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{"title":"Development and validation of the youth development instrument (YDI): A comprehensive survey of adolescent health and well-being","authors":"Hasina Samji ,&nbsp;Jorge A. Delgado-Ron ,&nbsp;Kimberly A. Schonert-Reichl ,&nbsp;Martin Guhn ,&nbsp;David Long ,&nbsp;Jenna Whitehead ,&nbsp;Lauren Gorfinkle ,&nbsp;Giulia De Arruda Maluf ,&nbsp;Judy Wu ,&nbsp;Julia Kaufmann ,&nbsp;Jose M. del Casal ,&nbsp;Jacqueline Maloney","doi":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108557","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108557","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Rationale</h3><div>Strengths-based approaches are urgently needed to protect and promote adolescent well-being in the United States and Canada, where adolescent happiness and mental health rank among the lowest of the world’s wealthiest countries. Identifying protective and promotive factors for adolescent well-being is critical for guiding policy, public health, and education sector responses as adolescents face unprecedented challenges.</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>We examined the dimensionality and psychometric properties of the Youth Development Instrument (YDI), a comprehensive survey of adolescent health and well-being within a longitudinal well-being monitoring system. The YDI draws predominantly from existing, validated measures identified as fundamental to adolescent well-being.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>We describe the survey creation process in consultation with adolescents, interdisciplinary experts, and partners in adolescent development, medicine, policy, psychology, psychiatry, education, and public health. We conducted psychometric analysis of the YDI pilot implementation among 2295 eleventh-grade students across 31 schools in British Columbia, Canada, in 2021. We examined each measure’s dimensionality and relationship with thriving, resilience, and prosocial orientation to assess their construct validity.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses demonstrated the uni-dimensionality of each measure. Most measures had good or excellent internal consistency (mean Cronbach’s α: 0.85) and demonstrated moderate or large magnitude correlations to thriving, resilience, and/or prosocial orientation and small correlations with family affluence as hypothesized. Correlation patterns aligned with theoretical literature.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>The YDI is a comprehensive and psychometrically sound survey of adolescents’ well-being and protective and promotive factors. The YDI’s linkable nature also creates potential for measuring population-level mental health and wellbeing trajectories.</div><div>Development and Validation of the Youth Development Instrument (YDI): A Comprehensive Survey of Adolescent Health and Well-Being.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48428,"journal":{"name":"Children and Youth Services Review","volume":"179 ","pages":"Article 108557"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145049992","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"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 parent advocacy type on child protection case conference intervention decisions: a vignette study","authors":"Ravit Alfandari ,&nbsp;Ori Ben Simhon ,&nbsp;Guy Enosh","doi":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108554","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108554","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study investigated the impact of three parent advocacy types—self-advocacy, independent legal advocacy by a lawyer, and independent nonprofessional advocacy by a parent’s neighbor—on social workers’ intervention decisions in formal child protection case conferences. We used an experimental survey design including vignettes that manipulated the identity of the person who voiced the parent’s wishes about solutions for the family. Data were collected from 170 social workers via online questionnaire. Findings show independent nonprofessional advocacy had a significant effect on decision making, increasing the odds that social workers would select out-of-home placement intervention, against the parent’s wishes, compared to cases of self-advocacy. No such effect was found for independent legal advocacy. To conclude, independent advocacy should not be practiced nonprofessionally, because it may lead to unfavorable outcomes for parents. Beneficial independent advocacy should shed light on social workers’ informal expectations of parents.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48428,"journal":{"name":"Children and Youth Services Review","volume":"178 ","pages":"Article 108554"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144925941","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Care Leaver Statistics (CLS): Ethical challenges, rights-based perspectives and data protection in longitudinal research with marginalized and vulnerable groups","authors":"Maria Groinig ,&nbsp;Martina Pokoj","doi":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108544","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108544","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Care Leaver Statistics (CLS study) is the first Germany-wide panel study across all providers to focus on the transitions undergone by youth and emerging adults leaving out-of-home care. It examines their perspectives for societal participation during their life course transitions. At the beginning of the longitudinal study, the participants are 16 up to and including 19-years-old. The survey reaches around 1.500 care leavers, accompany them in seven survey waves and collect data on multidimensional perspectives for societal participation. In addition to sociodemographic data, data will be recorded on relevant dimensions such as institutional constellations prior to leaving care, opportunities for complaints and participation, sense of coherence, social networks, housing, health, school qualifications and education, employment, financial situation and leisure time.