Measuring school engagement for youth involved with the child welfare system: a structured review of the literature

IF 1.2 4区社会学 Q3 SOCIAL WORK

Journal of Public Child Welfare Pub Date : 2022-09-05 DOI:10.1080/15548732.2022.2118927

Jamie L. Cage, A. Kemmerer, Karla Shockley McCarthy, Britney Pitts, Jessica Strolin-Goltzman, Muna Saleh

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Abstract

ABSTRACT School engagement has been identified as a protective factor, mitigating the effects of trauma, and promoting adaptive functioning. However, the ways in which school engagement is measured and understood for youth involved with the child welfare system is limited. This structured review of the literature aims to explore the measurement tools used to assess school engagement for youth involved with the child welfare system with the purpose of identifying the measures most commonly used with this youth population, and determining if there are measures specific to this unique child population. Fourteen databases were searched to identify articles published through March 2020. Articles were included if they, (a) were conducted in the United States, (b) measured school engagement through quantitative methods, (c) the sample was primarily youth involved with the child welfare system. After screening the review yielded 29 articles. All but one of the studies utilized scales that were not created for child welfare populations. The one study that did create a scale for this youth population, utilized scale items from a measure not created for child welfare youth. Results highlight a need to expand the measurement of school engagement to focus specifically on the unique experiences of this youth population.

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衡量参与儿童福利系统的青少年的学校参与:对文献的结构化回顾

摘要：学校参与已被确定为一种保护因素，可以减轻创伤的影响，促进适应功能。然而，衡量和理解参与儿童福利系统的青年的学校参与度的方式是有限的。这篇对文献的结构化综述旨在探索用于评估参与儿童福利系统的青年的学校参与度的测量工具，目的是确定最常用于这一青年群体的措施，并确定是否有针对这一独特儿童群体的措施。搜索了14个数据库，以确定截至2020年3月发表的文章。如果（a）在美国进行，（b）通过定量方法测量学校参与度，（c）样本主要是参与儿童福利系统的年轻人，则纳入文章。经过筛选，这篇评论发表了29篇文章。除一项研究外，所有研究都使用了非儿童福利人群的量表。有一项研究确实为这一青年群体创建了一个量表，使用了一个非为儿童福利青年创建的量表项目。研究结果强调，有必要扩大对学校参与度的衡量，特别关注这一青年群体的独特经历。

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Journal of Public Child Welfare SOCIAL WORK-

CiteScore

3.10

自引率

12.50%

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期刊介绍： Decisions made in the practice of child welfare have lifelong effects on children and their entire families which in turn affects every facet of society. To effectively practice in this vital field, social workers, psychologists, counselors, juvenile court judges, attorneys, and other child welfare professionals need to stay informed about the latest findings and important issues in public child welfare. To answer this crucial need, the Journal of Public Child Welfare provides a broad forum for theory-based and applied research in child welfare. Rather than limit itself to primarily private agencies, this essential journal provides the quality research and comprehensive information that child welfare professionals and public agencies need most.