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{"title":"Building a Set of Indicators to Assess Migrant Children's Integration in Europe: A Co-Creation Approach","authors":"Inmaculada Serrano, Mercedes Fernández, Eva Bajo Marcos","doi":"10.1007/s12187-024-10165-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12187-024-10165-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The integration of refugee and migrant children, one of Europe’s most vulnerable populations, is a crucial challenge for EU societies and their present and future social cohesion. Despite extensive knowledge on migrant integration, we still lack specific instruments to measure children's integration and set goal-oriented targets to promote it. Our research responds to this need by presenting and discussing a new child-centered system of indicators with a twofold purpose: (1) to assess and monitor the integration of refugee and migrant children across European countries and (2) to guide policymakers and relevant stakeholders. The indicator system's holistic and transversal nature marks an improvement over previous measurement attempts by considering different dimensions of integration; subjective and objective perspectives, as well as contextual factors; and indicators relevant for and comparable across different European countries. The research uses a co-creative methodology that ensures both scientific rigor and relevance for stakeholders and policymakers. A child-centered perspective, active participation of children throughout the research process, and an iterative co-creation design contribute to the system's added value. First-hand experiences, ongoing dialogues, and an ecological approach involving stakeholders at micro, meso, and macro levels (children, families, school representatives, public officials, and politicians) served to develop and validate the set of indicators. As a result, we are offering (1) 14 indicators that assess the integration outcomes of migrant children across five dimensions: access to rights, language and culture, well-being, social connectedness, and educational achievements, and (2) 16 indicators highlighting key barriers and facilitators influencing integration outcomes (i.e., societal and political aspects, particularly school organization and learning support).</p>","PeriodicalId":47682,"journal":{"name":"Child Indicators Research","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142200643","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Relationship Between Coronavirus Phobia and Life Satisfaction Among Adolescents in the Post-Pandemic Period","authors":"Ayla Hendekci, Türkan Kadiroğlu","doi":"10.1007/s12187-024-10167-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12187-024-10167-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study was conducted to examine the relationship between coronavirus phobia and life satisfaction among adolescents in the post-pandemic period. A descriptive and correlational design was used in this study. 330 adolescents participated in the study between June 15 and September 15, 2021. Data were collected through the “Introductory Information Form, the COVID-19-Phobia Scale, and the Multidimensional Students Life Satisfaction Scale”. The mean age of the adolescents who participated in the study was 14.15 ± 1.95, and 66.1% of the adolescents were female. The mean score of the COVID-19 phobia scale was 58.30 ± 15.37, and the mean score of the multidimensional students’ satisfaction with life scale was 26.80 ± 7.85. The difference between COVID-19 phobia scale and life satisfaction scale scores was significant among adolescents who stated that the pandemic had a negative impact on their family life, friendship relations, and school life. There was a negative relationship between the psychological sub-dimension, the somatic sub-dimension, the total score of the COVID-19 phobia scale, and the multidimensional students’ life satisfaction scale score (<i>p</i> &lt; 0.05). Adolescents, whose family and school life, and friendship relations have been negatively affected after the pandemic, can be considered a risky group in terms of coronavirus phobia. In addition, life satisfaction seems to decrease among adolescents whose family life and friendships are negatively affected. The relationship between coronavirus phobia and life satisfaction among adolescents was weak. It was recommended to create a holistic environment that reduces anxiety and increases life satisfaction among adolescents.</p>","PeriodicalId":47682,"journal":{"name":"Child Indicators Research","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142200644","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Qualitative Study on Adolescents’ Perceptions and Understandings of Flourishing in the Western Cape, South Africa","authors":"Heidi Witten, Shazly Savahl, Sabirah Adams","doi":"10.1007/s12187-024-10154-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12187-024-10154-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Adolescence is a transitional period characterised by puberty, physical growth, and the capacity to complete life tasks. During this period, adolescents are faced with various challenges in completing various life tasks. Flourishing is defined as a state in which an individual functions optimally, and has a good level of well-being in all aspects of their life. Previous studies on adolescent flourishing have focused on measuring flourishing quantitatively, which suggests a need for further research that qualitatively explores adolescent flourishing. In this study we use the conceptualisation of flourishing that encompasses hedonia and eudaimonia. It is crucial to position adolescents at the core of research endeavours, to gain insight into the unique factors, values, and goals that contribute to their flourishing. The overall aim of the study is to explore adolescents’ understandings and perceptions of flourishing in the