Examining children’s homes in light of Türkiye’s evolving child welfare system

Children and Youth Services Review, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 108193 - 108193

Опубликована: Фев. 1, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Decision-making and goal setting among young people in residential care: Relationships with caregivers and the role of resilience

Children and Youth Services Review, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 108264 - 108264

Опубликована: Март 1, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Identifying key features of resilient students in digital reading: Insights from a machine learning approach

Education and Information Technologies, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 29(2), С. 2277 - 2301

Опубликована: Июнь 1, 2023

Язык: Английский

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Quality of Relationships Between Residential Staff and Youth: A Systematic Review

Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 41(4), С. 561 - 576

Опубликована: Дек. 21, 2022

Abstract Regardless of the type residential care context, entering in is an impactful event that involves separation young people from their relatives, as well need to adapt a new context. This adaptation might be facilitated by quality relationships with professionals these settings, which turn may positively impact people’s psychological adjustment. Purpose: The current systematic review aims identify factors associated homes (i.e., generalist care, therapeutic juvenile justice settings) at different ecological levels. Method: A electronic search was conducted eight databases: Academic Search Complete, APA PsycArticles, PsycINFO, Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection, ERIC, MEDLINE, Web Science Scopus, using combination words related relationship, children, adolescent. Based on PRISMA statement, 919 manuscripts were yielded, thirteen studies met inclusion criteria. Results: Child (e.g., gender or age), professionals’ characteristics, behaviors, skills), organizational Ratios children staff) cross-cutting time spent together, length relationship) found between care. Discussion: settings should able provide appropriate resources services address complex needs. Practical implications are discussed.

Язык: Английский

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A systematic review and meta-analysis of the type and prevalence of mental health disorders and symptoms among children living in residential care

Developmental Child Welfare, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 5(4), С. 223 - 246

Опубликована: Сен. 23, 2023

Research suggests that among all children living in social care, those residential care have the highest mental health need. This systematic review and meta-analysis is first to establish type prevalence of disorders symptoms care. A search PsycINFO, MEDLINE, Scopus, Web Science Core Collection, ASSIA, IBSS grey literature databases from January 1989 July 2022 was conducted ( N = 11, 246). Articles were eligible for inclusion where they: (1) included a sample provision similar provided UK, (2) used standardised screening tools or psychiatric assessments, using diagnostic classification systems, (3) reported estimates. Pooled estimates calculated random-effects meta-analysis. 21 articles with rates total 4287 children, adolescents young adults included. Almost half had indicative probable disorder (46%; 95% confidence interval (CI) 35–58). Externalising problems (49%; CI 34–65), more common than internalising (39%; 26–53) conduct (34%; 17–55), depression (26%; 18–35), emotional (17%; 8–28), somatic (14%; 8–20) estimated. The findings provide evidence are particularly high These pooled should be interpreted caution due heterogeneity further epidemiological research needed guide policy different countries.

Язык: Английский

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Mechanisms to Enhance Resilience and Post-traumatic Growth in Residential Care: a Narrative Review

Adversity and Resilience Science, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 4(1), С. 1 - 21

Опубликована: Сен. 24, 2022

Abstract Residential care is primarily considered most appropriate for young people with complex needs, often due to multi-type traumas. Children in are disproportionately disadvantaged, children residential vulnerable, which why it so important understand mechanisms that support resilience and post-traumatic growth this group of people. This review aimed advance our understanding how interventions, reflections upon experience, constructs can enhance developing children’s homes care. International quantitative qualitative studies were sought identify features underpin resilience. Following a systematic search six databases, 25 papers selected review, total sample 3198 individuals up the age 30 years old who either receiving ( N = 3037) or leavers 161). Themes from narrative synthesis developed. Therapeutic processes development included experiencing love trust staff through therapeutic relationships, nurturing self-compassion, promoting self-value self-belief, positive future thinking, problem-focused coping, school engagement, constructing origin story, visualisations stable future. Measures could more accurately reflect potential unique people, turn inform intervention design evaluation. appreciative intrapersonal, relational, community environmental factors be particularly useful design.

