Behaviors of Youth Involved in the Child Welfare System

Autor/inn/en	Grogan-Kaylor, Andrew; Ruffolo, Mary C.; Ortega, Robert M.; Clarke, Jenell
Titel	Behaviors of Youth Involved in the Child Welfare System
Quelle	In: Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 32 (2008) 1, S.35-49 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0145-2134
DOI	10.1016/j.chiabu.2007.09.004
Schlagwörter	Delivery Systems; Delinquency; Child Welfare; Caregivers; Risk; Social Services; Surveys; Adolescents; Child Abuse; Longitudinal Studies; Multivariate Analysis; Gender Differences; Age Differences; Prevention; Parent Child Relationship; Parenting Skills + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Auslieferung; Kriminalität; Kindeswohl; Caregiver; Carer; Betreuungsperson; Pfleger; Risiko; Social service; Soziale Dienstleistung; Soziale Dienste; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Multivariate Analyse; Geschlechterkonflikt; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung
Abstract	Objective: Using data from a nationally representative panel study, the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW), we address the following questions: (a) What are the youth, family, community, and child welfare system risk factors that place youth (ages 11-14 years) living at home, who are referred for maltreatment, at increased risk of delinquent behaviors over time? and (b) What promotive factors at the youth, family, community, and child welfare system levels appear to minimize the risk of delinquent behaviors for these youth over time? Methods: The study uses the NSCAW data collected at baseline (Wave 1) and 18 months later (Wave 3). The multivariate analyses were conducted using a tobit model adjusted for longitudinal data and a complex survey sample. Results: Several significant risk and promotive factors were found to influence the risk of delinquent behaviors over time. Older youth were more likely to engage in delinquent behaviors than younger youth. Girls were less likely to engage in delinquent behaviors than boys. Race or ethnicity did not have a statistically significant relationship with engaging in delinquent behaviors. Compared with neglected youth, youth who were physically abused were more likely to engage in delinquent behaviors. Increases in caregiver monitoring and in the quality of relationship with caregivers were associated with decreases in delinquent behaviors. Youth at greatest risk and those who engaged in more delinquent behaviors received more child welfare services then youth who did not engage in delinquent behaviors. Conclusions: The current child welfare delivery system emphasizes provision of services to youth experiencing the more serious problems and less on preventive services. The study findings suggest that preventive services when youth first enter the child welfare system that focus on enhancing caregiver skills in building positive relationships with their youth and increased monitoring of the youth's activity may alter the pathway to delinquent behaviors for these youth. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10