongseiratch and Ana Catarina Canário

“They told me that you can be with whomever you want, be who you are”: Perceptions of LGBTQ+ youth in residential care regarding the social support provided by child welfare professionals

Mónica López López, Gabriela Martínez-Jothar, Mijntje D.C. ten Brummelaar, Luis A. Parra, Beatriz San Román Sobrino and Gerald P. Mallon

Mandated reporting policies and the detection of child abuse and neglect

Rachel Rosenberg, Sarah Catherine Williams, Valerie Martinez and Ja'Chelle Ball

Barriers and enablers to care-leavers engagement with multi-agency support: A scoping review

L. Prendergast, C. Davies, D. Seddon, N. Hartfiel and R.T. Edwards

Exploring the role of child-friendly communities in alleviating the turbulence of psychological reactance among educationally disadvantaged youth

Yean Wang, Shuge Xu, Lin Liu, Yue Chen and Guanghuai Zheng

Emerging adults’ social media engagement & alcohol misuse: A multidimensional, person-centered analysis of risk

Carol F. Scott, Laina Y. Bay-Cheng, Thomas H. Nochajski and R. Lorraine Collins

Conveying gendered power through bureaucratic websites: A symbolic analysis of mediated child welfare culture

Trisha A. Douin and Christa J. Moore

Residential care worker perceptions on the implementation of trauma-informed practice

Christopher Vamvakos and Emily Berger

Pushed and pulled onto the streets: Perspectives of street children in Accra, Ghana

Kwamina Abekah-Carter, Alice Boateng and Mavis Dako-Gyeke

Team and individual sport participation, school belonging, and gender differences in adolescent depression

Hyejin Bang, Mido Chang and Sunha Kim

Economic determinants of child marriage: Evidence from the Iranian provinces

Mozhgan Asnaashary, Mohammad Reza Farzanegan, Mehdi Feizi and Hassan Gholipour Fereidouni

School nutritious feeding and cognitive abilities of students in poverty: Evidence from the nutrition improvement program in China

Chunkai Zhao, Boou Chen and Zhiyong Song

Groupings between floating children and urban children: A Bourdieusian social network analysis of physical and social distance in space

Guanglun Michael Mu

Development and validation of the Chinese Kindergarten Quality Rating Scale (CKQRS): A study based in Guangdong and Jiangsu provinces

Cathy O.Y. Hung, Ye Zhang, Ruoyu Wen, Dan Dan Zhang, Hao Han, Ruifeng Pan, Ping Shi and Allan H.K. Yuen

Honoring Family: Using parent partner expertise to strengthen a child welfare coaching program

Stacy Dunkerley, Amanda Brown, Becci Akin and Vickie McArthur

“Welfare used to mean darkness – Now it’s beaming with light”: Professionals and parents’ perceptions of a family preservation program in Israel

Yoa Sorek, Rachel Szabo-Lael and Aya Almog-Zaken

School social workers’ experiences delivering mental health supports amid COVID-19 school reopening

Tasha M. Childs and Aidyn L. Iachini

Facilitators and barriers to the implementation and sustainability of child-parent psychotherapy in Sweden: Clinicians’ experiences

Karin Pernebo, Mary Alåsen, Anna Axhed and Pamela Massoudi

Young people’s experiences of informal kinship care in Luwero, Uganda

Simone Datzberger, Jenny Parkes, Amiya Bhatia, Rehema Nagawa, Joan Ritar Kasidi, Brian Junior Musenze and Karen Devries

Business as (un)usual: A critical policy and legal analysis of Australia’s COVID-19 ‘free childcare’ policy

E. Hunkin and Peter Alsen

Attachment, regulation, and competency in emerging adults: Validating a framework of resilience in a population with adverse childhood experiences

Elizabeth R. Watters, Kayla Reed-Fitzke and Armeda Stevenson Wojciak

The heuristic divergence between community reporters and child protection agencies: Negotiating risk amidst shifting sands

Emily Keddell, Sarah Colhoun, Pauline Norris and Esther Willing

A study on regulating factors of the influence of Children’s negative emotions on mothers' parenting stress: A study of China's post-80s generation

Mingxiao Liu and Zhuxian Xu

Young people with LGB identity and their sense of belonging: Evidence from Northern Ireland – A society emerging from violent social conflict

