Pub Date : 2024-01-04DOI: 10.1177/10443894231217764
Ali Karababa
Hostility is a key dimension of parenting for adolescent outcomes. This study purposed to examine the predictive effect of maternal and paternal hostility on adolescents’ emotional problems and whether adolescent gender and age moderated this relationship. These aims were examined in a sample of 1,408 adolescents aged 11 to 18 years and their cohabiting mothers and fathers, with a total of 4224 Turkish participants. The findings demonstrated that maternal and paternal hostility were linked to adolescents’ emotional problems regardless of gender and age. In addition, girl adolescents exposed to maternal hostility reported more emotional problems than boys exposed to maternal hostility. Overall, adolescents’ age and gender did not moderate the relationship between parental hostility and adolescents’ emotional problems. As a result, parental hostility seemed to be an important risk factor for adolescents’ emotional problems.
{"title":"Maternal and Paternal Hostility and Adolescents’ Emotional Problems: The Moderated-Moderation Model by Gender and Age","authors":"Ali Karababa","doi":"10.1177/10443894231217764","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10443894231217764","url":null,"abstract":"Hostility is a key dimension of parenting for adolescent outcomes. This study purposed to examine the predictive effect of maternal and paternal hostility on adolescents’ emotional problems and whether adolescent gender and age moderated this relationship. These aims were examined in a sample of 1,408 adolescents aged 11 to 18 years and their cohabiting mothers and fathers, with a total of 4224 Turkish participants. The findings demonstrated that maternal and paternal hostility were linked to adolescents’ emotional problems regardless of gender and age. In addition, girl adolescents exposed to maternal hostility reported more emotional problems than boys exposed to maternal hostility. Overall, adolescents’ age and gender did not moderate the relationship between parental hostility and adolescents’ emotional problems. As a result, parental hostility seemed to be an important risk factor for adolescents’ emotional problems.","PeriodicalId":502665,"journal":{"name":"Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services","volume":"11 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139386321","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-01-04DOI: 10.1177/10443894231203416
J. Cheung, Wallace Wai-hung Tsang, Potato Kai-Yin Yu, De-Ming Yuen
This exploratory study examined whether the kindergarten PLAYBAG intervention protocol administered for parents and children during the pandemic in Hong Kong could generate positive outcomes in embracing play freedom, fostering positive parent–child relationships, and promoting parents’ mental health. Self-administrated questionnaires were used to generate quantitative data before and after the distribution of the PLAYBAG intervention protocol. A total of 32 parents who completed both the pre-test and post-test were investigated regarding the outcomes of PLAYBAG. Recommendations from the study suggest enhancing the PLAYBAG protocol to address the specific needs of parents from different socio-economic backgrounds and help resolve the difficulties experienced by parents in engaging in free play with their children. Consideration should also be given to empowering children’s voices in the co-creation of a free play environment.
{"title":"Promoting Free Play in Families Using the Kindergarten PLAYBAG Intervention in Hong Kong: An Exploratory Study","authors":"J. Cheung, Wallace Wai-hung Tsang, Potato Kai-Yin Yu, De-Ming Yuen","doi":"10.1177/10443894231203416","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10443894231203416","url":null,"abstract":"This exploratory study examined whether the kindergarten PLAYBAG intervention protocol administered for parents and children during the pandemic in Hong Kong could generate positive outcomes in embracing play freedom, fostering positive parent–child relationships, and promoting parents’ mental health. Self-administrated questionnaires were used to generate quantitative data before and after the distribution of the PLAYBAG intervention protocol. A total of 32 parents who completed both the pre-test and post-test were investigated regarding the outcomes of PLAYBAG. Recommendations from the study suggest enhancing the PLAYBAG protocol to address the specific needs of parents from different socio-economic backgrounds and help resolve the difficulties experienced by parents in engaging in free play with their children. Consideration should also be given to empowering children’s voices in the co-creation of a free play environment.","PeriodicalId":502665,"journal":{"name":"Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services","volume":"63 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139450526","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-01-03DOI: 10.1177/10443894231218021
Angelique Day, Cristina Mogro-Wilson
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Pub Date : 2024-01-03DOI: 10.1177/10443894231212546
Sarah Balser, Ashley Withrow, Liat R. Johnson, Caroline Duke Chaikin
Restorative justice (RJ) has been applied to intimate partner violence (IPV) cases, but some question whether RJ is appropriate for IPV. This review is the first to focus on qualitative research on how RJ is interpreted and used in IPV cases in the United States. Six articles met the inclusion criteria. Findings indicated that RJ is used with the criminal legal system (CLS), initiated by the victim, and is not community-oriented. Concerns for victims being harmed or retraumatized were not supported in RJ processes happening in relation to the CLS, with some providers highlighting the importance of facilitation training and techniques. Additional research is needed to explore RJ processes and their relationship to the CLS for IPV.