Язык: Английский

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Children's Rights to Participate in Out-of-Home Care

Routledge eBooks, Год журнала: 2022, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Окт. 18, 2022

Fulfilling young people's right to participation in residential care is critical as it associated with better psychological outcomes.This chapter describes a qualitative study, involving Portuguese professionals working (N=87) who completed an online survey set of open-ended questions.Content analysis revealed six core categories -the Concept Participation, Participation Life Domains, Residential Care Domains Enablers, Barriers Benefits -and 18 main subcategories.Participation was mostly defined the opportunity for children have voice and express their opinion, ensuring also that views are considered taken seriously.Professionals acknowledged group home activities dynamics, well issues related personal functioning two most reported domains participation.Human resource factors were frequent enablers pointed out by participants (e.g., skilled professionals), barriers context human management constraints, lack suitable space).The benefits people' outcomes well-being, empowerment, sense belonging).These findings call importance fostering care, which may enhance people´s well-being quality provided.A practice policy implications discussed, namely, need makers' awareness about this issue.

Язык: Английский

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Family Support, Resilience, and Life Goals of Young People in Residential Care

Behavioral Sciences, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 14(7), С. 581 - 581

Опубликована: Июль 9, 2024

Establishing goals for young people in residential care (RC) is a gap the literature, especially terms of relationship between family support and resilience. The literature suggests that RC associated with breakdown relationships, so possibility playing positive role establishing life reduced. However, context organization stability can be assumed to protective factor formulation contribute resilient development people. This study aimed analyze process setting RC, as well potential mediating resilience previous association. sample included 124 aged 12 23 years living RC. results point association (autonomy) planning verify total effect this are discussed considering attachment theory adaptive study's findings provide important indications developing future interventions.

Язык: Английский

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Evaluation of ANKOMMEN as a group intervention based on life story work for adolescents in residential care in Germany: a single-arm pilot study

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 18(1)

Опубликована: Окт. 22, 2024

Abstract Background Adolescents face many challenges when coping with out-of-home placement, and life story work can be helpful in this context. Typically conducted individual settings, work’s high resource requirements pose a challenge for implementation the standard care of youth welfare institutions. To address issue, ANKOMMEN intervention was developed as manualized group program adolescents residential focusing on processing experiences associated their placement. Method The evaluated single-arm pilot study questionnaires administered at three time points (pre-intervention, post-intervention, 3-month follow-up). primary outcome self-efficacy, while secondary outcomes included self-esteem, depressive symptoms, posttraumatic stress behavioral problems. A total 31 groups 115 ( M = 14.91 years; SD 1.45; 52.2% male) were between October 2020 September 2022 Germany. Data analysed using mixed effect models. Results Pre-post comparisons revealed increased self-efficacy d −0.80) self-esteem −0.68) among participants below-average scores prior to intervention. Additionally, there decrease self-reported symptoms 0.76), 0.58), internalizing behavior problems 0.74), caregiver-reported externalizing 0.52) clinically relevant These improvements stable follow-up assessment. Furthermore, proved its feasibility within context evaluation study. Conclusions results provide preliminary evidence potential effectiveness but further research is needed obtain valid efficacy

Язык: Английский

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Adult’s perceptions after residential care: facilitating and inhibiting factors

Revista de Estudios e Investigación en Psicología y Educación, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 11(2)

Опубликована: Дек. 15, 2024

This study explores the perceptions of formerly institutionalized adults in Portugal regarding challenges they faced after leaving residential care. It aims to understand feelings experienced upon institution; infer facilitating and inhibiting factors post-institutionalization transition, outline proposals for improving support during this transition. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 18 aged 24 39. The first second-order categories identified within three thematic axes. Results highlighted that cessation care was essentially remembered negative feelings. Facilitating included academic commitment, social support, having or going start a professional activity, transition an independent living apartment emerged as factors. Poor functional skills, economic struggles, limited reality understanding, lack formal out institutions, stigma Multiple personal contextual influenced coping challenges, emphasizing need qualified investment promoting autonomy self-confidence.

Язык: Английский

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