Western Cape, South Africa. Semi-structured individual interviews were conducted to gain a comprehensive understanding of adolescents’ perceptions and understanding of flourishing. The interviews were analysed using Braun and Clarke’s theoretical thematic analysis. We found two overarching thematic categories: 1) Understanding flourishing and 2) Factors that promote flourishing. The study findings emphasise the significance of balance in different aspects of life such as mental health, self-reflection, and self-expression to support adolescents in developing their own sense of flourishing and to understand their own experiences. The central role of relationships as a support structure for adolescents was found to be significant as the participants were able to identify what is needed through these relationships, which could promote their own flourishing. Future empirical research should endeavour to include both hedonic and eudaimonic traditions in exploring adolescent flourishing.</p>","PeriodicalId":47682,"journal":{"name":"Child Indicators Research","volume":"51 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142200645","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Impact of Cultural Values on the Association Between Family Relations and Children’s Life Satisfaction. A Comparison of Children in Two-Parent Families Across 39 Countries","authors":"Stephanie Hess","doi":"10.1007/s12187-024-10162-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12187-024-10162-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Despite increasing interest in country differences and the identification of macro-societal circumstances that shape children’s well-being, cross-national comparisons of children’s subjective well-being are still rare. This study investigates the effect of family relations on children’s life satisfaction in 39 countries from multiple world regions, with the aims of unveiling differences in average life satisfaction, comparing the effect of family relations on life satisfaction and testing the moderating effect of cultural values, emphasizing differences between collectivist and individualistic countries. Single-country regressions and multilevel modelling are used to analyse data from 129,018 children from two-parent families who participated in the first, second or third wave of the International Survey of Children’s Lives and Well-Being. The results reveal that average life satisfaction is slightly higher in individualistic societies, but that the association between the Individualism Index and life satisfaction is not linear. Good family relations are shown to improve life satisfaction in all countries, but the effect strength differs considerably. The life satisfaction of children from individualistic countries, compared to that of children from collectivist countries, suffers considerably more from the experience of bad family relations. These findings highlight the necessity of considering children’s cultural environment when examining their life satisfaction.</p>","PeriodicalId":47682,"journal":{"name":"Child Indicators Research","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142225684","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Associations between Early-Life Grandparenting Experience and Multidimensional Development of Adults","authors":"Yichun Yang, Donghong Xie","doi":"10.1007/s12187-024-10163-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12187-024-10163-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Grandparenthood has been a research focal point for gerontologists since the early 1980s. While most research focuses on systematically examining the effects of grandparenting on older adults, little is known about the long-term effects on child development. This study aims to examine the long-term effects of grandparenting on individual multidimensional development and distinguishes the critical period of grandparenting from life-course perspective. Drawing on a nationally representative sample from the China Labor-force Dynamics Survey (CLDS), we use ordinary least squares (OLS) and logit models to examine the associations between early-life (aged 0–15 years) grandparenting and multidimensional development in adulthood. Results show that early experience of grandparenting has profound adverse effects on later development: early childhood (preschool/0–6 years) is the critical period in terms of later mental health, non-cognitive ability. In addition, the cumulative effect is confirmed that the longer the duration of grandparenting, the greater the cumulative disadvantages in individual development. Our findings provide empirical support for views of grandparenting effect from a life-course perspective and highlight the enduring impact of early grandparenting to later multidimensional development of adult, as well as the important role of timing and cumulative effects of grandparenting.</p>","PeriodicalId":47682,"journal":{"name":"Child Indicators Research","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-08-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142200646","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Correlations between Hotspots of Child Maltreatment and Neighborhood-Level Interventions","authors":"Seonga Cho, Sewon Kim, Bong Joo Lee","doi":"10.1007/s12187-024-10161-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12187-024-10161-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Child maltreatment, which seriously impacts children’s well-being, is influenced by characteristics of neighborhood. Notably, previous studies have neglected the role of neighborhood spatial features in child maltreatment. Hence, we aimed to determine the distribution of child maltreatment occurrence by city, county, and district in South Korea; whether high child maltreatment incidence rates are clustered spatially; and the neighborhood factors that affect child maltreatment incidence. We analyzed 