{"title":"Restorative Justice in Cases of Intimate Partner Violence in the United States: A Metasynthesis","authors":"Sarah Balser, Ashley Withrow, Liat R. Johnson, Caroline Duke Chaikin","doi":"10.1177/10443894231212546","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10443894231212546","url":null,"abstract":"Restorative justice (RJ) has been applied to intimate partner violence (IPV) cases, but some question whether RJ is appropriate for IPV. This review is the first to focus on qualitative research on how RJ is interpreted and used in IPV cases in the United States. Six articles met the inclusion criteria. Findings indicated that RJ is used with the criminal legal system (CLS), initiated by the victim, and is not community-oriented. Concerns for victims being harmed or retraumatized were not supported in RJ processes happening in relation to the CLS, with some providers highlighting the importance of facilitation training and techniques. Additional research is needed to explore RJ processes and their relationship to the CLS for IPV.","PeriodicalId":502665,"journal":{"name":"Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services","volume":"104 18","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139387987","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-12-30DOI: 10.1177/10443894231210897
K. Asakura, Katherine Occhiuto, Sarah Tarshis, R. Gheorghe, Sarah Todd
The use of simulation (i.e., trained actors) has gained much attention in social work as a method of teaching, learning, and student assessment. Simulation has also been used in medicine as a research method in studying practice competencies. The use of simulation as a part of research design is relatively new in social work. Particularly, little is known about how simulations can be combined with well-established qualitative research methods. We posit that simulation can further advance qualitative research on social work practice, which requires a highly complex set of skills that are procedural, cognitive, affective, and relational. Drawing from two study examples, we propose guidelines for how simulations can be incorporated in qualitative research on complex practice competencies essential for enhancing the quality of health and social services.
{"title":"Guidelines for Using Simulations in Qualitative Research on Social Work Practice Competencies","authors":"K. Asakura, Katherine Occhiuto, Sarah Tarshis, R. Gheorghe, Sarah Todd","doi":"10.1177/10443894231210897","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10443894231210897","url":null,"abstract":"The use of simulation (i.e., trained actors) has gained much attention in social work as a method of teaching, learning, and student assessment. Simulation has also been used in medicine as a research method in studying practice competencies. The use of simulation as a part of research design is relatively new in social work. Particularly, little is known about how simulations can be combined with well-established qualitative research methods. We posit that simulation can further advance qualitative research on social work practice, which requires a highly complex set of skills that are procedural, cognitive, affective, and relational. Drawing from two study examples, we propose guidelines for how simulations can be incorporated in qualitative research on complex practice competencies essential for enhancing the quality of health and social services.","PeriodicalId":502665,"journal":{"name":"Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services","volume":" 32","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139137414","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-12-24DOI: 10.1177/10443894231204170
Rebecca McGuire-Snieckus
Identifying the strengths and risks of prospective matches in adoption is crucial to adoption placement stability. With the aim to deliver a consistent and service-led approach to matching children in care with prospective adopters, a tool to identify strengths and risks related to adoption placement was developed. Using a mixed-methods approach, this tool was developed in line with the psychometric theory of test construction, from item generation using semi-structured interviews and survey methods, and exploratory factor analysis to determine the factor structure of the assessment-to-assessment of retest reliability and finalization. Comprising three main components (adopter capabilities and skills, adopter profiles and characteristics, and adoption plans, preparations, and transitions), this tool can be used by practitioners to identify strengths and risks in proposed matches at any point during the linking and matching process.
{"title":"The Development of the Strengths and Risks Matching Tool for Adoption in the United Kingdom","authors":"Rebecca McGuire-Snieckus","doi":"10.1177/10443894231204170","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10443894231204170","url":null,"abstract":"Identifying the strengths and risks of prospective matches in adoption is crucial to adoption placement stability. With the aim to deliver a consistent and service-led approach to matching children in care with prospective adopters, a tool to identify strengths and risks related to adoption placement was developed. Using a mixed-methods approach, this tool was developed in line with the psychometric theory of test construction, from item generation using semi-structured interviews and survey methods, and exploratory factor analysis to determine the factor structure of the assessment-to-assessment of retest reliability and finalization. Comprising three main components (adopter capabilities and skills, adopter profiles and characteristics, and adoption plans, preparations, and transitions), this tool can be used by practitioners to identify strengths and risks in proposed matches at any point during the linking and matching process.","PeriodicalId":502665,"journal":{"name":"Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services","volume":"2020 35","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139159992","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-12-24DOI: 10.1177/10443894231201749
Hope Haslam Straughan, Jane Hoyt-Oliver, Chelsea Anderson
White parents who adopt transracially raise their children within a context of racial disparity, a history of generational inequity, racial bias, and discrimination. The purpose of this research study was to learn more about the experiences of white parents of transracial children, who had adopted within the United States. The research questions focused on how the parents understood and dealt with parenting a child of another race. This mixed-methods study identified five key themes that these white parents experienced as significant in raising children of color. The themes include motivation for transracial adoption; parental racial identity development; coexisting issues of race, trauma, and mental health; recognition and the impact of parent’s white privilege; and seeking and not seeking exposure to diversity for the entire family.
