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Yelderman, Logan A.; Wood, Steve; Summers, Alicia – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2022
Background: Media reports of child deaths as a result of abuse and neglect can influence how children move throughout the foster care system. Using the theoretical frameworks of moral panics and street level bureaucracy, the current study examined how news reports of violent child abuse and neglect cases relate to foster care children with…
Descriptors: Death, Children, Child Abuse, Foster Care
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Beal, Sarah J.; Wingrove, Twila; Mara, Constance A.; Lutz, Nathan; Noll, Jennie G.; Greiner, Mary V. – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2019
Background: Childhood adversity is linked to a number of adult health and psychosocial outcomes; however, it is not clear how to best assess and model childhood adversity reported by adolescents with known maltreatment exposure. Objective: This study sought to identify an empirically-supported measurement model of childhood adversity for…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Early Experience, Adolescents, Foster Care
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Tyrell, Fanita A.; Yates, Tuppett M. – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2017
Background: Procuring safe housing is a salient developmental task during emerging adulthood, one that is especially challenging for emancipated foster youth. Yet, little is known about factors that influence foster youths' housing experiences. Objective: This investigation documented changes in foster youth's housing quality during the first…
Descriptors: Housing, Foster Care, Individual Characteristics, Child Abuse