Risk and resilience factors for youth homelessness in western countries: A systematic review

RE Grattan, VL Tryon, N Lara… - Psychiatric …, 2022 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Objectives: The experience of homelessness for young people can affect social, emotional,
and physical development, resulting in poorer physical and mental health outcomes. To …

Resilience factors in youth transitioning out of foster care: A systematic review.

M Nuñez, SJ Beal, F Jacquez - Psychological trauma: theory …, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
Objective: Youth who emancipate from the foster care system often experience poor
outcomes during their transition into independent living (eg, criminal justice involvement and …

A scoping review of factors associated with the mental health of young people who have “aged out” of the child welfare system

AR Phillips, SL Halligan, I Lavi… - … Violence, & Abuse, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Young people who grow up in care and then exit care around the age of 18 (care-leavers)
are a particularly vulnerable group, at increased risk for mental health problems even …

Accelerated adulthood, extended adolescence and the care cliff: Supporting care leavers' transition from care to independent living

A Palmer, M Norris, J Kelleher - Child & family social work, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The pressures of 'accelerated adulthood'are a critical challenge for young people ageing out
of the care system. Despite the trauma related to their placement history, young people …

A meta-regression of racial disparities in wellbeing outcomes during and after foster care

RS Kennedy, MH Potter… - Trauma, Violence, & …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Children in foster care face heightened risk of adverse psychosocial and economic
outcomes compared with children in the general population. Yet, the effects of foster care as …

[HTML][HTML] Living in Italian residential care under COVID-19 restrictions. A survey on adolescents' perspectives over their psychosocial wellbeing

M Saglietti, M Alpini, F Alby, C Zucchermaglio - Children and Youth …, 2024 - Elsevier
COVID-19 lockdown has been worldwide considered one of the major collective traumatic
experiences for everyone, vulnerable adolescents included. Surprisingly, however, research …

Leveraging administrative data to better understand and address child maltreatment: A scoping review of data linkage studies

E Soneson, S Das, AM Burn, M van Melle… - Child …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Background This scoping review aimed to overview studies that used administrative data
linkage in the context of child maltreatment to improve our understanding of the value that …

Out-of-home care in childhood and socio-economic functioning in adulthood: ONS Longitudinal study 1971–2011

A Sacker, RE Lacey, B Maughan, ET Murray - Children and Youth Services …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Children who spent time in non-parental care report poor outcomes in many
aspects of their later lives on average, but less is known about differences by type of care …

Do independent living services protect youth aging out foster care from adverse outcomes? An evaluation using national data

H Huang, Y Li, JMK Campbell - Child maltreatment, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: Youth aging out foster care are at high risk of experiencing adverse outcomes.
Federal funded programs have provided independent living services (ILSs) to these youth …

Psychological distress among care leavers during the transition to adulthood: Risk and protective factors throughout their life course

Y Sulimani‐Aidan, N Achdut, A Zeira… - Child & Family …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The transition period from care to independent living is a vulnerable time for care leavers
who may experience increased mental health problems. This study explored risk and …