Youth, Vol. 4, Pages 567-581: The Work of Youth Homelessness Prevention in Ontario: Points of Frustration, Points of Potential Youth doi: 10.3390/youth4020039 Authors: Sarah Cullingham Naomi Nichols Aron Rosenberg Despite a rhetorical turn towards prevention in homelessness policy and research, the work of youth homelessness prevention continues to be frustrated by persistent structural barriers. In this article, we examine how youth homelessness prevention is being implemented in the province of Ontario, with a focus on targeted provincial support programs and local shelter diversion practice ..read more

Youth, Vol. 4, Pages 556-566: Adolescents Spending Time with Their Parents: Does It Matter? Youth doi: 10.3390/youth4020038 Authors: Ina Koning Carmen Voogt The current study aims to explore the relevance of ‘time spent with parents’ for different risk behaviors (i.e., alcohol use, smoking, gambling and problematic social media use), peer factors (i.e., time spent with peers, peer pressure and peer support) and parenting behaviors (i.e., control, relatedness and family support). A cross-sectional design was employed, including 2165 adolescents aged from 12 to 18 yea ..read more

Youth, Vol. 4, Pages 540-555: Sociopolitical Development among Latinx Child Farmworkers Youth doi: 10.3390/youth4020037 Authors: Parissa J. Ballard Stephanie S. Daniel Taylor J. Arnold Jennifer W. Talton Joanne C. Sandberg Sara A. Quandt Melinda F. Wiggins Camila A. Pulgar Thomas A. Arcury The objectives of the present study were to describe civic attitudes and behaviors among Latinx child farmworkers in North Carolina, examine civic outcomes across relevant demographic characteristics, and discuss the implications for research on sociopolitical development among Latinx child farmworkers and f ..read more

Youth, Vol. 4, Pages 525-539: Encounters with Care in a Scottish Residential School in the 1980s Youth doi: 10.3390/youth4020036 Authors: Mark Smith The meaning of care in residential child care is under-developed. It can often be represented through its absence, seen as offering at best basic physical tending but lacking emotional connection or warmth. At worst, residential care settings said to be institutionally abusive can be characterised as being antithetical to what we might imagine care should be. Residential schools and especially those run by religious orders attract particular oppro ..read more

Youth, Vol. 4, Pages 509-524: Parenting Styles in Emerging Adulthood Youth doi: 10.3390/youth4020035 Authors: Michaeline Jensen Jessica L. Navarro Gregory E. Chase Kacey Wyman Melissa A. Lippold Parents/caregivers remain important in the lives of emerging adults in the modern era and understanding the ways in which parents of emerging adults balance responsiveness, demandingness, and autonomy support can help inform evidence-based recommendations around developmentally appropriate protective parenting. The present study identified four “parenting styles” in emerging ..read more

Youth, Vol. 4, Pages 492-508: The Impact of Fourteen Years of UK Conservative Government Policy on Open Access Youth Work Youth doi: 10.3390/youth4020034 Authors: Bernard Davies This article reviews the impacts of the UK Conservative Party’s government policies on ‘open access youth work’ since 2010, giving particular attention to the period since 2018 and to impacts in England. After clarifying the practice’s distinctive features, it outlines the ‘austerity’ demolition of its local provision and&mdash ..read more

Youth, Vol. 4, Pages 454-477: A Quantitative Investigation of Black and Latina Adolescent Girls’ Experiences of Gendered Racial Microaggressions, Familial Racial Socialization, and Critical Action Youth doi: 10.3390/youth4020032 Authors: Taina B. Quiles Channing J. Mathews Raven A. Ross Maria Rosario Seanna Leath As Black and Latina adolescent girls experience race and gender discrimination, they may turn to their families to explore their beliefs about and responses to systemic injustice and oppression. Familial racial socialization is a likely entry point for critical action (like ..read more

Youth, Vol. 4, Pages 478-491: Self-Regulation as a Protective Factor against Bullying during Early Adolescence Youth doi: 10.3390/youth4020033 Authors: Christopher Williams Kenneth W. Griffin Caroline M. Botvin Sandra Sousa Gilbert J. Botvin Self-regulation has been shown to play a protective role against youth substance abuse, but less is known about its influence on bullying behavior. In the present study, we examined several forms of bullying (physical, social, cyber, and all forms combined) and roles (bullies, victims, and bully-victims). Students (N = 1977, ages 11 to 13) from 27 middle s ..read more

Youth, Vol. 4, Pages 427-441: Supporters with Vantage Position: The Role of Youth Work in the Online Lifeworld from the Perspective of Adolescents and Youth Work’s Partners Youth doi: 10.3390/youth4020030 Authors: Dejan Todorović Josje van der Linden Stijn Sieckelinck Margaretha Christina Timmerman The online environment, where the boundaries between the domains of home, school, work, and leisure are blurred, poses new challenges for youth work practice. Due to limited research on this subject matter, the theoretical underpinnings of the online youth work practice are constrained. Th ..read more

Youth, Vol. 4, Pages 405-426: “I Was Determined to Fulfill This Image of Myself That I Wanted of a ‘Good Asian Student’”: A Photovoice Study of Asian American College Student Mental Health Youth doi: 10.3390/youth4020029 Authors: Lalaine Sevillano Joanna C. La Torre Taylor A. Geyton Asian American (AsA) youth and emerging adults are growing at a faster rate than all other racial and ethnic populations in the United States. Burgeoning empirical evidence shows that they are experiencing increased adverse mental health outcomes since the start of the COVID ..read more