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{"title":"Balancing equality and equity in decision-making practice: Using standardised tools in child welfare services","authors":"Marina Snipsøyr Sletten ,&nbsp;Ingunn Tollisen Ellingsen ,&nbsp;Catharina Bjørkquist ,&nbsp;Mónica López López","doi":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108206","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108206","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>There has been an increased use of standardised assessment tools in child welfare services, aiming to enhance the quality of decision-making and to ensure equality of practice. At the same time, standardisation has been criticised as undermining professional expertise and being unable to meet families’ individual needs. By focusing on the relationship between standardisation and professional practice, this paper examines how child welfare professionals balance principles of equity and equality in their assessments guided by a standardised tool. A qualitative design was chosen to explore these professionals’ knowledge perspectives and reflective practice when using a common standardised assessment tool in Norway. We used several qualitative data sources, including interviews, fieldwork and case documents from two local authorities. We interviewed 28 child welfare professionals, 22 case workers and six managers. The data were analysed using reflexive thematic analysis. The findings show that professionals adhere to the standardised tool to ensure objective and equal practice but also exercise professional expertise and discretion to ensure a tailored and equitable practice. Finally, facilitating a “sharing culture” to exchange views on the content of the tool is considered important when adopting the standardised assessment tool into practice. We conclude that standardisation alone does not guarantee equal and equitable practices. The use of standardised tools must be combined with discretionary practices. This calls for a flexible practice with a broadened knowledge base and a sharing culture that fosters critical reflection among professionals.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48428,"journal":{"name":"Children and Youth Services Review","volume":"172 ","pages":"Article 108206"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143579977","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Pathways from parental alienation to adolescent problem behaviors: A longitudinal study of parent-child attachment and emotion regulation","authors":"Kun-yan Wang ,&nbsp;Bing-Bing Lin ,&nbsp;Ying-hang Huang ,&nbsp;Xiang-kui Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108209","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108209","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Family environment significantly shapes adolescents’ development, with accumulating evidence suggesting that family risk factors predict adolescent problem behaviors. Research has established links between parental alienation behaviors and adolescent maladjustment, but the causal pathways and underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Methods: This longitudinal study employed three waves of data collection over two years to investigate how parental alienation behaviors influence adolescent problem behaviors through parent–child attachment and emotion regulation strategies. Participants were 815 Chinese adolescents from three middle schools in Jilin Province. Measures included the Parental Alienation Behaviors Scale, Parent-Child Attachment Scale, Emotion Regulation Strategies Scale, and Adolescent Problem Behaviors Scale. Results: (1) parental alienation behaviors significantly predicted adolescent problem behaviors; (2) the relationship between parental alienation behaviors and adolescent problem behaviors is mediated by parent–child attachment; (3) The relationship is also mediated by emotion regulation strategies (cognitive reappraisal, expressive inhibition); and (4) parent–child attachment and emotion regulation strategies demonstrated significant chain-mediating effects. Conclusion: This study advances our understanding of how parental alienation behaviors impact adolescent problem behaviors by identifying key mediating mechanisms. The findings illuminate the role of parent–child attachment and emotion regulation within Chinese cultural contexts while offering implications for prevention and intervention strategies targeting both internalizing and externalizing problems in adolescents.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48428,"journal":{"name":"Children and Youth Services Review","volume":"172 ","pages":"Article 108209"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143549792","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":"Exploring children and Adolescent́s experiences of a residential camp and the ambiguity of Reentering the everyday","authors":"Anne Louise Fink ,&nbsp;Freja Ekstrøm Nilou ,&nbsp;Tine Tjørnhøj-Thomsen","doi":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108208","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108208","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study explores the experiences of nineteen children and adolescents who attended a ten-week residential camp, Christmas Seal Homes, one to six years earlier. The Danish CSH program aims to enhance their physical, mental, and social health. Drawing from ritual theory, we examine their transformations during the program, which focused on community, food, and physical activities. We consider these transformations in the context of their life situations before and after the camp. Our findings indicate that the children experienced changes in habits, improved self-perception, and, in some cases, weight loss. However, transferring and sustaining these transformations to their familiar environments upon returning home proved challenging, as their social conditions at home remained unchanged. In the discussion, we draw on Hartmut Rosa’s concept of resonance to elaborate on the quality and potential of the social processes within the program.