Peer-reviewed article
How Is Child Well-Being Defined in Research on Child Maltreatment and Child Welfare Involvement? A Scoping Review
Susan Yoon, Yujeong Chang, Öznur Bayar, Charis J. Stanek, Philomina Oyeh Yeboah et al. ·
Summary
Written by AI, not yet AICS's view · claude-sonnet-5-5This is a scoping review of how child well-being is defined in empirical studies of children who have experienced maltreatment or been involved with child welfare systems. Its main aim is to systematically summarise and synthesise existing evidence on those definitions. Only the objective is available in the text provided, so no findings are reported here.
Key points
- The review is a scoping review of empirical studies.
- It focuses on children who experience maltreatment and/or child welfare system involvement.
- Its primary objective is to summarise how child well-being is defined in this research.
Limitations
Only the title and a statement of the objective are available, so the methods, the number of studies reviewed, the countries covered and the findings cannot be described. The 'peer-reviewed' label is inferred from the scoping-review format rather than stated in the text.
Abstract
The primary objective of this scoping review is to systematically summarize and synthesize existing evidence on how child well-being is defined in empirical studies examining children who experience child maltreatment and/or child welfare system involvement.