</div><div>Research involving young people with experiences of out-of-home care (e.g. foster or residential care), such as the CLS study, requires careful conceptual preparation and a comprehensive ethical framework. Diversity-sensitive implications should be systematically considered and reflected upon throughout the research process. Creating a diversity concept adapted to the study is an option for a guiding framework, illustrating possibilities and limitations of applying ethical principles in quantitative research with marginalized and vulnerable groups e.g. care-experienced youth. Implementing elements of participatory research that support community building and can be a resource for empowerment are other options that should be considered on ethical grounds.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48428,"journal":{"name":"Children and Youth Services Review","volume":"179 ","pages":"Article 108544"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145005063","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The association between mental health well-being and risky behaviors among adolescents in Argentina: Data from the 2018 global school health survey","authors":"Syed Muhammad Saad Jalil ,&nbsp;Ziyad Riyad Mahfoud","doi":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108555","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108555","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Purpose</h3><div>Mental health well-being is extremely important among adolescents due to this vulnerable period as well as its association with risky behaviors. The specific link between mental health well-being and risky behaviors has not been fully studied in Argentina. This study aims to find an association between poor mental health well-being and risky behaviors among adolescents in Argentina.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>We analyzed cross-sectional data from the 2018 Global School Health Survey for Argentina which consisted of 56,981 adolescents. These adolescents participated in a self-reported questionnaire on aspects of their mental health well-being, including feelings of loneliness, feelings of worrisome, and suicidal ideation. Associations between mental health well-being and risky behaviors were examined using logistic regression analyses.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Poor mental health well-being was associated with an increase in odds of engaging in risky behaviors. Adolescents who felt lonely had significant higher odds of consuming cigarettes (1.11), alcohol (1.08), and marijuana (1.21). Adolescents who felt so worried that they couldn’t sleep had higher odds of consuming cigarettes (1.17), alcohol (1.21), and marijuana (1.23). However, both variables showed no effect on unprotected sexual intercourse. Adolescents who considered attempting suicide had significant higher odds of consuming cigarettes (1.75), alcohol (1.39), and marijuana (1.602) as well as engaging in unprotected sexual intercourse (1.38).</div></div><div><h3>Discussion</h3><div>Our results show that poor mental health well-being is associated with an increase in risky behaviors. Moreover, our study shows negative parental influence, youth violence, increasing age, gender, and peer pressure as risk factors for adolescents to engage in harmful behaviors.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48428,"journal":{"name":"Children and Youth Services Review","volume":"178 ","pages":"Article 108555"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144925942","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Weapon carrying among adolescents: a cross-sectional study of crime-related risk and protective factors","authors":"Ishak Celik ,&nbsp;Nicholas H. Buker ,&nbsp;Jasmine Oswalt","doi":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108553","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108553","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study examines the correlative factors influencing weapon-carrying behaviors among Norwegian youth, utilizing data from the Ungdata surveys conducted in 2021 and 2022. By exploring both delinquent and victimization-related risk factors, the research adopted two theoretical perspectives: the “crime facilitation” and “fear-and-loathing” models. Findings indicate that male gender, lower socioeconomic status, and weaker family bonds significantly correlate with weapon-carrying behaviors. School bonds were negatively associated in the baseline model but became non-significant when fear-and-loathing and crime facilitation variables were added. Additionally, bullying, violent victimization, and delinquent behaviors, particularly violent acts, emerged as critical predictors. Substance use, such as smoking and cannabis, also showed a significant association, highlighting the complex interplay of personal, social, and environmental influences on this behavior. The study underscores the need for multifaceted intervention strategies to mitigate youth weapon carrying and informs policy formulation tailored to the Norwegian context. These findings contribute to the broader discourse on youth violence prevention, emphasizing the importance of early intervention and supportive environments.