Child Welfare and Child Well-Being

Abstract

1. Study Design and Methods, Paul P. Biemer, Kathryn L. Dowd, and Mary Bruce Webb PART I. MOVING TOWARD A DEVELOPMENTAL FRAMEWORK IN CHILD WELFARE 2. Quality of the Early Caregiving Environment and Preschool Well-Being: An Examination of Children Entering the Child Welfare System During Infancy, Brenda Jones Harden, Jessica Vick, Gregory Hancock, and Kevin Wang 3. Risk and Resilience Among Children Referred to the Child Welfare System: A Longitudinal Investigation of Child Well-Being in Multiple Domains, Anne Shaffer, Byron Egeland, and Kevin Wang 4. Latent Classification of Physical Abuse as a Predictor of Adolescent Functioning, Charles V. Izzo, Elliot G. Smith, John J. Eckenrode, Paul P. Biemer, and Sharon L. Christ 5. Effects of Intimate-Partner Violence on Child Psychopathology, William Gardner, Kelly Kelleher, and Kathleen Pajer PART II. CHILD WELFARE, SOCIAL CAPITAL, AND CHILD WELL-BEING 6. Comparative Safety, Stability, and Continuity of Children's Placements in Formal and Informal Substitute Care, MARK TESTA, CHRISTINA M. BRUHN, AND JESSE HELTON 7. The Social Capital of Youth in Foster Care: An Assessment and Policy Implications, Matthew Stagner and Daniel Kuehn 8. Explaining Reunification and Reentry 3 Years After Placement in Out-of-Home Care, Richard P. Barth, Shenyang Guo, Sharon L. Christ, Christina M. Bruhn, and Rebecca L. Green 9. Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Initial Child Welfare Experience: Exploring Areas of Convergence and Divergence, Robert M. Ortega, Andrew Grogan-Kaylor, Mary Ruffolo, Jenell Clarke, and Rebecca Karb PART III. THE SURVEY STUDY DESIGN AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH 10. Patterns and Predictors of Mental Health Services Use by Children in Contact with the Child Welfare System, SARAH MCCUE HORWITZ, MICHAEL S. HURLBURT, AND JINJIN ZHANG 11. Exits from Out-of-Home Care and Continuity of Mental Health Service Use, John Landsverk, Michael S. Hurlburt, Laurel Leslie, Jennifer Rolls, and Jinjin Zhang 12. Caregiver Depression, Mental Health Service Use, and Child Outcomes, Barbara J. Burns, Sarah A. Mustillo, Elizabeth M. Z. Farmer, David J. Kolko, Julie McCrae, Anne M. Libby, and Mary Bruce Webb 13. Organizational Climate and Service Outcomes in Child Welfare Systems, Charles Glisson 14. Information Management, Interagency Collaboration, and Outcomes in Child Welfare Agencies, E. Michael Foster, Rebecca Wells, and Yu Bai