Children and Youth Services Review

1979 - 2025

Current editor(s): Duncan Lindsey

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Volume 20, issue 9-10, 1998

Consequences and strategies for youth involvement pp. 753-755

Wesley E. Hawkins

Relationship of perceived future opportunity to depressive symptomatology of inner-city African-American adolescents pp. 757-764

Wesley E. Hawkins, Michele J. Hawkins, Chris Sabatino and Susan Ley

Involving young people in neighborhood development pp. 765-795

Barry Checkoway

Preventing youthful disconnectedness pp. 797-818

Douglas J. Besharov and Karen N. Gardiner

Assessing the needs of inner city youth: Beyond needs identification and prioritization pp. 819-838

Huey-tsyh Chen and Michelle Rose Marks

Volume 20, issue 8, 1998

Primary prevention and foster care pp. 667-696

Martin Bloom

Determining readiness for child protective services practice: Development of a testing program pp. 697-713

Marilyn A. Biggerstaff, Leanne Wood and Suzanne Fountain

Parenting attitudes, foster parenting attitudes, and motivations of adoptive and nonadoptive foster parent trainees pp. 715-732

Renee Gillis-Arnold, Sedahlia Jasper Crase, Dahlia F. Stockdale and Mack C. Shelley

Exploring current behaviors and social service needs for Chinese juvenile delinquents in Hong Kong pp. 733-745

Cindy Davis, Catherine Tang and Janet Ko

Volume 20, issue 7, 1998

Death rates among California's foster care and former foster care populations pp. 577-604

Richard P. Barth and Debra L. Blackwell

Qualitative analysis of private mediation: Benefits for families in public child welfare agencies pp. 605-627

D. Terri Heath

The essential aspects of mediation in child protection cases pp. 629-656

Allan Barsky and Nico Trocme

Volume 20, issue 6, 1998

Characteristics and outcomes of drug-exposed and non drug-exposed children in kinship and non-relative foster care pp. 475-501

Devon Brooks and Richard P. Barth

Developing early childhood programs for children and families at risk: Research-based principles to promote long-term effectiveness pp. 503-523

Arthur J. Reynolds

Multiple sources of stress and parenting behavior pp. 525-546

Antoinette Y. Rodgers

Children's experience of interparental violence: A heuristic model pp. 547-568

Zvi Eisikovits, Zeev Winstok and Guy Enosh

Volume 20, issue 5, 1998

Child well-being in kinship foster care: Similar to, or different from, non-related foster care? pp. 369-388

Sandra J. Altshuler

Sibling placement in foster care: An exploration of associated concurrent preschool-aged child functioning pp. 389-412

Maureen C. Smith

Non-school correlates of dropout: An integrative review of the literature pp. 413-433

Beth Spenciner Rosenthal

An exploratory study of political attitudes and acts among child and family services workers pp. 435-461

Arlene Bowers Andrews

Volume 20, issue 4, 1998

Correlates of social worker decisions to seek treatment-oriented out-of-home care pp. 281-304

Mark E. Courtney

The social and family correlates of successful reunification of children in foster care pp. 305-323

Loring Jones

Foster parent involvement in service planning: Does it increase job satisfaction? pp. 325-346

Andrew Sanchirico, W. Josephine Lau, Kary Jablonka and Stephen J. Russell

Satisfaction with foster parenting: Assessment one year after training pp. 347-363

Bronwyn S. Fees, Dahlia F. Stockdale, Sedahlia Jasper Crase, Kristin Riggins-caspers, Amy Moeller Yates, Kristi S. Lekies and Renee Gillis-Arnold

Volume 20, issue 3, 1998

Developing a research journal for the child welfare field pp. 173-176

Duncan Lindsey

Linking child care and support services with the school: Pilot evaluation of the school of the 21st century pp. 177-205

Matia Finn-Stevenson, Laura Desimone and An-Me Chung

The structure and performance of child abuse reporting systems pp. 207-221

Rebecca A. Van Voorhis and Neil Gilbert

Short term placement outcomes for children adopted after age five pp. 223-249

Ellen E. Pinderhughes

Measuring outcomes for children: Early parenting experiences, conflict, maladjustment, and depression in adulthood pp. 251-278

Ann Buchanan and JoAnn Ten Brinke

Volume 20, issue 1-2, 1998

Adoption in an Era of family preservation pp. 1-12

Marianne Berry

Children who wait: Long term foster care or adoption? pp. 13-28

Ada Schmidt-Tieszen and Thomas P. McDonald

Adoption assistance under P.L. 96-272: A policy analysis pp. 29-55

Rosemary J. Avery

Information disclosure and openness in adoption: State policy and empirical evidence pp. 57-85

Rosemary J. Avery

Goal displacement and dependency in South Korean-United States intercountry adoption pp. 87-114

Rosemary C. Sarri, Yenoak Baik and Marti Bombyk

The adjustment of intercountry adoptees in Canada pp. 115-134

Anne Westhues and Joyce S. Cohen

Factors contributing to family functioning of adoptive children with special needs: A long term outcome analysis pp. 135-150