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48428,"journal":{"name":"Children and Youth Services Review","volume":"172 ","pages":"Article 108208"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143549791","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":"Enablers and barriers to acquiring and maintaining employment among care leavers in South Africa","authors":"Adrian D. van Breda","doi":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108204","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108204","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Transitioning from alternative care into young adulthood is a challenge for many care-leavers. Access to employment is one of their key milestones, but research shows that care-leavers struggle more than age-equivalent youth without care experience to acquire and maintain employment. However, research on the enablers of and barriers to employment for care-leavers is relatively scarce. This qualitative study describes the enablers and barriers to acquiring and maintaining employment. Qualitative interviews were conducted with 62 care-leavers, aged 15–27, from Girls and Boys Town South Africa. Enablers of acquiring work included mobilizing or creating networks, receiving support from the childcare agency, and job chaining, while barriers included personal issues, incomplete education, and COVID-19. Enablers of maintaining work included personal determination and interpersonal skills, while barriers included negative behavior, poor salaries and working conditions, and COVID-19. These findings suggest that care-leavers and their service providers can engage in a range of actions to enhance their chances of finding and maintaining employment.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48428,"journal":{"name":"Children and Youth Services Review","volume":"171 ","pages":"Article 108204"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143526605","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The prevalence of placement breakdown in foster care: A meta-analysis","authors":"Ellen M.A. Eltink ,&nbsp;Annemieke Waaijenberg ,&nbsp;Mitchel Broers ,&nbsp;Marinda van Anrooij ,&nbsp;Floor B. van Rooij ,&nbsp;Geert Jan J.M. Stams ,&nbsp;Mark Assink","doi":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108203","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108203","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Placement stability in foster care is of utmost importance for the development of foster children. However, foster children may experience placement breakdown. This meta-analysis estimates prevalences of placement breakdown in different types of foster care. A total of 47 studies that sampled 80.564 foster children were included. The overall prevalence of placement breakdown was estimated to be 26.26 %. Breakdown was more common in adolescents (34.23 %) than in younger children (16.26 %). The prevalence rate did not differ between general and therapeutic foster care and no evidence was found for prevalence differences across sex and ethnicity. Last, the prevalence rate of foster care breakdown was significantly higher in studies with longer assessment periods, in studies with retrospective study designs, and in studies based on file records compared to studies based on foster parents as informants. Given the substantial risks for adverse developmental outcomes following placement breakdown, it is discussed that future research investigating antecedents of breakdown is warranted.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48428,"journal":{"name":"Children and Youth Services Review","volume":"171 ","pages":"Article 108203"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143512267","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"“There may be a genetic tendency …”: How adoptive parents understand and communicate about substance use and risk behaviors with their adolescent children","authors":"Abbie E. Goldberg ,&nbsp;Laura Siracusa ,&nbsp;Sophie Shuster ,&nbsp;David Brodzinsky","doi":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108207","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108207","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>For adoptive parents, evaluating their children’s potential for risk-taking behaviors, such as substance use, may be complicated by both known and unknown elements of their children’s background, which may impact their children’s risk profile. Grounded in a framework that integrates concepts of uncertainty management and communicative openness, this study explores how 68 adoptive parents (25 lesbian mothers, 20 gay fathers, and 23 heterosexual parents) understand, and communicate with their early adolescent children about, such risks. Our qualitative analysis revealed that parents’ concerns related to their children’s substance abuse potential were often grounded in awareness of genetic risk factors and prenatal substance exposure, as well as their children’s mental health challenges and adoption-related loss. Parents articulated a variety of ways that they addressed risk-taking with their children, which ranged from instructive and information-focused to supportive approaches. Findings highlight how adoptive parents balance honesty about risks with fostering their children’s self-esteem and positive identity development. This study illuminates the complexities of adoptive parenting in terms of managing uncertainty and promoting adolescent well-being, and underscores the role of open and ongoing communication and emotional attunement in navigating these challenges.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48428,"journal":{"name":"Children and Youth Services Review","volume":"171 ","pages":"Article 108207"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143512281","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":"What happens after care? Investigating the post-care housing pathways and experiences of adult care leavers in Ireland","authors":"Emma O’Kane ,&nbsp;Eavan Brady","doi":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108181","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108181","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Accessing suitable and secure housing is central to the process of leaving out-of-home care, yet existing literature highlights the risk of many care leavers experiencing housing instability and homelessness when they exit care. This paper reports findings of a small-scale qualitative study exploring the post-care housing pathways and experiences of adult care leavers in Ireland. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with five care leavers, aged 24–35, in Ireland and analysed using thematic analysis. Findings illustrate the varied nature of the housing pathways of this small sample group. While some participants experienced housing instability upon leaving care, others experienced housing stability. The findings highlight the importance of informal supports in shaping housing experiences and the relevance of housing experiences in relation to other domains of life such as education, employment, and relationships.