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{"title":"Optimizing child protection systems: A systematic review of the literature on risk assessment practices","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.107876","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.107876","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Child maltreatment is a global phenomenon that has affected millions of children, with far-reaching consequences for their development. The assessment of risk has emerged as a fundamental and indispensable component within child protection services. Professionals should use safe and effective risk assessment practices, always prioritizing the best interests of the child. This systematic review aims to elucidate the prevailing risk assessment practices employed by professionals within the child protection systems. The systematic review followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines. Thirteen empirical studies were selected, featuring participants from diverse fields such as social services, health, psychology, and law enforcement. The professionals relied on a multifaceted approach, incorporating clinical judgment, professional expertise, actuarial risk assessment tools, individual interviews with children, adolescents, and family members, as well as the observation of familial dynamics. Moreover, intra- and interinstitutional collaboration played a pivotal role in the comprehensive evaluation of risk. Consequently, the discerned efficient practice appears to be a synergistic effort undertaken by a transdisciplinary team. This collaborative action encompasses the utilization of clinical judgment, augmented by the judicious administration of actuarial risk assessment instruments.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48428,"journal":{"name":"Children and Youth Services Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142095495","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":"Do screen time and social media use affect sleep patterns, psychological health, and academic performance among adolescents? evidence from bibliometric analysis","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.107886","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.107886","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Mobile phones are widely used in modern culture and are becoming increasingly prevalent due to their efficiency and convenience in our daily lives. In this age of technology, internet addiction has emerged as another health issue. This study aims to comprehend the relationships between social media use and sleep, psychological health, and academic performance during adolescence. We have followed the PRISMA (preferred reporting items for systematic review) guidelines for this review. We collected the data from three databases: SCOPUS, Web of Science, and Pub Med. From the 462 English language articles, 33 articles satisfied the inclusion and exclusion criteria and are considered for this bibliometric study. The findings reveal a significant correlation between social media use, sleep, psychological health, and adolescent academic performance.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48428,"journal":{"name":"Children and Youth Services Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142095501","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":"Perception of opinion leaders on society’s approach to early marriage: A phenomenological research","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.107883","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.107883","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><p>Early marriage remains a significant social issue worldwide, particularly in regions where cultural, religious, and socioeconomic factors intersect. Understanding the perspectives of opinion leaders, such as neighborhood headmen, imams, and guidance counselors, can offer valuable insights into the prevailing attitudes and practices surrounding early marriage within societies. This study aims to investigate in depth the perception of opinion leaders (neighborhood headmen, imams, guidance counselors) regarding society’s approach to early marriage.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>In this study, a phenomenological design from qualitative research methods was used. The study was conducted with five neighborhood headmen, seven imams, and six guidance counselors. The study’s data were collected through an “introductory information form,” and a “semi-structured interview form.”</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>As a result of the synthesis of the interviews, three main themes emerged. In our study, although neighborhood headmen and imams stated that early marriages in the area where they work have decreased compared to the past and are not encountered today, guidance counselors had different opinions on this issue.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>The findings of this study may contribute to future studies by emphasizing that imams, neighborhood headmen, and counselors should be more proactive in preventing early marriage.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48428,"journal":{"name":"Children and Youth Services Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142095498","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 long-term effect of childhood left-behind experiences on entrepreneurial activities in adulthood: Empirical evidence from China","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.107879","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.107879","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Although the issue of left-behind children has received academic attention, little is known about the potential long-term effect. This study was conducted in China, aiming to explore the impact of left-behind experiences in childhood on entrepreneurial activities in adulthood. The study design was quantitative and we used secondary data with samples from the China Labor-force Dynamic Survey. To mitigate potential endogeneity problems, we adopted the conditional mixed process approach with instrumental variable. The empirical results show that left-behind experiences decreased the likelihood of adulthood entrepreneurship, which is supported by some robustness tests. This negative impact can be partially explained by disadvantages in human capital and social networks as well as risk aversion. Moreover, we found that the exogenous shocks from <em>hukou</em> transfer and WTO accession weaken the negative impact of left-behind experiences and lack of entrepreneurship can further explain the income penalization effect of left-behind experiences. Our study provides new evidence for the life course theory and reveals the long-term adverse effects of left-behind experiences in childhood. Also, we shed light on safeguarding the welfare of left-behind children and young people with left-behind experiences.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48428,"journal":{"name":"Children and Youth Services Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142117424","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":"Assessing childhood community experiences","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.107851","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.107851","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Aims</h3><p>Community-level childhood experiences make up important aspects of early life that are associated with long-term health outcomes. However, to date, there have been no validated measures that assess community-level experiences during childhood. Thus, we aimed to develop and validate a measure that would assess community-level experiences associated with both risk and resilience.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>Data were collected from 577 undergraduate participants (68.7% female). Exploratory and confirmatory factor analytic strategies were used to examine the factor structure of the Childhood Community Experiences Scale (CCES) comprised of the Community Risk Scale and the Community Protective Scale. Convergent validity and predictive utility of the CCES with existing measures of individual risk and resilience and adult psychosocial functioning were also examined.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Results indicated a 5-factor solution for the Community Risk Scale and a 6-factor solution for the Community Protective Scale to fit the data best. Further, results suggest the convergent validity and predictive utility of the CCES with measures of adult psychosocial functioning.</p><p>This measure allows for a brief, self-report assessment that can be used to assess childhood community-level risk and protective factors.