Stephen Erich and Patrick Leung

The role of open adoption in the adjustment of adopted children and their families pp. 151-171

Marianne Berry, Debora J. Cavazos Dylla, Richard P. Barth and Barbara Needell

Volume 19, issue 8, 1997

Permanent Placements for Young Children Placed in Foster Care: A Proposal for a Child Welfare Services Performance Standard pp. 615-631

Richard P. Barth

Commitment of Juveniles to Training Schools pp. 633-650

Gideon Fishman, Ira Schwartz and Chang-ming Hsieh

Racial/Ethnic Differences in Court Referred Pathways to Mental Health Services for Children in Foster Care pp. 651-666

Ann F. Garland and Bridgett A. Besinger

AIDS Knowledge and Educational Preferences of At-Risk Runaway/Homeless and Incarcerated Youth pp. 667-681

Sandra Wexler

Volume 19, issue 7, 1997

Sex Education and Abstinence: Programs and Evaluation pp. 501-506

Douglas J. Besharov and Karen N. Gardiner

The Advantages of Experimental Designs for Evaluating Sex Education Programs pp. 507-523

Charles E. Metcalf

Trade-Offs in Designing a Social Program Experiment pp. 525-540

Mark Dynarski

Nonexperimental Designs and Program Evaluation pp. 541-566

Ellen Eliason Kisker and Randall S. Brown

Using Self Reports to Measure Program Impact pp. 567-585

Freya L. Sonenstein

Thinking Through Evaluation Design Options pp. 587-606

Barbara Devaney and Peter Rossi

Epilogue: Four Lessons from Evaluating Controversial Programs pp. 607-614

James Knickman and Paul Jellinek

Volume 19, issue 5-6, 1997

Sex Education and Abstinence: Programs and Evaluation pp. 327-339

Douglas J. Besharov and Karen N. Gardiner

Trends in Teen Sexual Behavior pp. 341-367

Douglas J. Besharov and Karen N. Gardiner

The Impact of Family Structure and Social Change on Adolescent Sexual Behavior pp. 369-400

Alice S. Rossi

The Role of Psychological Factors on Teenagers Who Become Parents Out-of-Wedlock pp. 401-413

Marilyn B. Benoit

School-based Programs to Reduce Sexual Risk-taking Behavior pp. 415-436

Douglas Kirby and Karin Coyle

Youth Development Programs pp. 437-454

Douglas Kirby and Karin Coyle

Sex Education and Abstinence Programs: Why Don't We Know More? pp. 455-463

Sarah Brown

Abstinence Education under Welfare Reform pp. 465-484

Ron Haskins and Carol Statuto Bevan

Using Behavioral Theories to Design Abstinence Programs pp. 485-500

Kristin A. Moore and Barbara W. Sugland

Volume 19, issue 4, 1997

The Impact of Social Support Skill Training on Daily Interactions among Parents at Risk for Child Maltreatment pp. 221-251

Madeline L. Lovell and Cheryl A. Richey

Good Practice With Multiply Vulnerable Young Families: Challenges and Principles pp. 253-275

Robert Halpern

Intervention with Children of Battered Women: A Review of Current Literature pp. 277-299

Einat Peled

Structure Versus Caring: Discrepant Perspectives in a Shelter for Street Kids pp. 301-321

Jeffrey M. Karabanow and Prue Rains

Volume 19, issue 3, 1997

The internet and our kids: A bold new experiment that could backfire pp. 135-137

Duncan Lindsey

Recidivism in child protective services pp. 139-161

Moira Inkelas and Neal Halfon

Impact of a hospital-funded prenatal clinic on infant outcomes and hospital costs pp. 163-177

S. Marie Harvey and Sarah J. Satre

Caseworkers' perceptions of protective services clients' parental functioning: Toward an ecological integration pp. 179-194

Sharon K. Hall, Lanelle H. Hanagriff, Julie A. Hensley and Norma W. Fuqua

Client violence toward children and youth services social workers pp. 195-212

Christina E. Newhill and Sandra Wexler

Volume 19, issue 1-2, 1997

Learning from family preservation pp. 1-4

Howard Jacob Karger and David Stoesz

Learning from the "family preservation" initiative pp. 5-16

Anthony N. Maluccio and James K. Whittaker

Effects of the duration, intensity, and breadth of family preservation services: A new analysis of data from the illinois family first experiment pp. 17-39

Julia H. Littell

Social science, child welfare, and family preservation: A failure of rationality in public policy pp. 41-60

William M. Epstein

Reconsidering family preservation: A review of putting families first pp. 61-76

Mark E. Courtney

The family preservation evaluation from hell: Implications for program evaluation fidelity pp. 77-99

Allen Rubin

Family preservation--What is it? pp. 101-118

Kristine E. Nelson

Rethinking child welfare services: The children's authority pp. 119-133

Howard Jacob Karger and David Stoesz