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48428,"journal":{"name":"Children and Youth Services Review","volume":"178 ","pages":"Article 108553"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144912960","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Relationship of demographic variables with mental health conditions in a childhood sexual abuse sample in a Victorian sexual assault service","authors":"Susan Sim ,&nbsp;Helen Kambouridis","doi":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108519","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108519","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Childhood sexual abuse (CSA) is a prevalent problem with research indicating children and adolescents who experience sexual abuse are more vulnerable to negative life outcomes than those without such experience. Research has demonstrated associations of CSA with a range of negative outcomes, such as mental healthproblems, drug and alcohol abuse, suicide, self-harming, poor education attainment, poor partner relationships, physical health dysfunctions, and unstable employment.</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>The current study aimed to fill in a gap in knowledge regarding the relationship between the demographic risk factors of CSA on mental health conditions, using a hospital-based data of 11 years. This is the first data mining study conducted in Victoria.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Eleven years of public hospital data, data mining was employed to review the electronic medical records of this vulnerable population that had experienced CSA and trauma. The number of children and adolescents in the sample was 1932.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Findings showed that experiencing a mental health condition was associated with six of the studied demographic variables: CSA (OR = 2.01), Disability (OR = 1.79), an experience of Family/Domestic violence (OR = 1.6), older children (OR = 1.19), living in Kinship/Foster Care (OR = 0.63) and the female Gender (OR = 0.63).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Findings contribute to international research on the understanding of the impact of CSA. Knowledge of these risk factors may be helpful in shaping the provision of better treatment of the mental health conditions which can result from CSA..</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48428,"journal":{"name":"Children and Youth Services Review","volume":"178 ","pages":"Article 108519"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144996715","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Co-producing service experiences for transition-age youth in foster care: Exploring the connection between transitional independent living plan development and independent living service usage","authors":"Sunggeun (Ethan) Park ,&nbsp;Nathanael J. Okpych ,&nbsp;Justin S. Harty ,&nbsp;Mark E. Courtney","doi":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108550","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108550","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In the U.S. foster care system caseworkers are charged with preparing older adolescents unlikely to be reunified with their families or be adopted for independent adulthood. An important tool is the transitional independent living plan (TILP), which involves collaboratively engaging transition-age youth in planning for their future, identifying goals, and determining service needs. The TILP guides which Independent Living Services (ILS) the youth may receive. Depending on the youth’s goals and needs, ILS may include training and support in education, career, parenting, and other areas. Past research on this topic has focused on the availability and effectiveness of ILS and TILP planning. Less is known about whether the frequency of TILP engagement is associated with ILS use. Using administrative data and representative longitudinal survey data, we examine the relationship between TILP development and ILS utilization patterns among older youth in California foster care. Our results show that youth developed less than one TILP per year, used about one ILS monthly, and used four different types of ILS while in care. Our regression results demonstrate that youth with more TILP engagement were expected to use more ILS and a broader range of ILS. Our results also highlight associations between the county’s administrative contexts and the youths’ ILS utilization patterns. Our study offers rare empirical evidence that underscores the importance of regularly co-producing future plans with youth, training caseworkers to work collaboratively with youth in decisions about their lives, and reducing between-county variation in TILP and ILS practices.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48428,"journal":{"name":"Children and Youth Services Review","volume":"178 ","pages":"Article 108550"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144908565","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"“Like shooting fish in a barrel:” recruitment into sex trafficking in emergency shelters for youth experiencing homelessness","authors":"Amanda Noble ,&nbsp;Jessica Rogers ,&nbsp;Naomi Thulien ,&nbsp;Megan Julian ,&nbsp;Roxanne Korpan ,&nbsp;Catherine Stockall ,&nbsp;Raven Mann","doi":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108552","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108552","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Youth experiencing homelessness often possess a ‘perfect storm’ of risk factors which traffickers exploit to lure and recruit them into sex trafficking. Despite this, little research has investigated how to prevent youth experiencing homelessness from being trafficked, including in the spaces that are meant to provide respite to them, such as emergency shelters. This paper utilizes findings from 23 