Ashley N. Palmer, Mansi Patel, Katherine Kitchens, Kaiden Cassano, Shellye L. Sledge
{"title":"Lessons Learned: A Qualitative Study of Service Delivery and Experiences in Local Youth Workforce Programs","authors":"Ashley N. Palmer, Mansi Patel, Katherine Kitchens, Kaiden Cassano, Shellye L. Sledge","doi":"10.1007/s10826-024-02861-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-024-02861-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 (WIOA) authorizes youth-focused workforce development programs such as YouthBuild, Job Corps, and Youth Activities programs, to increase economic self-sufficiency among youth and young adults (YYA). These programs vary in their funding and service delivery structure but all serve YYA with significant barriers to education and employment. The devolution of policy implementation requires research that examines the nuanced ways in which services are implemented and experienced at the community level. Our research studied the implementation contexts of five local youth workforce programs in a metropolitan area of one southern state. Participants included a total of 12 youth-serving staff, and 7 YYA. Data were analyzed using qualitative content analysis. Across providers and YYA categories related to local policy implementation included: (1) recruitment, (2) facilitators of success, (3) barriers to success, with an intersection between YYA’s complex backgrounds and experiences, developmental needs, and structural inequities, and (4) opportunities to enhance supports. Overall, our findings indicate that these youth workforce programs might be promoting healthy development, whether or not the design or implementation of such an approach is explicitly mentioned. Further, implementation struggles around funding, staff, and ability to recruit hard-to-reach YYA and to provide intensive support for YYA were noted. Recommendations for policy and practice that support YYA well-being are presented, as well as implications for future research related to local youth workforce program recruitment and service delivery practices.</p>","PeriodicalId":48362,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Child and Family Studies","volume":"39 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-05-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141197562","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
James T. Craig, Christina C. Moore, Erin R. Barnett, Erin Knight, Michael T. Sanders, Nicole Lafko Breslend, Hannah G. Haskell, Mary K. Jankowski
{"title":"The Feasibility and Acceptability of Delivering Brief Telehealth Behavioral Parent Training in Pediatric Primary Care","authors":"James T. Craig, Christina C. Moore, Erin R. Barnett, Erin Knight, Michael T. Sanders, Nicole Lafko Breslend, Hannah G. Haskell, Mary K. Jankowski","doi":"10.1007/s10826-024-02860-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-024-02860-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Behavioral parent trainings (BPTs) are highly efficacious manualized treatments for young children with disruptive behaviors. However, access and engagement can be challenging for most families that would benefit from treatment, thereby limiting the impact BPTs have on population health. Brief telehealth versions of traditional BPTs present a promising but understudied alternative to traditional in-person interventions and may ease the burden of participation for families. This study reports on a mixed-methods feasibility trial of a brief telehealth BPT delivered within a pediatric primary care practice. Twenty-seven families with children between ages 3–8 enrolled in the 4-session telehealth intervention. Caregivers and clinicians provided quantitative and qualitative data describing the feasibility and acceptability of the program. Data across informants suggested that the brief telehealth program was feasible to implement and acceptable to stakeholders, with a few important caveats. For clinicians, logistical support was key to engagement. Caregivers identified both facilitators of and barriers to engagement unique to the brief telehealth model. Caregivers and clinicians reported that positive parenting strategies were easier to teach and learn compared to disciplinary strategies, particularly time-out. We also found that despite improved flexibility of telehealth, attrition rates were still high and similar to rates observed in traditional delivery models. Brief telehealth programs hold the potential to expand the reach of evidence-based parenting interventions. However, these programs do not fully address barriers to care, and future interventions should be designed with the strengths and limitations of telehealth in mind.</p>","PeriodicalId":48362,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Child and Family Studies","volume":"21 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-05-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141197863","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Interpersonal Racism and Child Neglect: A Moderated Mediation Model of Psychological Distress and Social Support","authors":"Heba Faiek Zedan","doi":"10.1007/s10826-024-02858-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-024-02858-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The Palestinian minority in Israel has endured sociopolitical stressors (e.g., ethnonational racism, discrimination, oppression, and political violence) throughout the decades, which have adverse psychological and behavioral outcomes. In this study, we examine the association between interpersonal racism (IPR) among Palestinian parents in Israel and their child neglect, the mediating role of psychological distress on