As millions of children continue to live without parental care in under-resourced societies in
low-and middle-income countries (LMICs), it is important for policymakers and practitioners …

Background With more than 2 million children living in group homes, or “institutions”,
worldwide, the extent to which institution-based caregiving negatively affects development …

Much of the literature on predictors of quality of life (QoL) in orphanage-placed children has
focussed on psychopathologies with little emphasis on positive psychological factors …

Background Leaders are struggling to care for the estimated 143,000,000 orphans and
millions more abandoned children worldwide. Global policy makers are advocating that …

Background Development policymakers and child-care service providers are committed to
improving the educational opportunities of the 153 million orphans worldwide. Nevertheless …

Introduction Orphans face multiple challenges including insufficient food, shelter, schooling,
and medical care. Most research on orphans in developing countries concentrates on …

Background Recent studies have questioned whether orphanhood is primarily associated
with key dimensions of psycho-social wellbeing in children living in circumstances of …

To assess differences in psychosocial well-being between recent orphans and non-orphans,
we followed a cohort of 157 school-going orphans and 480 non-orphans ages 9–15 in a …

Background More than 153 million children worldwide have been orphaned by the loss of
one or both parents, and millions more have been abandoned. We investigated …

This paper investigates the relationship between socio-economic status and emotional well-
being of orphans in Mangaung, South Africa. Five hundred orphans aged 7–11 years …