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Direct linkFisher, Gemma; Foster, Celeste – Child Care in Practice, 2016
This article reports on the process and findings from a small-scale qualitative research study. The study intended to develop an evidence-based care plan/pathway for children and young people in paediatric inpatient settings presenting with self-harm/suicidal behaviour. The article includes a critical review of unanticipated challenges of…
Descriptors: Nurses, Children, Adolescents, Suicide
Svärd, Veronica – Child Care in Practice, 2017
Hospital personnel have been shown to report child maltreatment to social services less frequently than other professionals. This quantitative study shows that one-half of the respondents within the four largest Swedish children's hospitals had never made a report. However, nurses' and nurse assistants' odds of being low reporters were…
Descriptors: Health Personnel, Hospitals, Hospitalized Children, Child Abuse
Cuzzocrea, Francesca; Murdaca, Anna Maria; Costa, Sebastiano; Filippello, Pina; Larcan, Rosalba – Child Care in Practice, 2016
The aim of this research was to compare parental stress, coping strategies and social support perceived in families of children with low functioning autism (n = 8), high functioning autism (n = 10), Down syndrome (n = 12) and parents of typically developing children (n = 20). Specifically, the objective was to investigate which variables (coping…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Child Rearing, Coping, Social Support Groups
Bartelink, Nina H. M.; Mulkens, Sandra; Mujakovic, Suhreta; Jansen, Maria W. J. – Child Care in Practice, 2018
Background: RealFit is a 13-week weight-reduction programme for adolescents. This study investigated the programme's long-term effectiveness regarding the psychological outcomes of self-esteem and food craving. Methods: The study had a quasi-experimental design. Body mass index, self-esteem and food craving were assessed at baseline (T[subscript…
Descriptors: Intervention, Program Effectiveness, Dietetics, Self Esteem
Breslin, Gavin; Shannon, Stephen; Fitzpatrick, Ben; Hanna, Donncha; Belton, Sarahjane; Brennan, Deirdre – Child Care in Practice, 2017
Need-supportive environments have been shown to predict children's physical activity levels, and in a few cases to well-being. Grounded in self-determination theory (SDT), this cross-sectional study aimed to determine the influence of psychological need (competence and social relatedness) satisfaction on physical activity levels and well-being in…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Disadvantaged, Questionnaires, Elementary School Teachers
McKay, Michael T.; Harvey, Séamus A. – Child Care in Practice, 2015
Alcohol use among adolescents is associated with both short-term (truancy, illness, trouble with police) and long-term (dependence, unemployment) negative consequences. Moreover, because of its developmental nature, adolescent drinking behaviour is difficult to accurately assess. Individual-level scholastic variables and alcohol outcome…
Descriptors: Drinking, Adolescents, Correlation, Student Motivation
Sjödin, Fredrik; Neely, Gregory – Child Care in Practice, 2017
The study included 12 preschool departments, with two teachers in six departments characterised by high levels of stress and burnout and two teachers in six departments characterised by low levels of stress and burnout. A total of 24 females with a mean age of 43.5 years participated in the study. The teachers rated stress, fatigue, work demands…
Descriptors: Observation, Stress Variables, Preschool Teachers, Teacher Burnout
Devaney, Carmel; Byrne, Paul – Child Care in Practice, 2015
The Family Welfare Conference (FWC) is a model used within the child protection and welfare services to address concerns about the needs of children and their family's ability to respond to these needs. The FWC model operates in partnership with family members, who participate in identifying both the issues of concern and potential responses to…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Child Safety, Welfare Services, Childhood Needs
Abu Bakar, Siti Hajar; Wahab, Haris Abd.; Rezaul Islam, M. – Child Care in Practice, 2016
The aim of this study was twofold: to explore the influential factors of parents' attachment for at-risk children's antisocial behaviour, and to know the types of children's antisocial behaviour caused by being a single-parent family. The sample comprised 1,434 secondary school children from the state of Johore, Malaysia. Results from the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Questionnaires, Child Care, At Risk Persons
Sinkkonen, Hanna-Maija; Kyttälä, Minna – Child Care in Practice, 2015
This study investigated Finnish young people's experiences of supportive housing. Supportive housing is an after-care programme that should support the transition from foster care to independent adulthood. It is directed mainly at young people who have been taken into foster care by social workers. The sample consisted of 39 young people (23…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foster Care, Housing, Young Adults
Kernaghan, Donna; Stewart, Dave – Child Care in Practice, 2016
Well-being is increasingly being recognised as an important aspect of children's lives. Barnardo's Northern Ireland "Time 4 Me" school-based counselling service was established in 2007 with the purpose of providing individual counselling for primary school children and wrap-around support for parents/carers and school staff. The focus of…
Descriptors: School Counseling, Counseling Services, Qualitative Research, Foreign Countries
Taylor, Brian J.; McQuillan, Karen – Child Care in Practice, 2014
The potential human and financial costs of foster placement disruption for the children, families, professionals and agencies involved are widely accepted. This service evaluation identified and described perspectives of foster parents and social workers regarding placement disruptions in order to identify the main issues of concern and to derive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foster Care, Parent Attitudes, Social Work
Abdollahi, Abbas; Abu Talib, Mansor; Reza Vakili Mobarakeh, Mohammad; Momtaz, Vahid; Kavian Mobarake, Roya – Child Care in Practice, 2016
The prevalence of social anxiety during adolescence is high, and it is necessary that we increase our knowledge on the related factors that contribute to social anxiety. The present study sought to examine the relationships among self-esteem, body-esteem, and social anxiety among adolescent students, as well as to examine the mediating role of…
Descriptors: Self Esteem, Anxiety Disorders, Interpersonal Competence, Self Concept
McAleese, Aisling; Lavery, Christine; Dyer, Kevin F. W. – Child Care in Practice, 2014
The current study aimed to review and evaluate a three-session psychoeducational and psychotherapeutic group programme for parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The group programme was facilitated through an ASD diagnostic and intervention service within a Northern Ireland Health and Social Care Trust over a 12-month period,…
Descriptors: Psychoeducational Methods, Psychotherapy, Parents, Counseling Techniques
McCrystal, Patrick; Percy, Andrew; Higgins, Kathryn – Child Care in Practice, 2008
Existing empirical evidence on substance use among young people living in residential state care during adolescence is comparatively limited. This paper reports on substance use trends of young people living in residential state care during three annual data-sweeps when aged 14, 15 and 16 years. A repeated cross-sectional research design was…
Descriptors: Residential Care, Research Design, Marijuana, Prevention