Joseph Charles Van Matre and Dirk Schubotz

Self-determination and parents’ perceptions and practices: Opportunity and performance

Abdalmajeed H. Alrabiah

Transformation of child welfare Institutions in Bandung, West Java: A case of deinstitutionalization in Indonesia

Ni Luh Putu Maitra Agastya, Sarah Wise, Margaret Kertesz and Santi Kusumaningrum

Volume 158, issue C, 2024

Effect of universal child care subsidy on child-rearing costs by mothers’ working status in South Korea

Ji Young Kang and Soo Yeon Huh

Professional competencies for sexuality and relationships education in child and youth social care: A scoping review

Renske Sanne van der Gaag, Mirjam Gisella Gwendolyn Walpot and Leonieke Boendermaker

Group behavioral parent training in an incarcerated setting

Thomas Holland, Heather Headley, Erinn Victory, Jennifer Kirby and Penny Koontz

Making a way out of no way: The importance of improving financial instability among African American kinship care families

Tyreasa Washington and Mathieu Despard

Understanding the needs of foster parents of youth with special health care needs: Perceptions, barriers, and recommendations

Spencer St. Jean, Ashley Murphy, Kendra Wright, Clara Law and Heather J. Risser

Inclusion in education: Its bonds and bridges

Elena Iarskaia-Smirnova, Darja Salnikova and Rostislav Kononenko

“Something Had to Give”: A qualitative study of fathering in the early months of a global pandemic

Sonia Molloy, Amy A. Morgan, Joyce A. Arditti, Sarah Baldwin, Theresa J. Smith and Kevin Roy

Soft expulsion: A solution when there are no other options?

Kayla Murphy, Keri Giordano, Diana Hoffstein-Rahmey, Rashel Reizin and Amanda Coyne

Research trends in the bias-based aggression among youth

Ana M. Sánchez-Sánchez, David Ruiz-Muñoz and Francisca J. Sánchez-Sánchez

The overrepresentation of parents with disabilities in child protection

Traci LaLiberte, Kristine Piescher, Nicole Mickelson and Mi Hwa Lee

Creation of an instrument for pediatric mental health in indigenous people: A participatory design

Felipe Agudelo-Hernández and Ana Belén Giraldo Alvarez

“They gotta beat us”: A qualitative investigation of multiple forms of violence and police interactions among urban youth

Kalen Flynn, Brenda Mathias, Sheila Yousuf-Abramson and Aaron Gottlieb

Experiences of current UK service provision for co-occurring parental domestic violence and abuse, mental ill-health, and substance misuse: A reflexive thematic analysis

Kate Allen, G.J. Melendez-Torres, Tamsin Ford, Chris Bonell and Vashti Berry

Aggressive behaviors in urban African American early adolescent girls: A systematic review of the literature

Nadine M. Finigan-Carr and Laurie M. Graham

African American Parents’ experience with early childhood mental health and child welfare services: Racism and seeking understanding

Daniel Keyser and Haksoon Ahn

Social behaviour changes via mindfulness practices in early childhood

Ceren Erten and Gökhan Güneş

Professional quality of life of Australian Mockingbird FamilyTM foster carers: Compassion satisfaction, burnout, and secondary traumatic stress

Helen McLaren, Emi Patmisari and Michelle Jones

A computational social science approach to understanding predictors of Chafee service receipt

Jason Yan, Seventy F. Hall, Melanie Sage, Yuhao Du and Kenneth Joseph

The use of evidence-based programmes in family support across Europe: A comparative survey study

Isabel M. Bernedo, Ana Almeida, Sonia Byrne, Lucía González-Pasarín, Ninoslava Pećnik, Orlanda Cruz, Ana Uka, Daiva Skučienė and Lina Šumskaitė

Mental health problems, substance use, and perceived risk as pathways to current cannabis use among high school seniors in the United States

Guijin Lee, Danielle L. Hicks, Satish Kedia, Sanjaya Regmi and Xichen Mou

Predictors of teachers’ intention to implement inclusive education

Hussain A. Almalky and Abdalmajeed H. Alrabiah

Network analysis of risk and protective factors for suicidal ideation in adolescents

Xiaofan Peng, Tiangui Tang, Miao Wu, Lei Tan and Yangu Pan

Policing juvenile delinquency in China: Exploring the influence of officer-related individual and organizational factors on discretionary police decision-making