semi-structured interviews with survivors of sex trafficking to investigate how and why the experience of homelessness among young people increases their vulnerability to being trafficked and how service providers can reduce the risk of this happening. The results show that traffickers actively target youth experiencing homelessness in shelters by posing as residents, sending others inside to pose as residents and loitering in the areas outside shelters to find potential victims. Qualitative analysis yielded two central themes that, when combined, make shelters attractive and effective spaces for traffickers: individual-level targeting factors among young people and elements of the emergency shelter system. The individual-level factors identified were isolation and loneliness, the need for safety, a lack of basic needs and the experience of homelessness. The emergency shelter factors included large physical spaces with numerous residents, a lack of staff training and awareness, the staff’s demeanour and approach, and various policies and procedures that have unintentional consequences. Mindfully designing and monitoring the spaces, policies and procedures within emergency shelters, and ensuring staff are trauma-informed and trained on the issues of sex trafficking can mitigate the risk of traffickers luring young people onsite. Interventions that support socio-economic inclusion and create supportive relationships with family and communities of belonging should be prioritized by service providers.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48428,"journal":{"name":"Children and Youth Services Review","volume":"179 ","pages":"Article 108552"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-08-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145019989","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Untreated ADHD contributes to the school-to-prison pipeline and related racial disparities","authors":"Andrea L. Glenn,&nbsp;Olivia K. Thompson,&nbsp;Taylor KL. Mosley","doi":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108551","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108551","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is often perceived as over-diagnosed, yet many youth remain unidentified or inadequately treated. We propose that untreated ADHD is a root cause in the developmental trajectory of antisocial behavior for many youth and is a significant contributor to the school-to-prison pipeline. ADHD is strongly associated with executive functioning deficits, poor academic achievement, peer rejection, experiencing abuse and neglect, and strained relationships with parents and teachers, all of which are established risk factors for delinquency. Further, racial disparities in the diagnosis and treatment of ADHD may contribute to the racial disparities in the criminal justice system. Rather than relying on exclusionary discipline practices within schools, or involving the juvenile justice system, we emphasize that improved identification, diagnosis, and treatment of ADHD, particularly among marginalized populations, may substantially reduce antisocial behavior and divert youth from the school-to-prison pipeline and associated racial inequities.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48428,"journal":{"name":"Children and Youth Services Review","volume":"178 ","pages":"Article 108551"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-08-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144903785","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Predictors of help-seeking intention among young people: a Common-Sense Model based study","authors":"Hau Nguyen ,&nbsp;Michelle-Louise Conway ,&nbsp;Daraine Murphy ,&nbsp;Aoife Brady ,&nbsp;Eilis Hennessy","doi":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108549","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108549","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Mental health difficulties are prevalent among young people yet help-seeking remains low. The Common-Sense Model, widely applied in physical health, may help explain young people’s perceptions of mental health challenges and their intentions to seek help.</div></div><div><h3>Objectives</h3><div>This study explored the role of illness perceptions and gender in the relationship between distress severity and help-seeking intentions. Specifically, it examined whether illness perceptions mediate this relationship and whether gender moderates these effects, either directly or via the mediated pathways, if any.</div></div><div><h3>Method</h3><div>A total of 280 young people in Ireland participated in the study. Mediation and moderation analyses were conducted to assess the indirect effect of distress severity on help-seeking intentions through illness perceptions and the moderating effect of gender.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Two illness perception dimensions—consequence and treatment control—fully mediated the distress severity—help-seeking relationship. Gender did not moderate either the direct or indirect pathways. Self-stigma significantly and negatively related to help-seeking intention in the mediation model.</div></div><div><h3>Discussion</h3><div>The findings suggest that mental health interventions might benefit from including information about the negative consequences of untreated mental health difficulties and emphasising treatment efficacy, while stigma interventions are crucial to promoting help-seeking intention.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48428,"journal":{"name":"Children and Youth Services Review","volume":"178 ","pages":"Article 108549"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144902221","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}