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{"title":"Nonlinear child protection intervention and child population density: A prevalence study","authors":"Tonino Esposito ,&nbsp;Johanna Caldwell ,&nbsp;Martin Chabot ,&nbsp;Nico Trocmé ,&nbsp;Sonia Hélie ,&nbsp;Barbara Fallon","doi":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108287","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108287","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div><strong>Background:</strong> Prior studies suggest that numerous variables such as service availability, socioeconomic vulnerability, and other features of the contexts around families may account for clustering of child protection cases in certain areas. Notions of “spatial equity” prompt us to inquire about CP involvement across differently populated geographies. <strong>Objective</strong>: This study aims to illustrate whether child population density plays a significant role in the likelihood of childhood prevalence of involvement in the child protection system. <strong>Participants and Setting</strong>: This study draws from administrative CP data spanning 2000 to 2017 across 10,640 Census Dissemination Areas (DAs) of Quebec, the most socially progressive jurisdiction in North America where many family-oriented services and income transfers are universal. <strong>Methods</strong>: Using cumulative risk life table analyses, we calculate actual prevalence rates of confirmed CP reports, findings of a child’s security or development being compromised (SDC), and placement out of the home. Results were presented according to geographic tiers defined by their child population density. <strong>Results</strong>: Results show that children in the lowest population density tier experienced the highest prevalence of CP involvement (19.6% confirmed report, 12.4% SDC, 6.9% placement). The second highest prevalence rates were found in the highest population density tier (15.3% confirmed report, 9.6% SDC, 6.2% placement). The middle density tier fell below average with the lowest rates (12.4% confirmed report, 7.1% SDC, 3.9% placement). <strong>Conclusions</strong>: The findings suggest that there is a nonlinear relationship between population density and prevalence of child protection involvement. We propose that this may relate to availability, accessibility, and appropriateness of both formal services and informal supports, as well as demographic patterns of socioeconomically vulnerable, Indigenous, and Black children living in certain areas of the province. Findings should prompt further inquiry into mechanisms of risk across regions to inform prevention policy.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48428,"journal":{"name":"Children and Youth Services Review","volume":"172 ","pages":"Article 108287"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143864821","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 relationship between content and types of personal values and depression in Chinese adolescents","authors":"Xu Wang ,&nbsp;Ni Zhu ,&nbsp;Mingchen Wei ,&nbsp;Shuai Chen ,&nbsp;Yanling Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108281","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108281","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The relationship between personal values and depression in Chinese adolescents remains unclear. This study aims to explore the relationship between the content and types of personal values and depression in Chinese adolescents by combining variable-centered and person-centered research perspectives, while also examining gender differences. A total of 3517 adolescents (Male: 2017, <em>M</em>_age = 15.09) completed the Chinese version of the Revised Portrait Value Questionnaire and the Patient Health Questionnaire-9. The results from the variable-centered approach revealed that: (1) Openness to Change and Self-Transcendence values in Chinese adolescents were not related to depression, Self-Enhancement values were positively related to depression, and Conservation values were negatively related to depression. (2) The results for boys were similar to those for the overall sample; for girls, Openness to Change and Conservation values were negatively related to depression, while Self-Enhancement and Self-Transcendence values were positively related to depression. The results from the person-centered approach showed that the personal value types of Chinese adolescents could be divided into four categories: Self-focus, Other-focus, Anxiety-free, and Undifferentiated. Among these, adolescents with Self-focus types had the highest levels of depression, while those with Other-focus types had the lowest levels of depression. The findings provide empirical evidence and strategies for cultivating personal values in Chinese adolescents and improving depression states.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48428,"journal":{"name":"Children and Youth Services Review","volume":"172 ","pages":"Article 108281"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143834032","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":"Cyberbullying and cyberhate as an overlapping phenomenon among adolescents in Estonia and Spain: Cross-cultural differences and common risk factors","authors":"Dra.María Reneses ,&nbsp;Mari-Liisa Parder ,&nbsp;María Riberas-Gutiérrez ,&nbsp;Dra.Nereida Bueno-Guerra","doi":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108285","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108285","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We present research conducted in the framework of the European project H2020 RAYUEALA on cybercrime and minors with the aim of analyzing the prevalence of and relationship between cyberbullying and online hate speech among adolescents in two different areas of Europe (Spain −South- and Estonia −North-).</div><div>We implemented a representative survey in the region of Madrid (Spain, n = 682) and Estonia (n = 415) with a stratified probability sampling method. We analysed frequencies together with a bivariate analysis and logistic regression.