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Family Studies
Sarah Hoegler, Savannah Vetterly, E. Mark Cummings
Summary: This study evaluated a preventive intervention to reduce destructive interparental conflict and improve family relationships. The results showed that the intervention had positive effects on fathers' marital quality and attachment, but not on mothers. Furthermore, the intervention had stronger positive effects on father-adolescent attachment than on mother-adolescent attachment.
PARENTING-SCIENCE AND PRACTICE
(2024)
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Family Studies
Lydia Davenport, Eric Halford
Summary: Kenya has a high prevalence of child protection issues, and existing law enforcement practices may not be capable of effectively dealing with them. This study explores the establishment of an overseas initiative to support the development of a child protection function in the National Police Service of Kenya and analyzes the conditions for implementing the project. The findings emphasize the importance of understanding the cultural and operating context, assessing the current and potential capabilities, and securing leadership and governance support from relevant stakeholders both internally and externally when building child protection capabilities overseas.
CHILD ABUSE & NEGLECT
(2024)
Article
Family Studies
Taylor Dowdy -Hazlett, Shelby L. Clark
Summary: Foster parents play a crucial role in child welfare systems, but they often express dissatisfaction in their caregiving roles, which affects placement stability. This study surveyed 362 foster parents in six states and found three subpopulations of foster parents with differences in burnout, stress, social support, training usefulness, and satisfaction.
CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES REVIEW
(2024)
Article
Family Studies
Md Jahirul Islam, Masahiro Suzuki, Paul Mazerolle
Summary: This study investigates the variations in police officers' responses to intimate partner violence incidents involving children, highlighting the importance of considering child safety, emotional impact, and breaking the cycle of violence.
CHILD ABUSE & NEGLECT
(2024)
Review
Family Studies
Qi Wu, Yiqi Zhu, Kanisha Brevard, Shiyou Wu, Judy Krysik
Summary: This study aims to summarize the risk and protective factors that affect African American kinship caregiving. The review found that the identified studies can be summarized into four types of factors: child, caregiver, relationship, and legal, cultural or social issues. Caregiver factors were examined from the perspective of physical and behavioral health, parenting, and resources. Implications for child welfare research are also presented.
CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES REVIEW
(2024)
Article
Family Studies
Tabashir Z. Nobari, Claudia L. Nau, Catherine M. Crespi, Corinna Koebnick, Xia Li, Shannon E. Whaley, May C. Wang
Summary: This study aimed to link a large WIC administrative dataset with electronic health records from an HMO to evaluate the impact of WIC on child health outcomes. The results showed that approximately 17.3% of HMO children definitely matched a WICparticipating child, 12% possibly matched, 14.3% were eligible but did not match a WIC-participating child, and 56.4% were not WIC eligible.
CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES REVIEW
(2024)
Article
Family Studies
Lauranne Gendron-Cloutier, Isabelle Daigneault, Tonino Esposito
Summary: For children in out-of-home care due to sexual abuse, experiencing placement instability is associated with negative mental health effects. This study aimed to identify risk factors for their heightened risk of placement instability and examine the association between prior mental health problems and placement instability. The findings suggest that sexually abused children in out-of-home care are at greater risk of placement instability when they have a prior diagnosis of an internalizing disorder and when they are initially placed in foster care rather than kinship care. Understanding these factors can help identify children who may need additional support and implement interventions to prevent placement disruptions and their negative mental health consequences.
CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES REVIEW
(2024)
Article
Family Studies
Yu-Ju Huang, Gabriela Mohr, Monit Cheung, Patrick Leung
Summary: This study examines parental beliefs, attitudes, and knowledge of the Sexual Conviction Record Check (SCRC) policy in Hong Kong. The results show that these factors are associated with parental advocacy for accessing SCRC information. Furthermore, parental motivation mediates the relationships between advocacy efforts and beliefs in child sexual abuse prevention, home-based sex education, and support of SCRC. The study highlights the importance of establishing a community-professional-government partnership platform to mobilize parents and raise public awareness regarding SCRC access regulations.
CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES REVIEW
(2024)
Article
Family Studies
Dandan Wu, Eva Yi Hung Lau, Thomas G. Power
Summary: Based on a quasi-experiment, this study provides empirical evidence for the effectiveness of a mixed-mode parenting training program in reducing negative parenting behaviors, including physical coercion, verbal hostility, and negative submissive emotional expressions at home during the COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong.
CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES REVIEW
(2024)
Article
Family Studies
Kimberly Klassman, Catia Malvaso, Paul Delfabbro, Lauren Moulds, John Young
Summary: Young people with complex needs often require support from multiple government agencies and services, but these agencies and services face obstacles in meeting their needs. This study identifies strategies at the practitioner and system level that can enhance service delivery and highlights the importance of a service environment centered around the needs of young people.
CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES REVIEW
(2024)
Article
Family Studies
Rebecca Lynn Radlick, Sarah Przedpelska
Summary: This paper examines the experiences of a research team collaborating with mentoring practitioners and youth with migrant and refugee backgrounds in developing a digital intervention for supporting social capital in mentoring. The study found that while youth voices did shape the research, there were challenges related to youth understanding and engagement. The active participation of adult practitioners and close collaboration facilitated program changes.
CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES REVIEW
(2024)
Article
Family Studies
Kemal Kochan, Ayse Aypay
Summary: This study aims to examine the effects of a Resilience Psycho-Education Program on the resilience, school attachment, and school burnout levels of 8th-grade students. The research found significant differences between the post-test scores of the experimental, placebo, and control groups, with the experimental group showing higher scores in all measurements. This effect persisted even after two and six months.
CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES REVIEW
(2024)
Article
Family Studies
Hau-lin Tam, Angus Yuk-fung Chan, Toby Tin-on Fung, Stanley Oloji Isangha
Summary: This study explores the impact of social entrepreneurship training on the employability and psychological growth of underprivileged youth in Hong Kong. The results show that the program is effective in enhancing their self-esteem, career-linked self-efficacy, flourishing, sense of self-worth and resilience, entrepreneurship skills and intention, and overall self-perceived employability. The relationship between entrepreneurship skills and intention and self-perceived employability is mediated by psychological strengths and resilience. This study recommends introducing curriculum-based youth entrepreneurship training in secondary schools to enhance their psychological growth and increase their competitiveness in the future workplace.
CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES REVIEW
(2024)
Article
Family Studies
Tre D. Gissandaner, Andrew K. Littlefield, Adam T. Schmidt, Sarah E. Victor, Shinye Kim, Amber J. Morrow, Joaquin Borrego Jr
Summary: This study examined the impact of caregiver factors on preschool externalizing problems (PEP) and found that positive caregiver childhood experiences were associated with a decrease in PEP. However, this association became non-significant when considering caregiver adverse childhood experiences. Therefore, assessing caregiver adverse childhood experiences is crucial when working with caregivers seeking help for child behavior problems.
CHILD ABUSE & NEGLECT
(2024)
Article
Family Studies
Samuel J. A. Scaggs, Stacey Cutbush Starseed, Marianne Kluckman, Stephen Tueller, Lilly Yu
Summary: This study depicts the characteristics and experiences of child victims of sex and labor trafficking who are involved with one or both systems in one state.
CHILD ABUSE & NEGLECT
(2024)
Article
Family Studies
Sara Ahmad Taha, Manal Anabtawi
Summary: This study explores the experiences of unaccompanied refugee children in Jordan, highlighting their unique challenges and needs. The findings reveal that these children often face abuse and violations in foster families, supervised groups, and institutional care settings.
CHILD ABUSE & NEGLECT
(2024)
Article
Family Studies
Annaley Clarke, Karen Healy, Debby Lynch, Gerald Featherstone
Summary: This study explores the perception of statutory kinship carers in Queensland, Australia regarding placement stability and develops a substantive grounded theory. It identifies six social processes that underpin their feelings, thoughts, and actions.
CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES REVIEW
(2024)
Article
Family Studies
Shona Bates, Rosemary Kayess, Edgar Julian Laurens, Ilan Katz
Summary: The study found that support for evolving capacity is actively provided by individuals close to the young person, but this support may not be available to all young people in OOHC. Furthermore, broader systems appear to hinder rather than support evolving capacity.
CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES REVIEW
(2024)
Article
Family Studies
Ofer Kronenfeld, Yochay Nadan
Summary: This study reveals the complex and ambivalent experiences of gay adolescent boys in their sexual encounters with older men. The findings contribute to the understanding of the various variations in these experiences and shed light on potential factors enabling age-discrepant relationships.
CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES REVIEW
(2024)
Article
Family Studies
Khandideh K. A. Williams, Charlotte Evans, Maud Mazaniello-Chezol, Alayne M. Adams
Summary: This study fills the gap in youth mental health services by compiling and distilling learnings from youth-led initiatives. It highlights the importance of engaging youth in the design and development of mental health policies and services.
CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES REVIEW
(2024)
