OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Feasibility of a Healthy Relationships Program with Youth at a Child Protective Services Agency	50
A Comparative Analysis of Transitional and Permanent Supportive Housing Through the Lens of Young Adult Residents	30
The Stressors, Complexities, and Coping Strategies Experienced by Frontline Worker’s Families During COVID-19 Pandemic in Canada	28
Young Women in Foster Care: Social Support Capital as an Empowerment Resource against Gender-based Violence in Intimate Partners	17
“If the parents had all the Resources to Meet the Children’s Needs, Would this Still be a Problem?“: Addressing Child Neglect in Child Welfare	14
Findings from the Michigan EITC Access Project: ACEs Prevention Through Economic Intervention	14
Family Context Matters: A Serial Mediation Model Extending the Relationship Between Interparental Conflict and Online Gaming Addiction of Adolescents	14
Dyslexia in the Family: The Experience of Adolescents with Dyslexia	13
Exploring Physical and Psychological Child Well-being Indicators in Mexican Children and Adolescents Placed in Residential Care	13
‘He’s out of control, I’m out of control, it’s just – I’ve got to do something’: a narrative inquiry of child to parent violence	11
Correction to: Foster Caregiving and Child Outcomes in relative and non-relative Foster families	10
Foster Care Liaisons in Higher Education: A Conceptual Framework for Supporting Post-secondary Success Among College Students with Experience in Foster Care	9
Children’s Perspectives on Their Living Environment: A Systematic Review	9
Enhancing Self-Compassion, Resilience, and Happiness in Adolescents: A Mixed-Methods Positive Psychology Program	9
Contact with Foster Care and the Juvenile Delinquency Court: A Prospective Examination from Birth through Age 18	8
Predictors of Food Insecurity and Childhood Hunger in the Bronx During the COVID-19 Pandemic	8
Does Duration of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy for Adolescents (DBT-A) Skills Groups Affect Outcomes: A Rapid Review	8
Supporting Sexual and Gender Diverse Young People: Exploring the Potential Benefit of the Tuned In! Intervention	8
The Longitudinal Relationship Between Housing Instability, Instrumental Social Support, and Child Maltreatment	8
Ambiguous Compliments and Encouragement: Young Fathers’ Experiences of Care, Responsibility and Youth	7
Formal and Informal Support among Mothers Aging out of Foster Care and Maternity Group Homes: Who Steps in When Mothers Age Out?	7
A Photovoice Study on the Experiences of Typically Developing Siblings of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: “Autism: A Room with Multiple Doors”	7
Youth Interventions With and Without Supervised Practice: A Second-Order Meta-Analysis	6
Characteristics and Views of Young Unaccompanied Migrants Transitioning to Independent Living in the Catalan (Spain) Protection System	6
Children Involved in Child-Welfare Systems and the Death of a Birth Parent: Implications of a Scoping Review with Sparse Findings	6

Examining the Protective Impact of Peer Relationships on Negative Self-Esteem among High-Risk Adolescents: The Interplay of Gender and Ethnicity	6
Use of Self in Relational CBT: A Synthesized Approach for Disadvantaged Emerging Adults with Relational Trauma	6
Personal Beliefs and Professional Realities: A Mixed-Methods Study of Child Sexual Abuse Workers’ Perspectives on Pornography	6
School Social Work in Sweden—Who are the Children in Counselling, and What Support are They Offered? A Protocol Study About Individual Counselling in Elementary Schools	6
Children as Participants in Research	6
Young Children’s Lives at Domestic Violence Shelters: Mothers’ Perspectives on Their Children’s Experiences	6
When Trauma Echoes: The Role of Prior Assault in PTSD and Growth Over Time After a New Sexual Assault	6
Underestimation of Intrafamilial Child Sexual Abuse Risk in Frontline Child Protection Assessments: Evidence from Slovakia	5
How Young People Portrayed Their Experiences in Therapeutic Residential Care in Portugal: A Mixed Methods Study	5
I Can’t Hold On: Understanding the Instability of Female Syrian Care Leavers in Turkey	5
Parent and Youth Executive Function Outcomes Following Participation in the Online Boys Town Common Sense Parenting Program: A Pilot Study Based on Parental Ratings	5
Inherited Vulnerabilities and Innate Remedies: Reframing “Cycles of Child Maltreatment” Through Attention to the Wider Literature on Intergenerational Aspects of Trauma and Healing	5
Does Multidimensional Self-Concept Mediate the Relationship of Childhood Sexual Abuse and Bullying Victimization on Deliberate Self-Harm and Suicidal Ideation Among Adolescent Girls?	5
