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Direct linkTeodorczuk, Krysia; Guse, Tharina; du Plessis, Graham A – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2019
This study evaluated the effect of positive psychology interventions (PPIs) on hope and well-being among adolescents living in a child and youth care centre (CYCC) in South Africa. Adolescents (n = 29) were allocated to either the experimental or control group through matched sampling. The experimental group engaged in one-hour intervention…
Descriptors: Psychology, Intervention, Comparative Analysis, Residential Care
Khan, Anowra; Malik, Tamkeen Ashraf; Ahmed, Shaf; Riaz, Ayesha – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2020
Background: Pakistan is a Lower and Middle Income Country with a scarcity of resources for mental health services but high prevalence of mental health problems particularly anxiety and depression. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) has been deemed an empirically supported treatment for anxiety disorders among children, but evidence is lacking from…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Health Services, Coping, Anxiety
Euser, Saskia; Alink, Lenneke R. A.; Tharner, Anne; van IJzendoorn, Marinus H.; Bakermans-Kranenburg, Marian J. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2016
Background: Children without disabilities in out-of-home care have a higher risk of child sexual abuse [CSA (Euser et al. 2013)]. In this study, we examined the year prevalence of CSA in out-of-home care for children with a mild intellectual disability, and compared it with the prevalence in out-of-home care for non-disabled children and children…
Descriptors: Children, Mild Intellectual Disability, Incidence, Child Abuse
Skar, Ane-Marthe Solheim; De Abreu, Rodrigo Marrecas; Vaughn, Marsha J. – Child Care in Practice, 2019
Malnutrition and a lack of sufficient psychosocial support from caregivers both have a tremendous effect on children's development. Initiatives to support healthy child development in a context of poverty include caregiver interventions. There is growing evidence to support interventions that integrate psychosocial and nutritional support. The…
Descriptors: Holistic Approach, Residential Care, Individual Development, Social Support Groups
Desmarais, Chantal; Roeber, Barbara J.; Smith, Mary E.; Pollak, Seth D. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2012
Purpose: In this study, the authors investigated sentence comprehension and spatial working memory abilities in a sample of internationally adopted, postinstitutionalized (PI) children. The authors compared the performance of these PI children with that of an age-matched group of children living with their birth families. They hypothesized that PI…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Sentences, Early Intervention, Disadvantaged Environment
Wilbarger, Julia; Gunnar, Megan; Schneider, Mary; Pollak, Seth – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2010
Background/Methods: Sensory processing capacities of 8-12-year-old internationally adopted (IA) children who experienced prolonged institutional care (greater than 12 months with 75% of pre-adoption lives in institutional care) prior to adoption into family environments (PI) were compared to a group of IA children who were adopted early (less than…
Descriptors: Sensory Integration, Foster Care, Adoption, Foreign Countries
Evidence-Based Practice in Group Care: The Effects of Policy, Research, and Organizational Practices
Stuart, Carol; Sanders, Larry; Gurevich, Maria; Fulton, Robert – Child Welfare, 2011
This article describes the effect of a province-wide vision of evidence-based and outcome-based services for children and youth and the challenges of implementing evidence-based practice (EBP) and evidence-based treatment (EBT) approaches within group care settings. The paper is based on the results of a survey of group care settings in the…
Descriptors: Evidence, At Risk Persons, Foreign Countries, Public Policy
Holland, Sally – Children & Society, 2009
This article reviews 44 refereed journal articles published between 2003 and 2008. All of the articles attempt to directly uncover the experiences or perspectives of young people cared for by the state in foster, residential or kinship care homes. The review reveals that this field is developing a rich body of evidence derived from a broad range…
Descriptors: Foster Care, Residential Care, Children, Childhood Attitudes
Casey, Kathryn J.; Hagaman, Jessica L.; Trout, Alexandra L.; Reid, Robert; Chmelka, Beth; Thompson, Ronald W.; Daly, Daniel L. – Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2008
Little is known about the characteristics or functioning of children with ADHD in residential care as compared to their non-ADHD peers. This study evaluated data on 538 children with (n = 125) and without (n = 413) ADHD in residential care to determine demographic, mental health, behavioral, and treatment (i.e., medication use) characteristics.…
Descriptors: Residential Care, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Children, Individual Characteristics
Shechory, Mally; Sommerfeld, Eliane – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2007
In a prospective study, the attachment style, home-leaving age, length of time in residential care, and behavioral problems among Israeli residential care children (N=68), were studied. Data analyses showed that children removed from their homes at a later age suffered from higher levels of anxiety, depression and social problems compared to…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Comparative Analysis, Interaction, Depression (Psychology)
Huefner, Jonathan C.; Ringle, Jay L.; Chmelka, M. Beth; Ingram, Stephanie D. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2007
Objective: The number of youth in residential care programs who have been abused is high. The relationship between childhood abuse victimization and adult intimate partner violence (IPV) is well documented. This study compared the rates of IPV 16 years after individuals had participated in a long-term residential care program with individuals…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Statistical Data, National Norms, Children
Rondeau, Cari – 1983
Of general interest in this study comparing two cottage-home art therapy groups was the question of whether or not a token reward system would increase children's cooperative behaviors and art production. Participants in the study were residents at a treatment facility for abused children. Cottages differed in the responsiveness of residents to…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Therapy, Child Abuse, Children
Pinquart, Martin; Sorensen, Silvia – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2002
Based on the complementary model of support use, we investigated older adults' preferences for short-term and long-term future care needs in a U.S. and a German sample (65+ years). A greater preference for the exclusive use of informal support and for mixed support (a combination of informal and formal support) was found with regard to short-term…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Older Adults, Gender Differences
