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Making sense of adoption: Integration and differentiation from the perspective of adopted children in middle childhood

Neil, Elsbeth - In: Children and Youth Services Review 34 (2012) 2, pp. 409-416

Adopted children must integrate into their adoptive families, but they also need to differentiate between their adoptive and birth families, and to make sense of their adoptive status. This research examines these issues using the perspectives of adopted children in middle childhood. Forty three...

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Stigmatization associated with growing up in a lesbian-parented family: What do adolescents experience and how do they deal with it?

van Gelderen, Loes; Gartrell, Nanette; Bos, Henny M.W.; … - In: Children and Youth Services Review 34 (2012) 5, pp. 999-1006

so, to explore the nature of these experiences. In addition, the focus was on the coping strategies as described by the …

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Stress, coping and quality of life: An exploratory study of the psychological well-being of Ghanaian orphans placed in orphanages

Salifu Yendork, J.; Somhlaba, Nceba Z. - In: Children and Youth Services Review 46 (2014) C, pp. 28-37

the present study was to explore stress (symptoms of depression and anxiety), coping and the overall quality of life of … Pearson product-moment correlation analyses revealed significant correlations between depression, anxiety, coping and quality …, anxiety and support-seeking coping emerged as significant predictors of qualify of life whereas depression emerged as a …

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Transactional stress and anxiety control beliefs among low-income early adolescents

Hickle, Kristine E.; Anthony, Elizabeth K. - In: Children and Youth Services Review 35 (2013) 2, pp. 353-357

positive relationship with anxiety control beliefs and coping skills and social support. An inverse relationship with anxiety …

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“I don't feel shy because I will be among others who are just like me…”: The role of support groups for children perinatally infected with HIV in Zimbabwe

Mupambireyi, Zivai; Bernays, Sarah; … - In: Children and Youth Services Review 45 (2014) C, pp. 106-113

As access to paediatric antiretroviral therapy (ART) continues to improve in sub-Saharan Africa, a new historically specific cohort of HIV-perinatally infected children surviving into adolescent has emerged. Although remarkable successes have been made clinically in keeping this cohort alive and...

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“At a moment, you could collapse”: Raising children with autism in the West Bank

Dababnah, Sarah; Parish, Susan L. - In: Children and Youth Services Review 35 (2013) 10, pp. 1670-1678

The current qualitative study examined knowledge, attitudes, burdens and coping strategies related to caring for a … information. Religious coping was found to be partly adaptive for some of the participants. The study underscored the vital need …

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“My story”—HIV positive adolescents tell their story through film

Willis, N.; Frewin, L.; Miller, A.; Dziwa, C.; Mavhu, W.; … - In: Children and Youth Services Review 45 (2014) C, pp. 129-136

The global commitment to universal access for people in need of antiretroviral therapy has transformed the lives of adolescents with HIV. In contrast, there has been limited commitment at policy or service level to the need for effective therapeutic interventions which can help them to cope with...

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