Draws together the outcomes of a research project assessing the impact upon child welfare services of perceptions of stigma associated with such services by providers and consumers. Covers Wales, Holland and Spain (Catalonia).
Draws together the outcomes of a research project assessing the impact upon child welfare services of perceptions of stigma associated with such services by providers and consumers. Covers Wales, Holland and Spain (Catalonia).
Attachment and Human Development, 14(4), 2012, pp.405-423.
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Several authors have suggested that internationally adopted children are more likely to show ADHD-like symptoms than non-adopted children. The aims of this study were to explore the existence of ADHD-like symptoms and/or diagnosis in a sample of internationally adopted children in relation to their country of origin. The authors also discuss the links that may exist between the display...
Several authors have suggested that internationally adopted children are more likely to show ADHD-like symptoms than non-adopted children. The aims of this study were to explore the existence of ADHD-like symptoms and/or diagnosis in a sample of internationally adopted children in relation to their country of origin. The authors also discuss the links that may exist between the display of these symptoms and observed narrative-based attachment patterns. A Catalan sample of 58 adopted children aged 7–8 (24 from Eastern Europe, 23 from China, and 11 from Ethiopia) was assessed with the Behavioral Assessment System for Children to identify ADHD-like symptoms, and the Friends and Family Interview to identify children’s attachment patterns. Children adopted from Eastern Europe showed a trend towards more hyperactivity and significantly more attention problems than girls adopted from China. Children with a secure attachment showed significantly fewer attention problems and a trend toward less hyperactivity. The authors suggest that more studies focusing on the aetiology and treatment of these symptoms in adopted children are needed.
Children and Youth Services Review, 34(9), September 2012, pp.1729-1734.
Publisher:
Elsevier
Children who have suffered abuse and neglect may experience defects in their linguistic development. The aim of this study was to develop a pragmatic-communicative intervention programme to accelerate the linguistic development of children who are victims of abuse. The participants were 21 children in residential care, between 8-12 years of age. The results of the revised version...
Children who have suffered abuse and neglect may experience defects in their linguistic development. The aim of this study was to develop a pragmatic-communicative intervention programme to accelerate the linguistic development of children who are victims of abuse. The participants were 21 children in residential care, between 8-12 years of age. The results of the revised version of the ‘objective language criteria test’ (Revised BLOC-Screening) showed that all the children had problems with the pragmatic component and therefore had difficulties placing themselves in the position of the person they are communicating with. A pragmatic-communicative intervention programme was implemented, aimed at developing functional skills that allow the children to communicate effectively. The programme aimed to encourage the children's capacity for taking initiatives and creating conversational spontaneity. To do so, the conversational skills of making requests, narrative discourse and abstract and figurative language were all worked on, in order to incorporate these resources into the children's natural contexts. A second application of the Revised BLOC-Screening after the intervention showed a significant improvement in the pragmatics score of all the children.
Subject terms:
intervention, child abuse, child development, communication skills, children;
Children and Society, 26(1), January 2012, pp.51-62.
Publisher:
Wiley
Children living in less fortunate economic circumstances can be expected to be less satisfied with life and the association between single parenthood and reduced life satisfaction may be partly due to economic hardship. This paper examines differences in life satisfaction among 184,496 children in different family structures in 36 western countries. Findings revealed that children living...
Children living in less fortunate economic circumstances can be expected to be less satisfied with life and the association between single parenthood and reduced life satisfaction may be partly due to economic hardship. This paper examines differences in life satisfaction among 184,496 children in different family structures in 36 western countries. Findings revealed that children living with both biological parents reported higher levels of life satisfaction than children living with a single parent or parent–step-parent. Children in joint physical custody reported significantly higher levels of life satisfaction than their counterparts in other types of non-intact families. Difficulties in communicating with parents were strongly associated with less life satisfaction but did not mediate the relation between family structure and life satisfaction. Children in the Nordic countries characterised by strong welfare systems reported significantly higher levels of life satisfaction in all living arrangements except in single father households. While such life events as divorce or single motherhood may be heavily stigmatised in some countries and certain segments within countries, they may well be relatively meaningless in other social contexts. This may be a major source of the considerable variation in life satisfaction among children in living with single mothers or step-parents in different countries.
Subject terms:
mental health, poverty, quality of life, children, families;
Content type:
research
Location(s):
Bulgaria, Canada, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Greece, Estonia, Hungary, Iceland, Finland, France, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Slovenia, Turkey, Spain, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States
MANSO Juan Manuel Moreno, GARCÍA-BAAMONDE Elena, ALONSO Macarena Blázquez
Journal article citation:
Children and Youth Services Review, 33(7), July 2011, pp.1325-1331.
Publisher:
Elsevier
Previous studies have focused on the difficulties children suffering from abuse have with verbal expression and other areas of development. Research stresses the need to set up intervention programmes that can improve the linguistic and social competence of children suffering from abuse. With such children, there is a fundamental need to develop a competence that will encourage their adaptive...
