Childhood Left-Behind Experience and Employment Quality of New-Generation Migrants in China

Jianbo Liu, Xiaodong Zheng, Marie Parker & Xiangming Fang - Population Research and Policy Review

This is the first study that empirically investigates the associations between left-behind experience in childhood and the quality of employment in adulthood for young rural-to-urban migrants in China, a population known as new-generation migrants.

The mediating mechanism between psychological resilience and mental health among left-behind children in China

Xinyi Zhao, Fang Fu, Luqing Zhou - Children and Youth Services Review

This study examined the mediating effect of psychological trait resilience on the relationship between protective factors from social network and self-esteem/depression of the left-behind children in China.

Constructions of young migrants’ situations in kinship care in a Swedish suburb by social workers in a non-governmental organisation mentoring programme

Maria Moberg Stephenson, Åsa Källström - Qualitative Social Work

The aim of this study is to explore how the social workers employed at a non-governmental organisation mentoring programme construct young migrants’ situations in kinship care in a Swedish suburb, and if and how these constructions change during the course of the programme.

Caregiver‐endorsed strategies to improving sexual health outcomes among foster youth

Katie Albertson, Julia M. Crouch, Wadiya Udell, Allison Schimmel‐Bristow, Jessica Serrano, Kym R. Ahrens - Child & Family Social Work

For this study, the researchers conducted 11 semistructured focus groups with 86 foster and kinship caregivers in three child welfare jurisdictions to understand their strategies for monitoring and communicating with youth in foster care around sexual health topics, with the overall goal of developing a training for caregivers to reduce STI and unintended pregnancies among youth in foster care.

Suicidal behaviour in transition‐aged youth with out‐of‐home care experience: Reviewing risk, assessment, and intervention

Colleen C. Katz, Danielle Busby, Chelsey McCabe - Child & Family Social Work

The purpose of the current study is to highlight the rates of suicidal ideation and behaviour in youth with out‐of‐home care experience, illuminating the empirical risk factors that may increase their vulnerability.

The education of children in care and children in need: Who falls behind and when?

Ian Sinclair, Nikki Luke, John Fletcher, Aoife O'Higgins, Steve Strand, David Berridge, Judy Sebba, Sally Thomas - Child & Family Social Work

This study aimed to explain the development of the educational gap between children in “out‐of‐home care” (CLA), children deemed in social need (CIN), and other pupils.

Study of the Differential Consequences of Neglect and Poverty on Adaptive and Maladaptive Behavior in Children

Carlos Herruzo, Antonio Raya Trenas, María J. Pino and Javier Herruzo - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

The objective of this study was to compare the effects of poverty and physical neglect on the development of problematic externalizing and internalizing behaviors, adaptive skills, and school problems among school children between the ages of 3 and 12.

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