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Courtney, Mark E.; Okpych, Nathanael J.; Harty, Justin; Feng, Huiling; Park, Sunggeun; Powers, Jenna; Nadon, Melanie; Ditto, Dale J.; Park, Keunhye – Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago, 2020
This report presents findings from the "CalYOUTH Wave 4 Youth Survey." CalYOUTH (the California Youth Transitions to Adulthood Study), is an evaluation of the impact of the California Fostering Connections to Success Act on outcomes during foster youth's transition to adulthood. CalYOUTH includes collection and analysis of information…
Descriptors: Foster Care, Postsecondary Education, Educational Attainment, Academic Persistence
Courtney, Mark E.; Okpych, Nathanael J.; Park, Keunhye; Harty, Justin; Feng, Huiling; Torres-García, Adrianna; Sayed, Samiya – Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago, 2018
This report presents findings from the "CalYOUTH Wave 3 Youth Survey." CalYOUTH (the California Youth Transitions to Adulthood Study) is an evaluation of the impact of the California Fostering Connections Act on outcomes during foster youth's transition to adulthood. CalYOUTH includes collection and analysis of information from three…
Descriptors: Foster Care, Late Adolescents, Young Adults, Child Welfare
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Ragusa, Angela T. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2013
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a widespread, ongoing, and complex global social problem, whose victims continue to be largely women. Women often prefer to rely on friends and family for IPV help, yet when informal support is unavailable they remain hesitant to contact formal services, particularly legal support for many reasons. This study…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Females, Family Violence, Legal Aid
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Anderson, Kristin L. – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2010
Research on conflict, power, and violence in families in the 2000s developed a promising focus on the interconnections between types of violence and between the experience of violence and locations in larger structures of power and inequality. I examine research on poly-victimization, typologies of violence, dyadic research, and links between…
Descriptors: Conflict, Family Violence, Power Structure, Family Relationship
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Raphael, Jody – Prevention Researcher, 2005
Although the negative effects of witnessing domestic violence are finally becoming acknowledged, many young girls are already victims of violence within their own dating relationships. Research studies uniformly find that, on average, about 25% of teen dating relationships contain violent elements. Research with pregnant and parenting teens show…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Females, Incidence, Pregnancy