26,354 child maltreatment cases from 225 regions for 2020 using data from the National Child Abuse Database System. Data analysis procedures followed a three-tiered approach: ordinary least squares regression, Jarque–Bera and Breusch–Pagan tests, and geographically weighted regression. We identified concentrated hotspots and found that child maltreatment incidences were spatially autocorrelated. Key neighborhood characteristics that increased child maltreatment were the number of child community centers, the number of vacant houses, the number of multicultural households, and the number of single-parent households. Financial independence of local governments, the size of the older-adult population, and population density are the key neighborhood characteristics that decrease child maltreatment. Our findings reveal that prioritizing socioeconomically vulnerable regions is critical to alleviating child maltreatment. This study provides a valuable reference for identifying areas at high risk of child maltreatment and for implementing cost-effective, neighborhood-level interventions to reduce child maltreatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":47682,"journal":{"name":"Child Indicators Research","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-08-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141948042","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Socioeconomic Factors Determining Multidimensional Child Poverty Groups in Central America: A Measurement Proposal from the Wellbeing Approach Using a Comprehensive Set of Children’s Rights","authors":"Yedith B. Guillén-Fernández","doi":"10.1007/s12187-024-10148-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12187-024-10148-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This article aims to show that multidimensional child poverty (MCP) is determined by several socioeconomic factors that influence the formation of stratified groups of poor children under five years of age living in Central America. This study advocates for a comprehensive set of children's rights with the purpose of addressing the different facets of child poverty from the perspective of child well-being, in order to estimate the incidence of MCP, by including multiple childhood deprivations and socioeconomic determinants. Child-specific indicators and household deprivation indicators are considered in the estimation of MCP. The study also states that child poverty is a complex concept, which includes the various types of deprivations experienced by children in the Central American societies and their deprivations are considered as the denial of children’s rights. Therefore, the MCP is estimated based on a conditional latent class analysis that includes not only manifest deprivation variables, but also socioeconomic determinants that help to better predict the incidence and probabilities of children being multidimensionally poor according to different poverty strata. The socioeconomic factors that show high risks of MCP are rural areas, indigenous children, young mothers and low levels of education attained by the head of the household, among others. One of the reasons to investigate the MCP for Belize and El Salvador is because there are few studies that address this problem for these countries and this research sheds light on the characteristics of early childhood poverty. The results indicate that the incidence of MCP is 49% in Belize and 76% in El Salvador. The research work concludes that the International Rights of the Child provide the opportunity to implement comprehensive social policies in Central America to eradicate child poverty.</p>","PeriodicalId":47682,"journal":{"name":"Child Indicators Research","volume":"78 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141871713","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Two are Better Than One but Three is Best: Fast-Tracking the Attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Among In-School Adolescents in Nigeria","authors":"Rita Tamambang, Kwabena Kusi-Mensah, Tolulope Bella-Awusah, Olusegun Ogunmola, Adeola Afolayan, Elona Toska, Lucas Hertzog, William Rudgard, Robin Evans, Heidi Stöeckl, Lucie Cluver, Olayinka Omigbodun","doi":"10.1007/s12187-024-10160-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12187-024-10160-3","url":null,"abstract":"<h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Background</h3><p>With 60% of Africa’s population under the age of 25 years, investing in youth will accelerate progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The United Nations concept of ‘Development Accelerators’ is operationalized by examining factors associated with multiple SDGs among adolescents in Nigeria.</p><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Methodology</h3><p>Through data collected on the health of 1800 adolescents in Southwest Nigeria (Ibadan), ten SDG targets were identified. Accelerator protective factors that could lead to the attainment of two or more SDG targets were identified. Associations were assessed using multivariable logistic regression adjusting for sociodemographic covariates and multiple testing. Cumulative effects were tested by marginal effects modelling.</p><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Results</h3><p>Participants’ mean age was 15.02 years (SD = 2.27). Family (parenting support), environmental (no survival work and food security) and school (safe schools) related factors emerged as development accelerators. For seven of the identified SDG-aligned targets, a combination of two or more accelerator factors showed cumulative positive associations, suggesting accelerator synergies with a combination of three accelerators showing the greatest increase. For instance, perceiving the school environment as safe, being food secure and having optimal mental health was associated with an 67% chance of not using psychoactive substances. While with safe school alone it was 39% (29%-51%), with food security alone it was 42% (31%-54%) and with optimal mental health alone it was 54% (42%-66%).