Pub Date : 2024-09-30DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.107948
Child neglect, a pervasive issue impacting numerous children globally, directly correlates with poorer behavioral outcomes. Drawing on data from 1043 middle and high school students in Jiangsu Province, this study investigates the impact of child neglect on the behavioral development of children in rural China. The stress process model was employed to examine the mediating roles of resilience and peer rejection, with gender as a moderator. Findings reveal that child neglect directly correlates with poorer behavioral development, with resilience and peer rejection serving as significant mediators in this relationship. The analysis further reveals that the effect of resilience on behavioral development is moderated by gender, being more pronounced in boys. By integrating the stress process model, this study enriches the theoretical discourse on child neglect and provides empirical evidence from a neglected demographic, emphasizing the need for nuanced, gender-specific policy and practice interventions. These insights underscore the necessity for targeted interventions that consider the unique challenges posed by child neglect, advocating for strategies that enhance resilience and effectively manage peer relationships.
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Pub Date : 2024-09-29DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.107940
Youth in low-resource communities have limited access to mental health (MH) services. This exploratory study reports community stakeholder feedback for stressors affecting youth MH and development of a volunteer-coach provided behavioral activation (BA) program for youth in a low-resource community. Eight focus groups with youth (n = 7) and adults (n = 35) were conducted during January-September 2023. Data analysis followed the inductive thematic analysis steps. Participants attributed the high prevalence of youth MH problems to high-pressure environment, lack of support, hopelessness about the future, and negative impact of social media. Youth participants expressed mistrust of MH professionals and were hesitant to endorse a volunteer-coached BA program. They stated the non-professionals will be better than professional therapists but mentioned the stigmatization of mental-health help-seeking and related fear of bullying. Adults were more supportive of the program but pointed out such practical barriers as lack of parental support and availability of youth time due to after-school extracurricular activities. Participants also provided suggestions to increase parents’ buy-in of the program. Stakeholder feedback illustrated multiple challenges for developing and implementing an evidence-based MH intervention program for youth in a low-resource community. MH literacy education and alleviation of stigma about MH help-seeking are essential steps.
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Pub Date : 2024-09-29DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.107941
Background
Over thirteen million people in the UK are currently living in poverty, and over four million are children (Department for Work and Pensions, 2022; Child Poverty Action Group, 2023). The Youth Futures Foundation (2021) argue that many young people do not have access to support or appropriate information to find employment or apply to further or higher education.
Objective
The purpose of this paper is to analyse young people’s experiences in a youth programme, adopting a Capabilities Approach (CA), to showcase how developing social and emotional learning (SEL) skills and competencies translates to tangible and powerful change in young people’s agency in their decisions.
Participants and Setting.
The research adopts a structured methodology focusing on the experiences of young people engaged in the programme in addition to parents, stakeholders and teachers. It investigated the benefits of the youth programmes, delivered across England and Wales in partnerships with other reputable organisations, for young people participating in the programme.
Methods
Thematic analysis was used to analyse data collected from semi-structured interviews and focus groups with 66 individual participants. This analysis led to the development of two themes: ‘improving young people’s confidence and aspiration’ and ‘preparing young people for the future’.
Results
Empowering young people through a programme developing SEL contributes to enhancing their capabilities, which is essential in preparing young people for transition from education to work. Adopting this type of approach requires innovation and flexibility to ensure challenges (for example, COVID-19) do not derail progress and, instead, contribute to the development of safe environments and secure relationships.
Conclusions
Organisations who create a safe space and offer long-term SEL support, give young people the confidence to interact, access opportunities outside of the classroom and put forward their views and set aspirations for their future. This promotes a capability approach, which illustrates the importance of providing young people with opportunities for repeated active involvement in activities (or interventions) in creating active citizens who understand/recognise their aspirations and worth.
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Pub Date : 2024-09-29DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.107946
This study aimed to explore the perceptions of Afghan women about existing and desired child and family services in Finland. Data was collected through interviews with 13 participants and was analyzed by Content analysis. From the perceptions expressed of the existing child and family services two themes emerged: I) Laws and Practices, and II) Providing Information. The point of view of the Afghan women on the desired child and family services were also identified in two themes: I) Increasing life skills and economic support, and II) Improving communication between service users and service providers. The social impact of this research is related to the acute need to strengthen family and children services for the welfare of immigrant children.
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Pub Date : 2024-09-26DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.107921
This article seeks to unveil Brazilian Public Policies in the establishment of norms, which in practice act as mechanisms of violence and social exclusion, and are not welcoming to those who are socially marginalized. A qualitative analysis with documental bias revealed Education and Socioeducation actions through secondary source documents, namely, the Individual Service Plan (o Plano Individual de Atendimento − PIA). Four thematic markers were identified which deal with school, work, gender and family. The results revealed that the absence of a political-economic structure can generate family disorders which negatively impact school performance, concluding that the variables are related to the offending behavior of adolescents.