Xinman Yin and Ruohui Zhao

Beliefs about the universality of meaning in life enhance psychological and academic adjustment among university students: The role of meaning in life and stress mindset

Luxia Xiao, Meilin Yao and Hongrui Liu

‘I just want to go home, is what I need’ – Voices of Ukrainian refugee children living in Estonia after fleeing the war

Karmen Toros, Olena Kozmenko and Asgeir Falch-Eriksen

The development and psychometric validation of a survey to measure the subjective well-being of care leavers

Joshua McGrane, Julie Selwyn and Claire Baker

A neglected health burden of shadow education?—Effects of private supplementary tutoring on middle school students’ vision in China

Qihui Chen, Juerong Huang and Chunchen Pei

“Great day! But now what?” Adolescents’ and foster carers’ experiences of a comprehensive health assessment for children in out-of-home care

Monica Haune, Øivin Christiansen, Einar R. Heiervang and Hanne Haavind

Suicidal behavior and deliberate self-harm: A major challenge for youth residential care in Spain

Alexander Muela, Jon García-Ormaza and Eneko Sansinenea

Stakeholder perceptions of gaps and solutions in addressing child trafficking

David Okech, Anna M. Cody, Tamora A. Callands, Fahmida Afroz, Alex Balch, Claire Bolton, Umaru Fofanah and Lydia Aletraris

The Practice of Rematching in Youth Mentoring: A Study of Planned Rematches in School-Based Mentoring for Children Identified as Aggressive

Lauren M. Mutignani, Jake C. Steggerda, Meredith J. Scafe, Ishan N. Vengurlekar and Timothy A. Cavell

Associations between meaning in life and suicidal ideation in young people: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Sijia Li, Hao Luo, Feng Huang, Yiming Wang and Paul Siu Fai Yip

The mediating effects of the internalized problem behaviour and social competence of six-year-olds in the impact of family interaction of five-year-olds on the externalized problem behaviour of third graders in elementary school

Min Kyung Ha

Caregivers’ help-seeking for child and adolescent mental health: A look into their journey through the lens of mental health literacy

Gwendolyn Fearing

Unveiling alternative schools: A systematic review of cognitive and social-emotional development in different educational approaches

Silvia Guerrero, Javier Valenciano-Valcárcel and Alicia Rodríguez

The home environment during the COVID-19 pandemic and changes in learning enjoyment and learning effort: A study of German lower secondary school students

Anna Hawrot and Lena Nusser

Stakeholder perspectives of a co-produced intervention to integrate mental health for children and youth within the community sub-system in South Africa

Panos Vostanis, Sadiyya Haffejee, Anita Mwanda and Michelle O'Reilly

Factors influencing South Korean early Adolescents’ cyber aggression

Kyung Eun Jahng

Child surgency and child aggression: The moderating effect of parental nurturance, emotion coaching, and family income

Yao Sun, Chun Bun Lam and Rebecca Y.M. Cheung

Predictors of mental health emergency department visits and psychiatric hospitalizations in children in foster care

Nora L. Vish, Kimberly Budig, Adrienne Stolfi, Rebecca Elliston and Jonathan D. Thackeray

The art of balancing: Exploring the emotional experience of parents considering a transition to residential care for their child with severe disabilities

Sien Vandesande, Laura Fluyt and Bea Maes

Associations of compositional time use with self-reported health, depression, and cognitive outcomes among Chinese adolescents

Yangling Ren, Yixiao Liu and Gang Chen

Long-term effects of parent-child interaction therapy: A mixed-methods follow-up study of three and nine years later

Iza C.A. Scherpbier, Myrna M. Westerveld, Ramón J.L. Lindauer and Mariëlle E. Abrahamse

Cost-effectiveness of a parenting program to reduce children’s behavioral problems among families receiving child protection services and other family support services – A randomized controlled trial

Elisa Rissanen, Piia Karjalainen, Olli Kiviruusu, Eila Kankaanpää, Eeva T. Aronen, Taru Haula, Lauri Sääksvuori, Riitta Vornanen and Ismo Linnosmaa

Academic expectation stress and online gaming disorder among Chinese adolescents: The mediating role of psychological distress and the moderating role of stress mindset

Yuhang Cheng, Shan Jiang and Jiajun Chen