</p><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Conclusion</h3><p>Several development accelerators related to family, environmental and school factors can have additive effects on the attainment of the SDGs amongst adolescents in Nigeria. This has practical and policy utility in the fastest growing economy in Africa.</p>","PeriodicalId":47682,"journal":{"name":"Child Indicators Research","volume":"40 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141786083","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Multidimensional Child Poverty in the City of Kolkata: Construction and Identification from the Perspective of 8 years old School-going Children","authors":"Saswati Das, Diganta Mukherjee, Trina Guha Thakurta, Sahin Haque","doi":"10.1007/s12187-024-10158-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12187-024-10158-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 1 aims to end poverty in all its forms, everywhere. Although children experience poverty differently from adults and their needs and expectations are different, child poverty is rarely differentiated from adult poverty, and its special dimensions are often recognised. For the first time, as part of the SDGs, countries have committed to addressing child poverty specifically and directly, which is not derived from household poverty. This article aims to measure multidimensional child specific poverty in India in response to such global norms and trends focusing on the child rather than the household as a whole. We utilise the data collected in the third wave of “Children’s Worlds Survey, 2016–19” for India, which was conducted in the metro city of Kolkata in place of all over the country, bearing in mind the financial as well as the time constraints. This survey allows the yardstick of deprivation informed by subjective opinion of the children, the measure which takes us deeper into the ‘rights based’ approach. Measuring child specific poverty with this approach in the Indian context has not been attempted so far. This article is an effort to contribute to this end. We intend to identify the multidimensional poor school-going 8 years old children from the perspective of themselves following the dual cut-offs approach proposed by Alkire and Foster in 2011. Also, it allows us empirically test three issues like, (i) if the status of these children to be multidimensional poor is significantly gender (boys/girls) sensitive, (ii) if does it depend significantly on the region (northern/southern) the children belong to, and, (iii) if does it depend significantly on the type of school (government/private) the children are enrolled. Our findings show that in the metro city of Kolkata more than fifty percent of 8 years old children, enrolled in government schools, are multidimensional poor, whereas, the situation of private schools are quite better. This is alarming in terms of fulfillment of Sustainable Development Goal 1 targeting the eradication of poverty in all its forms and dimensions. However, we do not find significant gender bias while significant regional disparity is evidenced from our test results.</p>","PeriodicalId":47682,"journal":{"name":"Child Indicators Research","volume":"22 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141782514","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Contextually Sensitive Polyvictimization Profiles and Physical and Mental Health Outcomes among South African Adolescents from Low-Resource Communities: An Extended Latent Class Analysis","authors":"Hannabeth Franchino-Olsen, Thees Spreckelsen, Mark Orkin, Franziska Meinck","doi":"10.1007/s12187-024-10155-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12187-024-10155-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Adolescents in South Africa may experience violence victimizations in many forms (abuse, bullying, assault) and across many contexts (home, school, community). Polyvictimization is a valuable framework to examine the diversity of violence in adolescents’ lives, particularly when employed alongside person-centered methods such as latent class analysis. This study builds on previous work examining contextually sensitive patterns of polyvictimization among South African adolescents and uses longitudinal Young Carers data (n = 3401) from highly-deprived, low-resource settings to investigate the associations between latent class polyvictimization profiles and physical and mental health outcomes using the Bolck–Croon–Hagenaars (BCH) method. Key results found that adolescents who experienced high polyvictimization alongside contextual factors (poverty, disability, etc.) had greater odds of suicidality and higher scores for depression and anxiety measures than their peers who experienced moderate or low polyvictimization. These outcomes were often worse within the high polyvictimization classes for those participants experiencing burdens of HIV/AIDS and disability. Results were mixed for the physical health outcomes (chronic health condition; recent poor health) and when distinguishing between the moderate and low polyvictimization classes, as some classes characterized by decreased polyvictimization had worse health outcomes. These findings highlight the need to consider polyvictimization as a relevant health risk and contextual factor when addressing the health and well-being needs of South African adolescents. Health programming and policy efforts should seek to screen for and address the causes of and distress from polyvictimization when targeting adolescents and provide a cohesive response to the adolescent violence and health burdens in low-resource communities.</p>","PeriodicalId":47682,"journal":{"name":"Child Indicators Research","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141745462","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}