</div><div>The results show a similar general prevalence in cyberbullying victimization, but online insults were more common in Estonia and account takeover and exclusion from a group were more common in Spain. However, online insults, racism, and LGTBIphobia had a higher difference in perpetration prevalence in Estonia. While common risk factors for victimization were being a female, being LGTBI, and spending more than three hours online, the leading risk factor for perpetrating was being male. Finally, there was strong overlap between being a cyberbullying and a cyberhate offender.</div><div>We suggest some potential explanations for these differences: the extent of technological implementation in the region and the time spent online, information provided in the school and at home, and culturally predominant racism and LGTBphobia. The overlap between being a cyberbullying and a cyberhate offender, the gender- and sexual orientation-related risk factors, and the regional differences in prevalence show the importance of addressing the social and cultural aspects of online violence and the importance of social inequalities and power imbalance.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48428,"journal":{"name":"Children and Youth Services Review","volume":"172 ","pages":"Article 108285"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143860212","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 history of safeguarding disabled children from 1840 to 1960 in the Republic of Ireland","authors":"Susan Flynn","doi":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108280","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108280","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This article provides a history of safeguarding of disabled children between 1840 and 1960 in the Republic of Ireland. Therein, safeguarding involves direct and indirect measures undertaken to promote the safety and welfare of disabled children in need of protection. Two distinct subphases of history are addressed. The first is a period characterised by informal familial care versus segregated institutional care. Within this, institutional care operated under medical, religious and philanthropic discourses and auspices. The second is a historical period when newfound State intervention toward inclusion and progression was evident. This period saw institutionalisation reach its most staggering peaks, only to sharply decline in the wake of revelations about widespread institutional care. The article focuses on key changes, across these phases, to child protection and welfare policy and practice in Ireland for disabled children. The central argument is that the Church, the State and the immediate family have had varying roles in safeguarding disabled children, in the context of a lack of evidence of any significant community and societal involvement. This argument is substantiated by and emergent from accounts of history. To elaborate upon the sustaining reasons for this proposition, an affirmative model of disability is applied in discussion, to theoretically consolidate learning from the past. In concluding, the article emphasises the importance of history as a rich source of wisdom for future excellence in policy and practice.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48428,"journal":{"name":"Children and Youth Services Review","volume":"172 ","pages":"Article 108280"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143843780","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":"How adverse childhood experiences relate to subjective vitality: The half-longitudinal role of loneliness","authors":"Ezgi Güney Uygun ,&nbsp;Seher Merve Erus ,&nbsp;Begüm Satıcı","doi":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108269","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108269","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) may negatively impact individuals’ ability to establish and maintain social relationships, leading to an increase in feelings of loneliness. Loneliness, in turn, can negatively affect subjective vitality by reducing an individuals’ life satisfaction and overall sense of well-being. Earlier research has also emphasized that ACEs can affect the quality of social relationships and contribute to feelings of loneliness. Therefore, ACEs can increase an individual’s sense of loneliness and, as a result, reduce subjective vitality. This study explored the mediating role of loneliness in the relationship between ACEs and subjective vitality. The study sample consists of 322 individuals with an average age of 26.19. The data were obtained through self-report questionnaires and examined using cross-lagged structural equation modeling. Findings from the cross-lagged panel model within a half-longitudinal framework highlighted that loneliness significantly mediated the association between ACEs and vitality. The results suggest that high levels of loneliness reduce the subjective vitality of individuals with ACEs. Consequently, adults’ vitality may be hindered by ACEs as well as loneliness and the absence of social relationships. It is possible to deduce that functional social relationships can be seen as a remedial factor for adults with ACEs, and as feelings of loneliness decrease, their subjective vitality is likely to improve.