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The aim of the study was to examine sex differences in self‐reported psychological distress, behavioural and emotional problems, and substance use in young people living in out‐of‐home care (OoHC) in metropolitan Melbourne, Australia.
"Christians are being urged to radically re-think their investment in overseas orphanages and consider giving instead to family-based forms of care," says this article from Christian Today.
In this piece for Christianity Today, Krish Kandiah writes about the Christian community's support for orphanages around the globe and how their well-meaning support has contributed to the separation of families and other negative impacts on the wellbeing of children.
This study used a qualitative research design to uncover female care-leavers’ experience of aftercare in Ethiopia in 2017.
This study examined whether global deficits in executive functioning (EF) mediate the association between severe childhood neglect and general v. specific psychopathology in adolescence. The sample consisted of 188 children from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project, a longitudinal study examining the brain and behavioral development of children reared in Romanian institutions and a comparison group of never-institutionalized children.
The goal of this study was to examine the contribution of natural mentoring to the improvement of life skills among youth in care in core areas of education, employment, and avoidance of risk behaviours while controlling for personal characteristics and placement history.
This article draws on national data and quantitative data from a study of ‘City’, a local authority in the north of England with a large Family Group Conference service.
This paper presents findings from a study conducted among 151 Israeli social workers, examining their perceptions on children's participation.
This paper describes one researcher’s reflections about their own engagement with participants of an evaluation of a parenting course.
This study examined foster parent physical and mental health over time.