A Book Review on Experimental Research Designs in Social Work: Theory and Application	5
The Main and Intersecting Predictive Effects of Out-of-Home Child Welfare Placement, Sex, and Ethnicity on Arrest in Canada	5
Exploring the Role of Independent Living Workers in How Youth in Care Access and Utilize Technology	5
Implementation and Outcomes of the Trauma Ambassadors Program: A Case Study of Trauma-Informed Youth Leadership Development	5
Predicting Cognitive Empathy in Children Using Random Forest Analysis: Differences Based on Perceived Pandemic Safety	5
Preliminary Validation of a Novel Digital Measure of Emotion Regulation (The Three Circles) in Adolescents	5
Fostering Self-Determination: A Review and Research Agenda Advancing Self-Determination Theory as a Unifying Framework for Youth Well-Being in Foster Care Research	4
States’ Use of Medicaid Waivers for Children with Behavioral Health Needs is Associated with Lower Rates of Voluntary Child Welfare Placements	4
The Role of Individual, Familial, and Extrafamilial Protective Factors on Non-engaged Youth’s Well-Being in the Sociopolitical Context of Hong Kong	4
Who Uses Youth Mentoring Frameworks and Guidelines?: A Scoping Review	4
Play Therapy in Judicial Units for Children Whose Parents are Going Through Divorce: A Model Proposal	4
Development of a Child-Informed Measure of Subjective Well-Being for Research on Residential Care Institutions and Their Alternatives in Low- and Middle-Income Countries	4
To Belong: Narratives About Family Belonging Among Children in Foster Families or Where Custody has been Transferred	4
Suicidal Ideation and Its Correlates Among Adolescents in Trinidad and Tobago	4
Examining Predictors of Behavioral and Mental Health Change Among Youth Involved in Wilderness Therapy, Residential Treatment Centers, and Therapeutic Boarding Schools	4
Ignored at Home, Acting Out Online: A SEM–ANN Model of Parental Phubbing and Adolescent Cyberbullying	4
“Can I Survive on My Own?”: Young People’s Perspectives on the Implementation of Transition Planning in Out-of-Home Care	4
Who Participates and Why It Matters: Understanding Demographic and Academic Differences in a College Campus-Support Program for Students with Foster Care Experience, Students Experiencing Homelessness	4
Screening and Assessment of Suicidal Behavior in Transition-Age Youth with Foster Care Involvement	4
The Impact of COVID-19 and Immigration Enforcement on Service Delivery for Immigrant Origin Families Involved in the Child Welfare System	4
Developing a Structural Understanding of School Social Work	4
Resilience in Adolescent Girls in Child Welfare: Reliability and Validity of the RS-14	4
Routes Out of Child Abuse to School Adjustments: A Comparison Between North Korean Adolescent Refugees and Native South Korean Adolescents	3
Youth Gang Membership, Marginalized Identities, and Suicidality Disparities: Intersectional Implications for Research and Practice	3
“She is a Mother, but still Childish”. Exploring Adult Caregivers’ Perspectives on Adolescent Parenting	3
Quality of Relationships Between Residential Staff and Youth: A Systematic Review	3
Characteristics, Circumstances and Support Needs of Older Young People Entering Care for the First Time: A Scoping Review	3
Exposure to Violence Within Dating, Peer, and Community Contexts Among African American and Hispanic/Latine Adolescents in High-Burden, Urban Communities	3
“Foster Care is a Roller Coaster”: A Mixed-Methods Exploration of Foster Parent Experiences with Caregiving	3
Evaluating the Preliminary Effectiveness of Continuum of Care Program (COCP) in Youth with Problematic Sexual Behaviors in Alabama: One-Group Pre-Posttest Design	3
Psychosocial Adjustment of Adolescent Boys from Inner-City, Low-Income, Single-Mother Families: Evaluation of a Youth Program	3
Coping Strategies and Trauma-Informed Interventions for Residential Support Workers: We Lean on Each Other	3
Transformational Education in Youth Work: Theoretical Concepts and Empirical Findings	3
Insights for Clinical Providers and Community Leaders: Unaccompanied Immigrant Children’s Mental Health Includes Caregiver Support	3
Examining the Influence of Perceived Neighborhood Environment and Connectedness on the Mental Health Symptoms of Black Adolescent Serious Offenders	3
Family Violence as a Barrier to the Development of Social and Emotional Intelligence in Children with Learning Disabilities: A Longitudinal Mediation Model	3
Exploring Self Over Time: Associations Between Adolescents’ Self-Portrait Features and Social-Emotional Self-Reports	3