{"title":"Parental Understanding of Cultural Difference: A Study of Transracially Adopting Couples","authors":"Hope Haslam Straughan, Jane Hoyt-Oliver, Chelsea Anderson","doi":"10.1177/10443894231201749","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10443894231201749","url":null,"abstract":"White parents who adopt transracially raise their children within a context of racial disparity, a history of generational inequity, racial bias, and discrimination. The purpose of this research study was to learn more about the experiences of white parents of transracial children, who had adopted within the United States. The research questions focused on how the parents understood and dealt with parenting a child of another race. This mixed-methods study identified five key themes that these white parents experienced as significant in raising children of color. The themes include motivation for transracial adoption; parental racial identity development; coexisting issues of race, trauma, and mental health; recognition and the impact of parent’s white privilege; and seeking and not seeking exposure to diversity for the entire family.","PeriodicalId":502665,"journal":{"name":"Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services","volume":"1985 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139160570","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-12-13DOI: 10.1177/10443894231200915
K. Lovato, M. Finno-Velasquez, Sophia Sepp, J. Ramirez, Robin Hernandez-Mekonnen, Vanessa Mendoza
The COVID-19 pandemic has had notable impacts on public child welfare systems and their ability to serve families. For immigrant families who enter the child welfare system, pandemic-related challenges were exacerbated on top of existing immigration-related stressors and barriers. This study used in-depth qualitative interviewing with child welfare agency staff and community-based service provider partners working with immigrants to explore their experiences in providing services to families navigating this unprecedented context. Results highlight the adaptations implemented to engage immigrant clients and facilitate interagency collaboration in light of barriers imposed by the pandemic. Practice implications center the need for child abuse and neglection prevention efforts to start in community and demand collaboration between government-based child welfare agencies and a range of grassroots, trusted community providers.
{"title":"Working With Immigrants Who Are Child Welfare Involved: Promoting Innovative Collaborations and Systems Involvement During a Public Health Crisis","authors":"K. Lovato, M. Finno-Velasquez, Sophia Sepp, J. Ramirez, Robin Hernandez-Mekonnen, Vanessa Mendoza","doi":"10.1177/10443894231200915","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10443894231200915","url":null,"abstract":"The COVID-19 pandemic has had notable impacts on public child welfare systems and their ability to serve families. For immigrant families who enter the child welfare system, pandemic-related challenges were exacerbated on top of existing immigration-related stressors and barriers. This study used in-depth qualitative interviewing with child welfare agency staff and community-based service provider partners working with immigrants to explore their experiences in providing services to families navigating this unprecedented context. Results highlight the adaptations implemented to engage immigrant clients and facilitate interagency collaboration in light of barriers imposed by the pandemic. Practice implications center the need for child abuse and neglection prevention efforts to start in community and demand collaboration between government-based child welfare agencies and a range of grassroots, trusted community providers.","PeriodicalId":502665,"journal":{"name":"Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services","volume":"46 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139180830","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-11-29DOI: 10.1177/10443894231196283
Kerry Littlewood, L. Cooper, Michelle Rosenthal, Paige Averett, A. Yelick, R. Bennett
Peer-to-Peer Kinship Navigation (P2PKN) employs someone with lived kinship caregiving experience in providing support to others experiencing similar challenges. This study examines if P2PKN improves concrete resource benefits application and enrollment and how it compares to other study groups (peer-to-peer plus innovations, formally trained kinship navigators, and usual child welfare services). Using data from the Children’s Home Network Kinship Navigator randomized control trial, this study compared the application and enrollment data for kinship caregivers in Temporary Assistance for Needy Family (TANF) Child Only Program for different types of kinship care program groups. Study findings revealed that P2PKN excelled at connecting caregivers to concrete resources and had significantly higher TANF application and enrollment rates than other groups.
{"title":"Children’s Home Network’s Kinship Navigator Program: Connecting to Concrete Resources Through Peer-to-Peer Kinship Navigation Services","authors":"Kerry Littlewood, L. Cooper, Michelle Rosenthal, Paige Averett, A. Yelick, R. Bennett","doi":"10.1177/10443894231196283","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10443894231196283","url":null,"abstract":"Peer-to-Peer Kinship Navigation (P2PKN) employs someone with lived kinship caregiving experience in providing support to others experiencing similar challenges. This study examines if P2PKN improves concrete resource benefits application and enrollment and how it compares to other study groups (peer-to-peer plus innovations, formally trained kinship navigators, and usual child welfare services). Using data from the Children’s Home Network Kinship Navigator randomized control trial, this study compared the application and enrollment data for kinship caregivers in Temporary Assistance for Needy Family (TANF) Child Only Program for different types of kinship care program groups. Study findings revealed that P2PKN excelled at connecting caregivers to concrete resources and had significantly higher TANF application and enrollment rates than other groups.","PeriodicalId":502665,"journal":{"name":"Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139209920","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}