Support needs and satisfaction of Flemish foster parents in long-term foster care: Associated characteristics of foster children, foster parents and foster placements

Johan Vanderfaeillie, Laura Gypen, Delphine West, Frank Van Holen - Children and Youth Services Review

This study aims at identifying characteristics of foster children, foster parents and foster placements associated with low satisfaction and high support needs.

Foster and kinship carer experiences of accessing healthcare: A qualitative study of barriers, enablers and potential solutions

Karen Mclean Conceptualisation, Jessica Clarke, Dorothy Scott, Harriet Hiscock, Sharon Goldfeld - Children and Youth Services Review

This paper explores the experiences of Victorian foster and kinship carers accessing timely health assessment and ongoing healthcare for a child placed in their care; identifying barriers and enablers.

Voices about foster care: The value of trust

Janna C. Heyman, Linda White-Ryan, Peggy Kelly, G. Lawrence Farmer, Tara Linh Leaman, Henry J. Davis - Children and Youth Services Review

This qualitative study utilized the experiential voices of current and former youth in foster care, caregivers, and agency staff to broaden the understanding of the needs of youth with foster care histories, as well as provide a contextual lens for exploring potential risk factors leading to homelessness.

Loneliness, non-suicidal self-injury, and friendship quality among Chinese left-behind adolescents: The role of parent-child cohesion

Quanquan Wang, Hui Wang, Xia Liu - Journal of Affective Disorders

Based on the life history theory and the interpersonal function model of non-suicidal injury (NSSI), this study aimed to examine the positive impact of loneliness on friendship quality via NSSI among left-behind adolescents.

Disrupting the disruption cycle - a longitudinal analysis of aggression trajectories, quality of life, psychopathology and self-efficacy in closed youth residential care

Nina Kind, David Bürgin, Vera Clements, Marc Schmid - Children and Youth Services Review

This study investigated if changes in quality of life (QoL), psychopathological symptoms and perceived self-efficacy predict aggressive behavior trajectories in youths with clinical aggression levels living in closed youth residential care in Germany.

Longitudinal Analysis of Need-Service Matching for Substance-Involved Parents in the Child Welfare System

Yu-An Lin, Donald Hedeker, Joseph Ryan, Jeanne C. Marsh - Children and Youth Services Review

The study documents the impact of the need-service gap (client did not receive the service they need) on family reunification status among substance-involved parents in the child welfare system.

Interventions for youth aging out of foster care: A state of the science review

Johanna K. P. Greeson, Antonio R. Garcia, Fei Tan, Alexi Chacon, Andrew J. Ortiz - Children and Youth Services Review

Using a scoping review framework, the authors of this study sought to take stock of the state of the science of the programs and interventions (PIs) currently available for young people who age out of foster care.

Risk for Substance Use Disorders in young adulthood: Associations with developmental experiences of homelessness, foster care, and adverse childhood experiences

Howard B. Moss, Shaokui Ge, Evan Trager, Madeline Saavedra, Margaret Yau, Ijeoma Ijeaku, Deborah Deas - Comprehensive Psychiatry

This study examined the impact of homelessness, foster care, and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) prior to 12th grade on the development of three common Substance Use Disorders (SUDs) during young adulthood