Previous studies have focused on the difficulties children suffering from abuse have with verbal expression and other areas of development. Research stresses the need to set up intervention programmes that can improve the linguistic and social competence of children suffering from abuse. With such children, there is a fundamental need to develop a competence that will encourage their adaptive social skills, which are basic skills for interacting socially and which encourage the pragmatic language function, a skill needed for relating to adults and solving interpersonal problems. This paper suggests an intervention programme, designed specifically for children in residential care who suffer such institutionalised abuse, aimed at stimulating their use of language. The objective of the intervention procedure is to improve children's linguistic competence and their development, as well as to enable parents to communicate and interact effectively with their children. The programme has been designed so as to be attractive to the children, and should be integrated into the curricular of schools.
Subject terms:
intervention, child abuse, child neglect, communication skills, children;
This book has chapters on parental leave policies covering in 15 countries: the Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Slovenia, Iceland, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Australia and Canada. It discusses how and why, and by whom, particular policies were created and developed in each country. As parental employment levels increase, parental leave policy is at the centre of welfare state development and at the core of countries’ child and family policies. It is key to attaining important demographic, economic and social goals and is the point where many, differing policy areas such as child well-being, family, gender equality, employment and labour markets, and demography intersect. The authors conclude that parental leave policy gives an insight into the values, interests and priorities of a country.
This book has chapters on parental leave policies covering in 15 countries: the Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Slovenia, Iceland, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Australia and Canada. It discusses how and why, and by whom, particular policies were created and developed in each country. As parental employment levels increase, parental leave policy is at the centre of welfare state development and at the core of countries’ child and family policies. It is key to attaining important demographic, economic and social goals and is the point where many, differing policy areas such as child well-being, family, gender equality, employment and labour markets, and demography intersect. The authors conclude that parental leave policy gives an insight into the values, interests and priorities of a country.
Subject terms:
labour market, parental leave, parenting, children, gender;
Child: Care, Health and Development, 35(6), November 2009, pp.841-850.
Publisher:
Wiley
There are few age-specific measures to examine how children cope with stressful events. This study looked at problems commonly experienced by children, aged 7-12 years, from two different environments in Barcelona: a primary school mainly enrolling families of medium socio-economic status, and an after-school social care centre from a socially and economically deprived neighbourhood. Data were...
There are few age-specific measures to examine how children cope with stressful events. This study looked at problems commonly experienced by children, aged 7-12 years, from two different environments in Barcelona: a primary school mainly enrolling families of medium socio-economic status, and an after-school social care centre from a socially and economically deprived neighbourhood. Data were obtained using the younger version of the Kidcope, a brief self-report measure. Almost 55% of the sample reported a problem related to others, 14% reported personal problems and 30% interpersonal problems. No differences were observed by age, gender or school group. The strategies that children considered the most effective were 'social support' (35%), 'emotional regulation' (33%) and 'wishful thinking' (32%). Children from disadvantaged backgrounds reported different problems mainly related to 'victimisation and violence', 'moving house' and conflicts with 'norms and rules' and tended to use avoidant strategies to face them, possibly because they perceived the problems as uncontrollable. The authors suggest that Kidcope can be useful for screening children living in underprivileged, stressful conditions for coping abilities at an early age.
Subject terms:
questionnaires, social exclusion, stress, children, coping behaviour;
Social Science and Medicine, 64(4), February 2007, pp.842-849.
Publisher:
Elsevier
This paper reports rates of psychopathology in a population of 9- and 13-yr olds from a Spanish slum. Two cohorts of all the children born in 1989 and in 1993 and registered in the census of a municipality in 2001 were assessed over a 3-yr period with structured diagnostic interviews and functional measures. In the first year of the study 79 (53.7%) children of the adolescent 13-yr-old population...
This paper reports rates of psychopathology in a population of 9- and 13-yr olds from a Spanish slum. Two cohorts of all the children born in 1989 and in 1993 and registered in the census of a municipality in 2001 were assessed over a 3-yr period with structured diagnostic interviews and functional measures. In the first year of the study 79 (53.7%) children of the adolescent 13-yr-old population and 72 (59.5%) of the pre-adolescent 9-yr-old population participated. Between 30% and 60% of preadolescents and between 30% and 50% of adolescents presented some mental disorder. Anxiety and disruptive behaviour disorders were the most frequent disorders in both cohorts. For both genders, the highest risk for any psychopathology was at 10 yr. It was found that, psychopathology and functional impairment decreased with age, and that the psychopathology of children in a peripheral slum of a big city is 3 times higher than the median of the general population. This information should be useful for administrators providing services for children from the most disadvantaged segment of the population.
Subject terms:
mental health problems, poverty, adolescence, child development, children;
BRADBURY Bruce, JENKINS Stephen P., MICKLEWRIGHT John
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Publication year:
2001
Pagination:
309p.,tables,bibliogs.
Place of publication:
Cambridge
Analyses movement in and out of poverty by children in five industrialised countries. discusses issues such as: conceptual and measurement issues associated with a dynamic view of child poverty; cross-national comparison of child poverty rates and trends; cross-national comparisons of children's movements in and out of poverty; country-specific studies of child poverty dynamics; and the policy
Analyses movement in and out of poverty by children in five industrialised countries. discusses issues such as: conceptual and measurement issues associated with a dynamic view of child poverty; cross-national comparison of child poverty rates and trends; cross-national comparisons of children's movements in and out of poverty; country-specific studies of child poverty dynamics; and the policy implications of taking a dynamic perspective.