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

Children and Youth Services Review, 2020, vol. 115, issue C

Abstract: There is little evidence on the degree of underreporting of social work contact in survey studies. There are also few studies about the emotional and behavioural problems of children in families who have contact with social workers, despite the adversities they face.

Keywords: Social work; Emotional and behavioural problems; ALSPAC (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105071

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