this relationship, and the moderating role of perceived social support (PSS) on the mediated effect of psychological distress on this relationship. A systematic sample of 770 parents (500 mothers and 270 fathers) aged 21–66 was recruited to fill out a self-administered questionnaire composed of several instruments. The results indicate that parents’ IPR experiences are associated with an increased risk of child neglect, and this relationship is mediated by psychological distress. Results also show that in low or medium levels of PSS, psychological distress reports in relation to racism exposure are the highest. Yet, surprisingly, this effect strengthens at high levels of PSS. In comparison, the positive effect of psychological distress on child neglect strengthens in lower levels of PSS, showing a protective role of PSS. Finally, PSS moderates the mediation model’s indirect effect; IPR is related to increased psychological distress, and in turn, to a greater risk of child neglect when perceiving low or medium levels of social support. The study underlines the negative consequences of IPR on child neglect and contributes new knowledge to the literature. Longitudinal research is needed to confirm and extend these findings, which could have important clinical implications for treating parents facing racism and potential child neglect.</p>","PeriodicalId":48362,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Child and Family Studies","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-05-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141197892","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Suzanne G. Alexandre, Katherine Szocik, Prachi Ghildyal, Yaoying Xu
{"title":"A Systematic Syllabi Review on Interdisciplinary Personnel Preparation Programs","authors":"Suzanne G. Alexandre, Katherine Szocik, Prachi Ghildyal, Yaoying Xu","doi":"10.1007/s10826-024-02862-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-024-02862-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The purpose of this study was to develop an effective evaluation tool to review course syllabi as a method for ensuring effective outcomes for interdisciplinary personnel preparation. A well-written course syllabus reflects the quality of the academic program in which the coursework is a part. A review of the syllabi across interdisciplinary programs is an attempt to align the quality of the courses and the graduate student competencies as set forth by each program. A syllabus evaluation form was developed and used systematically by three reviewers who gave each syllabus in the program a rating based on the three project target competencies and the listed indicators. For this project, three common components of syllabi were reviewed: learning outcomes, readings, and assignments. The findings suggest that a systematic syllabi review can be used to determine individual course alignment and for overall program evaluation. Findings also suggest that a syllabi evaluation form can be an effective tool to use in systematic syllabi reviews.</p>","PeriodicalId":48362,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Child and Family Studies","volume":"29 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141172241","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Childhood Trajectories of Paternal and Maternal Psychological Distress and Decision-making in Early Adolescence","authors":"Maria Sifaki, Eirini Flouri, Emily Midouhas","doi":"10.1007/s10826-024-02854-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-024-02854-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Decision-making is important for adolescent wellbeing, and predictive of several other outcomes. While past research demonstrates the role of maternal psychological distress in adolescent decision-making, the role of paternal psychological distress remains relatively unexplored. This study examined the association between trajectories of paternal and maternal psychological distress, jointly modelled, in childhood and child decision-making in early adolescence. Using data from 9846 families of the Millennium Cohort Study, we identified paternal and maternal psychological distress trajectories across child ages 3–11 using joint group-based trajectory modelling and explored their associations with offspring decision-making at age 11 with multiple linear regression models. Paternal and maternal psychological distress was measured with the Kessler-6 scale, while adolescent decision-making was assessed using the Cambridge Gambling Task. We identified 2 trajectories for fathers (‘low distress’ and ‘moderate-increasing distress’) and 4 for mothers (‘minimal distress’, ‘low distress’, ‘moderate-increasing distress’ and ‘severe distress’). When jointly modelled, paternal and maternal trajectories predicted decision-making in fully adjusted models. Compared to the ‘low distress’ paternal trajectory, the ‘moderate-increasing distress’ paternal trajectory was associated with less delay aversion, although this effect disappeared when examining only two-parent biological families. Compared to the ‘minimal distress’ maternal trajectory, the ‘moderate-increasing distress’ trajectory predicted slower deliberation time, whereas the ‘severe distress’ trajectory predicted greater risk-taking. There were no gender differences in these paths. Consistently moderate and high levels of maternal distress during childhood are associated with increased decision latency and greater risk-taking, respectively, in early adolescence.</p>","PeriodicalId":48362,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Child and Family Studies","volume":"29 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-05-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141061541","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aleminew A. Mekonen, Getachew G. Tadese, Shambel D. Gashaw, Wassie K. Redda
