Topic · Safety Research
Child Welfare and Adoption
Child Welfare and Adoption is a research topic within Safety Research. Science Explorer counts 19k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
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.
- Foster Care
- Child Welfare
- Mental Health
- Attachment
- Adoption
- Institutionalization
- Behavior Problems
- Intervention
- Developmental Trajectories
- Transition to Adulthood
- Research works
- 19k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 1.9k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 10.0% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
- +1% the tick is no change
- Largest producer
United States
45% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
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