# Child Welfare and Adoption

**Type:** Topics  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/topics/child-welfare-and-adoption/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Description | This cluster of papers focuses on the mental health, developmental trajectories, attachment, and transition to adulthood of children and youths in the foster care and child welfare system. It covers topics such as the impact of institutionalization, effects of early deprivation, behavior problems, intervention strategies, and outcomes for youth aging out of foster care. |
| Domain | Social Sciences |
| Field | Social Sciences |
| OpenAlex ID | t11380 |
| Works | 132 |

## Topic papers all

Showing 15 of 132.

- [The long-term impact of the physical, emotional, and sexual abuse of children: A community study](https://scholariq.org/papers/the-long-term-impact-of-the-physical-emotional-and-sexual-abuse-of-children-a/)
- [Cognitive Recovery in Socially Deprived Young Children: The Bucharest Early Intervention Project](https://scholariq.org/papers/cognitive-recovery-in-socially-deprived-young-children-the-bucharest-early/)
- [Prolonged institutional rearing is associated with atypically large amygdala volume and difficulties in emotion regulation](https://scholariq.org/papers/prolonged-institutional-rearing-is-associated-with-atypically-large-amygdala/)
- [Midwest Evaluation of the Adult Functioning of Former Foster Youth: outcomes at age 19](https://scholariq.org/papers/midwest-evaluation-of-the-adult-functioning-of-former-foster-youth-outcomes-at-2/)
- [Foster youth transitions to adulthood: a longitudinal view of youth leaving care.](https://scholariq.org/papers/foster-youth-transitions-to-adulthood-a-longitudinal-view-of-youth-leaving-care/)
- [Genes and behavior: Nature-nurture interplay explained](https://scholariq.org/papers/genes-and-behavior-nature-nurture-interplay-explained/)
- [Early outcomes for young adults transitioning from out‐of‐home care in the USA](https://scholariq.org/papers/early-outcomes-for-young-adults-transitioning-from-out-of-home-care-in-the-usa/)
- [Childhood Externalizing Behavior: Theory and Implications](https://scholariq.org/papers/childhood-externalizing-behavior-theory-and-implications/)
- [Attachment in Institutionalized and Community Children in Romania](https://scholariq.org/papers/attachment-in-institutionalized-and-community-children-in-romania/)
- [Racial and ethnic disparities: A population-based examination of risk factors for involvement with child protective services](https://scholariq.org/papers/racial-and-ethnic-disparities-a-population-based-examination-of-risk-factors-for/)
- [Midwest Evaluation of the Adult Functioning of Former Foster Youth: Outcomes at Ages 23 and 24](https://scholariq.org/papers/midwest-evaluation-of-the-adult-functioning-of-former-foster-youth-outcomes-at/)
- [Designing research to study the effects of institutionalization on brain and behavioral development: The Bucharest Early Intervention Project](https://scholariq.org/papers/designing-research-to-study-the-effects-of-institutionalization-on-brain-and/)
- [Variation in neural development as a result of exposure to institutionalization early in childhood](https://scholariq.org/papers/variation-in-neural-development-as-a-result-of-exposure-to-institutionalization/)
- [Prevalence and Correlates of Youth Homelessness in the United States](https://scholariq.org/papers/prevalence-and-correlates-of-youth-homelessness-in-the-united-states/)
- [Vulnerable Populations and the Transition to Adulthood](https://scholariq.org/papers/vulnerable-populations-and-the-transition-to-adulthood/)

## Topic primary papers

Showing 15 of 71.

- [Cognitive Recovery in Socially Deprived Young Children: The Bucharest Early Intervention Project](https://scholariq.org/papers/cognitive-recovery-in-socially-deprived-young-children-the-bucharest-early/)
- [Prolonged institutional rearing is associated with atypically large amygdala volume and difficulties in emotion regulation](https://scholariq.org/papers/prolonged-institutional-rearing-is-associated-with-atypically-large-amygdala/)
- [Midwest Evaluation of the Adult Functioning of Former Foster Youth: outcomes at age 19](https://scholariq.org/papers/midwest-evaluation-of-the-adult-functioning-of-former-foster-youth-outcomes-at-2/)
- [Foster youth transitions to adulthood: a longitudinal view of youth leaving care.](https://scholariq.org/papers/foster-youth-transitions-to-adulthood-a-longitudinal-view-of-youth-leaving-care/)
- [Genes and behavior: Nature-nurture interplay explained](https://scholariq.org/papers/genes-and-behavior-nature-nurture-interplay-explained/)
- [Early outcomes for young adults transitioning from out‐of‐home care in the USA](https://scholariq.org/papers/early-outcomes-for-young-adults-transitioning-from-out-of-home-care-in-the-usa/)
- [Attachment in Institutionalized and Community Children in Romania](https://scholariq.org/papers/attachment-in-institutionalized-and-community-children-in-romania/)
- [Midwest Evaluation of the Adult Functioning of Former Foster Youth: Outcomes at Ages 23 and 24](https://scholariq.org/papers/midwest-evaluation-of-the-adult-functioning-of-former-foster-youth-outcomes-at/)
- [Designing research to study the effects of institutionalization on brain and behavioral development: The Bucharest Early Intervention Project](https://scholariq.org/papers/designing-research-to-study-the-effects-of-institutionalization-on-brain-and/)
- [Variation in neural development as a result of exposure to institutionalization early in childhood](https://scholariq.org/papers/variation-in-neural-development-as-a-result-of-exposure-to-institutionalization/)
- [The Prevalence of Mental Disorders Among Children and Adolescents in the Child Welfare System](https://scholariq.org/papers/the-prevalence-of-mental-disorders-among-children-and-adolescents-in-the-child/)
- [“Tomorrow is another problem”](https://scholariq.org/papers/tomorrow-is-another-problem/)
- [Developmental and Behavioral Needs and Service Use for Young Children in Child Welfare](https://scholariq.org/papers/developmental-and-behavioral-needs-and-service-use-for-young-children-in-child/)
- [The risk of teenage pregnancy among transitioning foster youth: Implications for extending state care beyond age 18](https://scholariq.org/papers/the-risk-of-teenage-pregnancy-among-transitioning-foster-youth-implications-for/)
- [Health Care Issues for Children and Adolescents in Foster Care and Kinship Care](https://scholariq.org/papers/health-care-issues-for-children-and-adolescents-in-foster-care-and-kinship-care/)

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