{"title":"Nature of child abuse in war-torn districts in Ethiopia: the case of Amhara Region, Chenna and Maikadra","authors":"Aleminew A. Mekonen, Getachew G. Tadese, Shambel D. Gashaw, Wassie K. Redda","doi":"10.1007/s10826-024-02837-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-024-02837-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Since 2019, the war in Ethiopia between the Federal Government and the Tigrean People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) has severely impacted civilians, including children. Although children have been affected in many of the war-torn regions of the country, the study targeted two specific locations, Maikadra and Chenna, in Amhara National Regional State, where civilians were massacred because of their ethnicity. The focus of the study was to understand the acute and complex child abuse that occurred in the midst of the war. A qualitative method with a descriptive case study design was employed to collect and analyze data. Twenty-four individuals were purposely selected and participated in the interviews. From Maikadra, the participants included seven children, two parents, two school principals, one eyewitness woman in the community, and one <i>Kebele</i> administrator. Similarly, from Chenna, five children, three parents, two school principals, and one <i>Kebele</i> administrator participated in the interviews. We applied in-depth interviews and systematic observation to gather primary data. Using social ecology as a theoretical framework, the result revealed that at the micro level, community members (particularly children) experienced witnessing killings, experience rape and verbal abuse, intimidation, and the destruction of the family unit. At the mezzo level, the study documented communities’ experiences related to displacement and the destruction of schools and community networks. Further, at the exo level, the study revealed experiences of hunger, starvation, and the emergence of child-headed families. Finally, at the macro community level, the study revealed loss of future aspirations and the development of negative attitudes toward cultural values. All these forms of child abuse, as reported by study participants, are crimes deliberately committed by the TPLF rebel groups. This study suggests multiple interventions at all levels are required.</p>","PeriodicalId":48362,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Child and Family Studies","volume":"212 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140938998","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Impact of Parental Solid Self, Treatment Involvement, Stress, and Parenting Styles on Children’s Mental Health Symptom Severity","authors":"Weiying Chen, Rebecca Bokoch","doi":"10.1007/s10826-024-02848-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-024-02848-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p>With the increasing rate of mental health disorders among youth in the United States (U.S.) and the essential role of parents in children’s development, many studies have investigated the relationship between parental factors and children’s mental health. The current study expanded on this research by exploring the impact of parent solid self (i.e., one subcategory of differentiation of self), parenting stress, parenting styles, and parent involvement in treatment on children’s mental health symptom severity. The sample included 216 parents (U.S. residents; <i>M</i><sub><i>age</i></sub> = 33.84, <i>SD</i><sub><i>age</i></sub> = 5.384) with at least one youth aged 3–17 years actively or historically in mental health treatment. Participants completed an online survey that included a demographic questionnaire and measures of parenting styles, parental solid self, parental stress, and children’s symptom severity. A simple linear regression found that parental solid self and stress levels were associated with the severity of children’s symptoms. A two-way ANOVA revealed that parenting styles had a significant main effect on children’s symptom severity. Results also showed that the level of authoritative parenting style mediated the relationship between parental solid self and children’s symptom severity. This study further highlighted the importance of promoting individual therapy or psychoeducation for parents and how it might benefit children’s treatment. Future research may consider children’s perspectives, how parents engage with their child’s treatment, incorporating more expansive assessment methods, and longitudinal designs to further explore the impact of parents’ differentiation of self, parental stress, parenting styles, and parental involvement in treatment on children’s symptom severity.