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48428,"journal":{"name":"Children and Youth Services Review","volume":"172 ","pages":"Article 108269"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143823688","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":"Bridging success: How institutional adults can support system involved youth and young adults in pursuing post-secondary vocational education and career pathways","authors":"Astraea Augsberger,&nbsp;Mary Elizabeth Collins,&nbsp;Sruti Mohanty","doi":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108282","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108282","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Supportive relationships can facilitate educational and vocational goals for youth and young adults. Formal systems, such as child welfare, juvenile justice and mental health, acknowledge the importance of social support however limited research has been focused on the types of support youth and young adults receive from institutional adults when pursuing post-secondary vocational education (PSVE) and career pathways. Through qualitative interviews with 16 young adults formerly involved in the child welfare, juvenile justice and/or mental health system who are currently enrolled in PSVE programs, this study examined the type of support they received from institutional adults when pursuing PSVE. Thematic analysis of interview data found that participants valued and actively sought out relationships with institutional adults, but did not always have access to academic or career support. Participants reported positive support from adults in PSVE settings that facilitated their academic and career goals. However, support from institutional adults in the child welfare, juvenile justice and mental health system was mixed. There is a need to build the capacity of formal youth serving systems to provide academic guidance and support around various educational and career paths, including recognizing PSVE programs as an educational option for some youth.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48428,"journal":{"name":"Children and Youth Services Review","volume":"173 ","pages":"Article 108282"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143868237","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":"“If you don’t have a place to call home, how can you have good health for yourself and your children?” perceptions of housing screening among families who have experienced homelessness","authors":"Mary-Genevieve Moisan ,&nbsp;Avik Chatterjee ,&nbsp;Marvin So ,&nbsp;Christine T. Ma ,&nbsp;Jacqueline A. Hart ,&nbsp;Sia Xiong ,&nbsp;Meghan R. Mason","doi":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108279","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108279","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>The adverse physical and mental health outcomes associated with experiencing homelessness are particularly complex within family units, as poor caregiver health has a spillover effect on children’s health and development. One proposed strategy to facilitate early intervention is to incorporate screening for housing status in primary care settings, followed by connection to appropriate resources. To date, there has been limited research on how families who have experienced or are experiencing homelessness perceive screening for housing status in the primary care setting.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>To gather insights on the perceptions of screening for family housing instability in primary care settings, we interviewed 13 adult participants from four regions of the United States. (U.S.). All participants were primary caretakers (eg,. parents) of children under 18 years old and had experienced homelessness. Interviews were conducted by audio-only internet calls and included questions about participants’ lived experiences of homelessness, acceptability of housing screening in primary care settings and desired housing support services.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Key themes included support for housing screening during primary care visits, an understood link between housing and health, and a desire to be referred to housing services via healthcare sites.<!--> <!-->Some participants perceived housing screening as an invasion of privacy and were afraid or embarrassment about discussing housing with a provider.<!--> <!-->Other factors influencing views on housing screening included past experiences with housing screenings (positive or negative), confidence in a healthcare provider’s ability (or lack thereof) to help with housing, and participant trust in a given provider.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Study findings provide valuable insight into how housing screening in primary care settings is perceived by families who have experienced homelessness. Overall, participant views of housing screening in primary care settings were positive, but the presence of some negative perceptions, specifically around fear of screening and privacy concerns, warrant further consideration. Understanding the perceptions, opinions, beliefs, and underlying experiences around housing screening held by families who have experienced homelessness is essential to developing housing screening strategies that are acceptable and effective. This research summarizes valuable perspectives for primary care providers and settings to consider when developing best practices and screening protocols related to patients’ experiences of homelessness.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48428,"journal":{"name":"Children and Youth Services Review","volume":"173 ","pages":"Article 108279"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143896110","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":"“I’m the best dad ever, apart from being here”: An evaluation of the nurturing programme parenting intervention for fathers in a UK prison","authors":"Evelyn Hearne,&nbsp;Jane Harris,&nbsp;Zara Quigg","doi":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108284","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108284","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Parental imprisonment currently effects around 312,000 children in England and Wales, and is an adverse childhood experience associated with poorer outcomes in education and health. Parenting programmes are known to positively impact parent and child outcomes for families, however, the evidence on the impact of these within prisons is variable. This research reports on an evaluation of the Nurturing Programme for incarcerated fathers on a Family