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48428,"journal":{"name":"Children and Youth Services Review","volume":"171 ","pages":"Article 108181"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143510172","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Differences in sexual behaviors between sexual minority and heterosexual female youth with a substance use disorder who are experiencing homelessness","authors":"Allen B. Mallory ,&nbsp;Jodi L. Ford ,&nbsp;Avery M. Anderson","doi":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108202","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108202","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The purpose of this study was to examine differences in risky and protective sexual behaviors between sexual minority (SM) and heterosexual female youth with a substance use disorder (SUD) who are experiencing homelessness (YEH). This study uses baseline data from four randomized clinical trials of substance use interventions for YEH between the ages of 12–24 with a substance use disorder (N = 469). Meta-analytic methods were used to aggregate data across studies to estimate differences in sexual risk and protective behaviors. Female SM-YEH had a younger age at first sex, greater risk of lifetime casual sex, were less likely to use contraception during their first sexual encounter, and greater risk of having a STI than heterosexual YEH. Among female SM-YEH, older age was associated with greater utilization of condoms due to concerns about HIV and using condoms the last time they had sex compared to their heterosexual peers. Female SM and heterosexual YEH with a SUD had many similarities in sexual risk and protective behaviors. However, differences between female SM and heterosexual YEH were mixed regarding who was at greater risk, suggesting their unique context may play a role in understanding engagement in risky and protective sexual behavior in addition to sexual orientation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48428,"journal":{"name":"Children and Youth Services Review","volume":"171 ","pages":"Article 108202"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143488391","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Group-based parenting programs implementation and facilitators’ perspectives: A systematic review and thematic synthesis","authors":"Rafaela Jürgensen,&nbsp;Elisa Rachel Pisani Altafim,&nbsp;Maria Beatriz Martins Linhares","doi":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108201","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108201","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The facilitators, person who delivers parenting programs, plays a central role in the implementation process. The present study aimed to systematically review the recent literature and analyze empirical articles examining facilitators’ perceptions, opinions, or behaviors related to the implementation and effectiveness of parenting programs. A search was performed in databases, including qualitative and quantitative empirical studies of group-based parenting programs for children’s caregivers, with facilitators included in the study sample. Twenty-six studies were reviewed. The results of the facilitators’ perspectives on parenting programs were summarized according to a thematic synthesis into three topics divided into sub-themes: program implementation (seven sub-themes: participants’ recruitment, engagement, and adherence; parents’ needs and flexibility; program content and strategies; organizational support; fidelity; feasibility; and adaptations; facilitators (three subthemes: changes in facilitators’ professional practice, training and supervision, and facilitators’ role, attitudes, and relationship with the participant); caregiver (two subthemes: benefits for parents and relationship among participants). The current systematic mixed methods review adds relevant information about the implementation process of parenting programs, highlighting the parameters of the programs’ quality and the facilitators‘ perspectives that could impact the effectiveness of interventions. Key recommendations for enhancing the parenting program implementation depend on various aspects, including the role of facilitators, who are crucial in managing participant engagement, ensuring program fidelity, and adapting content. Additionally, providing comprehensive training and support for facilitators and organizational support are crucial. In conclusion, these programs can offer benefits not only to parents and caregivers but also to the overall facilitators’ practice.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48428,"journal":{"name":"Children and Youth Services Review","volume":"171 ","pages":"Article 108201"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143520373","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":"A Mixed-Method Exploration of an emotion coaching approach within youth mentoring","authors":"Lindsey M. Weiler ,&nbsp;Haoran Zhou ,&nbsp;Jennifer L. Krafchick ,&nbsp;Toni S. Zimmerman ,&nbsp;Shelley A. Haddock ,&nbsp;Sophia Frank ,&nbsp;Briana Joseph ,&nbsp;Koren Mickelson","doi":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108200","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108200","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Emotion coaching is a relational co-regulation approach to meeting youth’s emotional needs that was first discovered in high quality parent–child relationships. The current study piloted this approach within a youth mentoring program and sought to determine the extent to which youth mentors considered emotion coaching to be feasible and useful. Participants included 88 adult mentors of 11-to-18-year-old youth in a 12-week site-based youth mentoring program. Mentors were trained in emotion coaching prior to the start of the program and during brief training sessions ahead of each weekly program session. A sequential mixed-method design was used and included pre- and post-program self-report surveys and post-program focus groups. Mentors rated emotion coaching as highly feasible, acceptable, appropriate, and effective. Mentor self-efficacy and emotion coaching significantly increased from pre- to post-program and emotion dismissing significantly decreased. Emotion coaching was associated with higher mentoring relationship quality, whereas emotion dismissing was associated with lower quality mentoring relationships. Mentors’ emotion dysregulation was related to greater emotion dismissing tendencies. No significant change was observed in mentors’ emotion dysregulation from pre- to post-program. Results from the focus groups corroborated these findings and offered suggestions for future training, including less rigidity in use of the emotion coaching approach, additional experiential learning opportunities, and continued ongoing support from experienced staff. Findings suggest that emotion coaching is an accessible strategy for youth mentors that should be evaluated further.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48428,"journal":{"name":"Children and Youth Services Review","volume":"171 ","pages":"Article 108200"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143471639","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}