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Children's cortisol levels and quality of child care provision
- Authors:
- SIMS M., GUILFOYLE A., PARRY T. S.
- Journal article citation:
- Child: Care, Health and Development, 32(4), July 2006, pp.453-466.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Cortisol levels are increasingly being used as an indicator of stress levels. Research suggests that children who attend child care demonstrate higher cortisol levels than children in their homes, suggesting that child care acts as a risk factor for poor child outcomes. However, it is also suggested that quality influences outcomes. Cortisol levels were measured through samples of saliva taken
"Responsibility at-risk": perceptions of stress, control and professional effectiveness in child welfare direct practitioners
- Authors:
- GUTERMAN Neil B., JAYARATNE Srinika
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Service Research, 20(1/2), 1994, pp.99-120.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Examines the role of work stress and control in child welfare practitioners' assessments of their own service effectiveness.
Post-traumatic stress disorders in children
- Author:
- BRITISH AGENCIES FOR ADOPTION AND FOSTERING
- Publisher:
- British Agencies for Adoption and Fostering
- Publication year:
- 1989
- Pagination:
- 2p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Brief description of post-traumatic stress disorder, the stressors involved and how to help the child.
Role stress as a contributor to burnout in child care professionals
- Authors:
- BOYD B.J., PASLEY B.K.
- Journal article citation:
- Child and Youth Care Quarterly, 18(4), Winter 1989, pp.243-258.
- Publisher:
- Kluwer Academic Press
Defines the concept of the role stress and reports on a survey of child care professionals.
Using care away from home to prevent family breakdown
- Authors:
- ALDGATE Jane, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Adoption and Fostering, 13(2), 1989, pp.32-37.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Discusses the Children Bill and the section concerned with the widening of support services to families under stress through the provision of short periods of 'accommodation' for children, arranged in partnership with parents, to prevent breakdown.
Burnout in day care workers: the effects of learned helplessness and self-esteem
- Authors:
- McMULLEN Mary Benson, KRANTZ Murray
- Journal article citation:
- Child and Youth Care Quarterly, 17(4), Winter 1988, pp.275-280.
- Publisher:
- Kluwer Academic Press
A study of the relationships between personality factors and burnout.
Support for families: practice, policy and research
- Authors:
- COOK Tim, et al
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Memorial Trust
- Publication year:
- 1987
- Pagination:
- 42p., bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- York
Proceedings from a conference based on a report which gave a broad overview of innovatory developments in supporting families under stress.
Factors associated with the positive well-being of grandparents caring for their grandchildren
- Authors:
- SANDS Roberta G., GOLDBERG-GLEN Robin, THORNTON Pamela
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 45(4), 2005, pp.65-82.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Prior research on grandparent caregivers has focused on stress, depression, and other negative outcomes. This paper describes research on factors that are associated with grandparents' positive well-being. In particular, it investigated the extent to which the perception of grandparental stress and grandparents' resources are associated with grandparents' well-being, after controlling...
Commitment in public child welfare
- Author:
- LANDSMAN Miriam J.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Service Review, 75(3), September 2001, pp.386-419.
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
This study applies theoretical concepts derived from occupational sociology to develop and estimate a causal of organisational and occupational commitment among public child welfare employees. It relies on structural equation modeling of data from a cross-sectional survey of child welfare employees in the USA. The results show that job satisfaction and organizational and occupational attachment are distinct but related constructs that are influenced by structural features of the workplace, job stressors, and professional identification.
Bonding failure: a case study
- Author:
- SLUCKIN Andy
- Journal article citation:
- Health Visitor, 66(11), November 1993, pp.413-414.
- Publisher:
- Health Visitors' Association
Presents a detailed case-study of bonding failure, outlining the way in which the Bethel child and family centre in Norwich helped the mother and baby.