Intervention Unit in a Male UK prison. The Nurturing Programme is a 10-session parenting programme which aims to help parents and children live emotionally healthy lives, focusing on four main constructs: self-awareness, appropriate expectations, empathy, and positive discipline. The course was delivered over a five-week period (two sessions per week) for up to 12 men per course. The evaluation found that the programme had significant positive impact on the wellbeing of the fathers with strengthened family relationships and positive changes for children and partners in the home reported. Participants reported several positive outcomes from the programme including a statistically significant increase in self-reported wellbeing on the Warwick Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale. Future evaluation of The Nurturing Programme should continue using the following additional measures: 1) capturing quantitative changes in parenting style and skills; 2) measuring outcomes and perceptions of the programme for children and partners of fathers in prison; and 3) capturing longer term outcomes for fathers particularly following release from prison. These outcomes would make a valuable contribution to the sparse evidence on the effectiveness of parenting interventions in UK prisons.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48428,"journal":{"name":"Children and Youth Services Review","volume":"173 ","pages":"Article 108284"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143868199","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 educational and work progress of care experienced adults: The potential contribution of birth family adults over time","authors":"Robbie Gilligan ,&nbsp;Eavan Brady ,&nbsp;Laura Arnau-Sabatés","doi":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108277","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108277","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Education and work progress are central to long-term wellbeing across multiple domains; this is particularly so for young people who spent time in out-of-home care as children and may have experienced, and continue to experience, associated challenges on their journey in adulthood. Formative support in these areas is therefore particularly important for the progress of care experienced adults. While existing literature tends to emphasise professional or ‘formal’ support in relation to leaving care and the areas of education and work more specifically, there has been less attention to the potential contribution of birth family members in these domains. We suggest that this represents an important gap. In this conceptual paper, we draw on data gathered from two qualitative studies (n = 40) exploring education and work pathways of care-experienced adults (aged 23–36) in Ireland and Catalonia. Using case examples from these studies, we explore the potential contribution of adult birth family members (grandparents, parents, aunties, etc.) in the education and work progress of adult care leavers over time. In our conclusion, we will argue for greater research, policy and practice attention to the potential contributions of birth family members in supporting the work and education progress of care leavers. We will also emphasise that we are not claiming that such positive influence by birth family members is present in every case, but that its presence may be more meaningful among care leavers than is currently recognised.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48428,"journal":{"name":"Children and Youth Services Review","volume":"172 ","pages":"Article 108277"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143847354","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 thought disturbance and suicidal ideation within and across ethnoracial groups of juvenile legal system-involved youth","authors":"Elizabeth C. Thompson ,&nbsp;Kaitlin Sheerin ,&nbsp;Kara A. Fox ,&nbsp;Nazaret Suazo ,&nbsp;Anthony Spirito ,&nbsp;Kathleen Kemp","doi":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108283","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108283","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><div>Psychosis-spectrum symptoms are linked to markedly high risk for suicide among youth; however, the associations between these symptoms have not been well-explored in juvenile legal system (JLS)-involved youth or across Black and Hispanic/Latinx minoritized youth, who are overrepresented within the JLS.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Participants (<em>n</em> = 901, aged 10–18) were diverted youth who, upon JLS intake, completed the Massachusetts Youth Screening Inventory- 2 (MAYSI-2), which probes Thought Disturbance (TD), i.e. potential psychosis-spectrum symptoms, and Suicidal Ideation (SI). Linear regression examined the association between TD and SI. A series of two-way interactions tested whether the effect of TD on SI was moderated by sex within three ethnoracial groups: Black/non-Hispanic, Hispanic/Latinx, and White/non-Hispanic youth.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>TD was significantly associated with SI when controlling for demographics and other MAYSI-2 scales in a test of robustness. Significant TD x sex interactions were found in the Black/non-Hispanic and Hispanic/Latinx groups. TD was significantly associated with SI for White/non-Hispanic youth, Black/non-Hispanic females, and Hispanic/Latinx females. There was no significant association between TD and SI among Black/non-Hispanic and Hispanic/Latinx males.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Findings indicate that TD is a significant predictor of SI for some youth, and this scale may inform suicide risk assessment within a JLS setting.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48428,"journal":{"name":"Children and Youth Services Review","volume":"173 ","pages":"Article 108283"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143868961","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}