</p>","PeriodicalId":48362,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Child and Family Studies","volume":"93 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-05-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140939002","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Childhood Maltreatment and Early Maladaptive Schemas: the Role of Self-Forgiveness","authors":"Sophie Samen, Pia Tohme, Maria-Jose Sanchez-Ruiz","doi":"10.1007/s10826-024-02847-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-024-02847-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Previous findings suggest that childhood maltreatment leads to the development of early maladaptive schemas (EMS) which, in turn, can predispose individuals to future psychopathology. The aim of this study was to investigate the mediating roles of the quality of the early parent-child relationship and dispositional forgiveness, as potential protective factors, in the relationship between childhood maltreatment and maladaptive schemas. A total of 173 participants completed measures of the problematic relationship with their father and their mother, forgiveness, childhood maltreatment, and maladaptive schemas. Results revealed that participants with multi-type maltreatment had significantly higher maladaptive schema scores than those with a single type. In addition, the problematic relationship with the father mediated the relationship between childhood maltreatment and maladaptive schemas. Finally, self-forgiveness emerged as a significant predictor of lower early maladaptive schemas over and above all the other key variables. These results suggest that early interventions can benefit from including strategies focusing on promoting healthy parent-child relationships, as well as forgiveness of the self in children to cultivate their well-being. Furthermore, interventions in adulthood can target perceptions of parent-child relationships and self-forgiveness in the present moment.</p>","PeriodicalId":48362,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Child and Family Studies","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140939000","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Samuel Adabla, Laura A. Nabors, Afolakemi Olaniyan, Ashley Merianos
{"title":"Correlates of Behavioral Problems among Youth with Anxiety","authors":"Samuel Adabla, Laura A. Nabors, Afolakemi Olaniyan, Ashley Merianos","doi":"10.1007/s10826-023-02765-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-023-02765-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p>More information is needed to elucidate factors related to anxiety and behavioral problems among adolescents to inform those developing interventions. Reduced levels of parental stress and a supportive parent-adolescent relationship may be positively associated with anxiety and behavioral problems while experiencing adverse childhood events typically is negatively associated with anxiety and behavioral problems. This study investigated correlates of behavioral problems among youth with anxiety. Secondary data analyses were performed using a sample of 2,285 youth (10–17 years) whose parents reported that they currently had anxiety and behavioral problems from the 2019 National Survey of Children’s Health. Two multivariable logistic regressions examined the associations between four predictors: anxiety severity (mild or moderate/severe), adverse childhood experiences (0 ACEs, 1 ACE, ≥ 2 ACEs), parental stress (always or seldom stressed from parenting role), and emotional support for parents (Yes or No) and outcome variables (parent report of current or past behavioral problems for youth with anxiety). Results were similar for the two regression models. Specifically, participants who had severe/moderate anxiety, were exposed to more traumatic events (≥2 ACEs), lived with parents who were always stressed from parenting roles, and resided with parents who did not receive emotional support with parenting were more likely to have behavioral problems. Interventions are needed to reduce parental stress and provide emotional support for parents whose children experience anxiety and behavioral problems.</p>","PeriodicalId":48362,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Child and Family Studies","volume":"146 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140884743","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
David Menendez, Zhi Li, Rebecca E. Klapper, Karl. S. Rosengren, Melissa L. Sturge-Apple
{"title":"COVID-19 and Child Adjustment: The role of Coparenting Conflict and Child Temperament","authors":"David Menendez, Zhi Li, Rebecca E. Klapper, Karl. S. Rosengren, Melissa L. Sturge-Apple","doi":"10.1007/s10826-024-02841-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-024-02841-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The COVID-19 pandemic brought unprecedented challenges to the lives of families and children, affecting children’s adjustment. We examined the impact COVID-19 had on families and how child-rearing disagreements might be linked to child adjustment. Furthermore, given the role that children play in evoking parent responses within the family context, we also investigated how children’s temperament trait of anger/frustration might moderate the indirect pathway through child-rearing disagreements. We recruited 516 parents with a child between the ages 3 and 7 to complete an online survey measuring their perceived COVID-19 impact, and family and child functioning. Results indicate that greater COVID-19 impact, and child temperamental anger/frustration were each linked to greater child-rearing disagreements, and thereby, greater child stress. In addition, families reporting the most COVID-19 impact and having a child with high anger/frustration experienced the most child-rearing disagreements, and thereby, greater child anxiety during the pandemic. This work highlights how the COVID pandemic might have disrupted family processes, which in turn had negative consequences on the family, and suggest that less coparenting conflict might be a protective factor on the effect of the pandemic on child outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":48362,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Child and Family Studies","volume":"62 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-05-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140884694","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}