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48428,"journal":{"name":"Children and Youth Services Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142095500","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":"Household income mobility and adolescent subjective well-being in China: Analyzing the mechanisms of influence","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.107882","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.107882","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>The relationship between adult happiness and income has been a topic of extensive discussion. However, among children and adolescents, who are not directly engaged in economic activities, the relationship between household income over time and happiness is more complex and remains less explored.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>We used nationally representative data from the China Family Panel Study (CFPS) from 2012 to 2018. The analytic sample consisted of 3,607 Chinese adolescents aged 10 to 19 years in 2018. Using an ordinary least squares model, we investigated the associations of 2-year (2016–2018), 4-year (2014–2018), and 6-year (2012–2018) household income mobility (i.e., upward mobility and downward mobility) with adolescents’ subjective well-being (i.e., happiness and depression) in 2018. We further explored the potential mediating effects of parental care on these associations and whether they were moderated by adolescent age, adolescent sex, and initial household economic status.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>We found that upward mobility in household income was associated with decreased subjective well-being and parental care mediated this association. Furthermore, we found that the effects of upward mobility on adolescent subjective well-being varied by age, sex, and initial household economic status. Additionally, downward income mobility did not significantly impact adolescents’ subjective well-being.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>Our findings emphasized that economic progress and upward mobility should not come at the expense of parental care, as this would decrease adolescents’ subjective well-being. Collaboration between the government and families is crucial to address the conflicts between work and family responsibilities, ensuring that parents are available and supportive to their children.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48428,"journal":{"name":"Children and Youth Services Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142095492","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":"","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.107860","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.107860","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48428,"journal":{"name":"Children and Youth Services Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142095499","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 unintended consequence of school suspension: How school suspension impacted future grades and misconduct","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.107871","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.107871","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The goals of this study were to explore the mechanism via which school suspension leads to adverse academic and behavioral consequences. The author utilized the theoretical framework of general strain theory and assessed whether bonds with school, a prosocial bond preventing deviant outcomes, functioned as a mediator in the path between school suspension and students’ future performance. Based on four waves of longitudinal data of at-risk youth, the study employed structural equation modeling and bootstrapping methods to examine the nexus of suspension, perceived school environment, and adverse academic and behavioral outcomes. Findings revealed that school suspension deteriorated subsequent ratings of school environment among youth respondents. Further, an indirect effect between suspension and worsening of grades was observed and this indirect effect resulted in low ratings of school environment. Although suspension directly predicted future misconduct, no mediation effect of school environment was identified in this link. Implications for intervention programming are discussed.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48428,"journal":{"name":"Children and Youth Services Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142095493","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 influence of children’s immigration status on households with unauthorized parents","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.107887","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.107887","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study sought to examine children’s immigration status as predictors of immigration related psychological distress and poverty among household with unauthorized parents. Immigration related psychological distress included stressors associated with working in United States without legal working papers and living in constant fear of deportation. Poverty was assessed by looking into income-to-needs ratio. Children’s immigration status accounted for unique significant variance for poverty. The results indicated that households with unauthorized children were more likely to experience poverty than households with mixed-status children. Similarly, household with mixed status children were more likely to experience poverty than household with documented children. Although immigration-related psychological distress initially differed by children’s immigration status, these differences disappeared after accounting for the income-to-needs ratio, highlighting poverty as a key factor in this distress. The findings that households with unauthorized parents, regardless of their children’s immigration status, face higher poverty rates and that poverty drives immigration-related distress highlights the need for policies like DAPA, which could alleviate economic hardship and mental health challenges for these families.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48428,"journal":{"name":"Children and Youth Services Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142136379","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 social work practice with groups on adolescents’ delinquent behaviors at school: An experimental study from Turkey","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.107889","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.107889","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Purpose</h3><p>This study aims to determine the impact of social work with groups on adolescents’ tendency to delinquent behaviors at school.</p></div><div><h3>Method</h3><p>Initially, participants randomly assigned to the study were divided into two equal groups in terms of delinquent behaviors, forming the experimental and control groups of the research. The experimental group exclusively participated in a 10-session social work program with groups over a five-week period. Pre-tests and post-tests were administered to both groups. Data collection was conducted using a Personal Information Form and the Delinquent Behaviour Scale (DBS). Attendance forms, as well as pre, mid, and post-assessment forms, were also utilized for the experimental group. T-tests were employed to analyze the differences within and between the groups. The relationships among continuous variables were examined using correlation and linear regression analyses, while associations between categorical variables were tested using the Chi-Square test. SPSS was used as the tool for these analyses. Qualitative data from the pre, mid, and post-assessment forms were thematically analyzed using MAXQDA.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>The statistical analysis conducted at the end of the study revealed a significant decrease in delinquent behavior tendencies among the experimental group. In the experimental group, increasing levels of participation in sessions were associated with decreasing levels of tendency to delinquent behaviors. In the last assessment, the experimental group reported attainments that supported their behavioral change. No statistically significant difference was found in the tendency of the control group’s delinquent behavior. Although the level of the experimental group’s tendency to delinquent behavior was lower than the control group at the end of the study, this difference was not statistically significant.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>The findings derived from this investigation hold promise regarding the delinquent behaviors exhibited by adolescents in school settings. Conversely, due to the small sample size, this study should be considered a pilot. The effectiveness of the intervention needs to be tested in a more comprehensive study to obtain valid results applicable to a broader population.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48428,"journal":{"name":"Children and Youth Services Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142151853","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}