本文试图揭示巴西在制定规范方面的公共政策，这些规范实际上充当了暴力和社会排斥的机制，并不欢迎那些被社会边缘化的人。通过二手资料文件，即个人服务计划（o Plano Individual de Atendimento - PIA）进行的带有文件偏见的定性分析揭示了教育和社会教育行动。确定了四个主题标记，分别涉及学校、工作、性别和家庭。研究结果表明，政治经济结构的缺失会导致家庭失调，从而对学习成绩产生负面影响。
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Pub Date : 2024-09-25DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.107939
Social workers in child welfare practice encounter dilemmas, tensions, contradictions, ambiguities, and ambivalence as they attempt to meet the competing demands of the Tri-sphere — the formal child welfare system, the professional theories and values guiding practice, and the child welfare service recipients. This study explored how these encounters result in worker burnout and how that is managed. The study used a constructivist grounded theory approach. Data were collected in St. John’s, NL, Canada, employing in-depth individual interviews with 18 frontline child welfare social workers. Findings reveal that child welfare social workers regularly experience varied feelings and emotions of burnout and utilize a variety of self-care strategies to manage. Recommendations include a call for child welfare agencies to provide opportunities for workers to feel heard and acknowledged about any negative feelings and emotions, strengthen positive peer supports, and promote essential self-care practices such as offering reduced membership cost for physical activities.
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Pub Date : 2024-09-24DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.107927
Child maltreatment affects millions of children internationally every year. Development is negatively impacted by maltreatment increasing the likelihood of maladaptive behaviours. Associations between child maltreatment and suicidal behaviour and suicide in young people has been established. However, there is a research gap in understanding effective ways to respond to and intervene with suicidal behaviour in young people who have experienced child maltreatment. A scoping review was conducted in accordance with the Joanna Briggs Institute methodology to investigate interventions that may be effective in preventing and reducing suicidal behaviours in young people who have experienced child maltreatment. Inclusion criteria were studies: (a) of children and young people who engage in suicidal behaviour and have experienced child maltreatment; (b) published in English during the time period 2000–2020; and (c) focused on responses and interventions to prevent or address suicidal behaviour. Across 37 studies, several intervention targets were identified through reflexive thematic analysis including cultivation of self-compassion, gratitude and future orientation, alleviation of depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and psychological distress and addressing cognitive errors and negative views of the self. Screening and clear assessment of suicidal risk by health professionals and child welfare professionals was endorsed across studies. Several evidence-based treatments were proposed to support intervening with this client group, although only Emotional Intelligence Therapy (EIT) was empirically tested with this population. Utilisation of safe systems that the child or young person is in may be beneficial in addressing and reducing suicidal behaviour, such as inclusion of families, peers and the implementation of school-based interventions strategies. Future research is needed to empirically test and assess the effectiveness of interventions.
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Pub Date : 2024-09-24DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.107932
Physical violence against children is a widespread and grossly underreported phenomenon with substantial short and long-term negative consequences. In Latin America and the Caribbean, 43% of children under the age of 15 experience corporal punishment at home, yet reporting rates are alarmingly low. This paper aims to demonstrate how household data can be considered for a future predictive analytics model in Argentina. Based on the 2019–20 MICS survey we apply machine learning techniques to predict physical violence against children (understood as physical discipline) at the household level in Argentina. The scope and potential benefits of using predictive models in this context are assessed, as well as the main limitations and risks. The results suggest that, by analyzing the situation of the 30% of households with the highest risk scores, 43 out of 100 households in which children experience physical violence could be identified at an early stage.
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Pub Date : 2024-09-23DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.107931
The present paper evaluates the impact of a home visiting program aimed at training mothers in aspects of stimulation of their 0–3-year-old children in contexts of social vulnerability in the province of Santiago del Estero, Argentina. This program was carried out by the Asociación Civil Haciendo Camino (ACHC) with mothers participating in the program who were trained and supervised by health professionals within the framework of a comprehensive intervention. The evaluation was conducted through a difference-in-differences (DiD) method between a treatment group and a control group and two measurements over time with a six-month lapse of intervention. The measurements were made with the tool Ages & Stages Questionnaires, Third Edition (ASQ-3), which assesses five areas of child development. In addition, sociodemographic, socioeconomic and parenting aspects were surveyed to estimate heterogeneous effects. The results of the present study indicate that the program achieved positive and significant effects in three areas of child development (communication, fine motor skills and problem solving), and positive but not significant effects in two other areas (gross motor skills and personal-social development). Among the positive heterogeneous effects, the increase in the child’s age and the mother’s age in different dimensions of development under the effects of the reference program stand out. These results add evidence on the relevance of early childhood stimulation programs in contexts of social vulnerability.
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Pub Date : 2024-09-21DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.107938
Aims
Implementing maternal depression screening in child-serving programs can help ensure that more mothers receive mental health services. This study examined the implementation of universal maternal depression screening in community-based Head Start programs.
Methods
Quantitative and qualitative data were merged in a convergent mixed method design to assess four domains from the RE-AIM implementation science framework (Reach, Adoption, Implementation, and Maintenance). Qualitative data included interviews with stakeholders and meeting minutes from the implementation period. Quantitative data included intervention outcomes and administrative data.
Results
In terms of reach, 85% of eligible Head Start mothers were screened for depression, and English-speaking mothers were more likely to refuse screening than Spanish-speaking or bilingual mothers. Barriers to screening included lack of availability, stigma, privacy concerns, lack of interest, and lack of trust. In terms of adoption, all sites and staff adopted screening due to organizational mandates. In terms of implementation, there was wide variation in rates of positive screenings across staff completing the screening (ranging from 0% to 46%), and barriers included concerns about staff role and lack of training. In terms of maintenance, screening was not sustained after the study period due to organizational priorities and lack of buy-in from staff.
Conclusion
Universal maternal depression screening has the potential to reach low-income Head Start mothers, but additional efforts should be made to build staff capacity to engage mothers in screening.
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