Erik J Knorth
Biographic Data
| ID | 180696 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Erik J Knorth |
| GIVEN NAMES | Erik J |
| FAMILY NAME | Knorth |
| SIGNATURE | KNORTH E J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Groningen |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7139-9675 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 53 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 109 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 53 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Safety First! Residential Group Climate and Antisocial Behavior: A Multilevel Meta-analysis
A systematic review and multilevel meta-analysis was performed (28 studies and 313 effect sizes) on the relation between residential group climate (i.e., safety, atmosphere, repression, support, growth, structure) and antisocial behavior, including aggression and criminal recidivism. A systematic search was conducted in PsychINFO, ERIC, and OVID Medline up to February 2023. Results showed a small but significant association ( r = .20) between res…
Feeling Better: Experiences and Needs of Adolescents and Professionals Regarding Their Mentoring Relationship in Residential Youth Care
Exploring Change in Children’s and Art Therapists’ Behavior during ‘Images of Self’, an Art Therapy Program for Children Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Repeated Case Study Design
(1) Background: 'Images of Self' (IOS) is a recently developed and evaluated art therapy program of 15 sessions to reduce difficulties in 'sense of self', 'emotion regulation', 'flexibility', and 'social behavior' of children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). In this paper, it is explored whether change in the child's behaviors corresponds to the therapist's actions during IOS and 15 weeks later. (2) Method: In a repeated case study…
The mediating role of social climate in the association of youth and residential service characteristics and quality of life
Previous research has shown that social climate (SC) is important for the daily life of youths living in therapeutic residential youth care (TRC). However, little is known on how SC can promote a positive quality of life (QoL) for the heterogeneous TRC population. This study, therefore, investigates how TRC and youth characteristics are associated with SC and QoL. We employed a combination of person-centered and variable-centered approaches in a …
A qualitative study into the reintegration of vulnerable migrant children and families after return to Kosovo: Findings from a follow-up
Vulnerable children’s experiences after (forced) return are understudied. Compared with the situation of adults, child-specific safeguards are necessary for their reintegration. The study aims to gain insight into the reintegration and support experiences of vulnerable returnee children after a short and medium term of return in Kosovo. This study has a qualitative design and a thematic analysis was conducted. Thirteen children in nine families, …
Perspectives of unaccompanied refugee children, their foster carers and guardians on placement success: Which factors predict multi-informant discrepancies
This study examined multi-informant discrepancies (between child, carer, and guardian perspectives) regarding placement success of 39 foster placements, as well as possible factors associated with these discrepancies. We also examined whether these discrepancies in placement success at baseline measurement (T0) are related to placement breakdown at second measurement (T1). The results showed that when placements are rated with a high average plac…
Cultural matching factors, child factors and fostering factors associated with successful foster placement: An explorative study into the perspectives of unaccompanied refugee children, their foster c…
This paper presents findings from the baseline measurement of a longitudinal Dutch study focusing on cultural matching, child and fostering factors associated with the success of foster placements of unaccompanied refugee children. We assessed the placement from the perspectives of the children, their foster carers and their guardians. The children (n = 39) and their carers (n = 37) were visited at their homes, where they completed several questi…
It can never be as perfect as home’: An explorative study into the fostering experiences of unaccompanied refugee children, their foster carers and social workers
Research shows that highly supportive living arrangements, such as foster care, can provide an environment that meets the needs of unaccompanied children (i.e. fewer internalizing problems, higher quality of the child-rearing environment). However, there is limited research into the experiences of these children in (cultural) foster care. The aim of this study is to explore the experiences of former unaccompanied refugee children and unaccompanie…
Evaluation of ‘Images of Self,’ an art therapy program for children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders (ASD)
The art therapy (AT) program for children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), ‘Images of Self’, has been evaluated with repeated single case studies (n = 12) in a mixed-methods design. The program focuses on children’s difficulties with their ‘sense of self’, ‘emotion regulation’, ‘flexibility’ and ‘social behavior’. Parents, teachers and art therapists scored the BRIEF and CSBQ, instruments for rating child behavior. Children filled …
Development of atypical parental behavior during an inpatient family preservation intervention program
Since failed reunification is a detrimental outcome for children, particularly infants and toddlers, the aim of this study was to gain insight into support to families in multiple‐problem situations to help them achieve sustainable good‐enough parenting. Therefore, we examined outcomes of an assessment‐based inpatient family preservation program. We prepared a thorough target‐population description ( n = 70) using file analysis. Next, we examined…
One size does not fit all: A systematic review of training outcomes on residential youth care professionals' skills
Learning from parents: A qualitative interview study on how parents experience their journey through the Dutch child protection system
The quality of parents' experiences with the child protection system (CPS) is related to the outcomes of their family's process in the system. The importance of collaboration with parents in child protection is underpinned by human and children's rights conventions addressing the right for family life and parents being first responsible in fulfilling children's rights. We interviewed 20 parents about their experiences with the Dutch CPS. Our them…
To preserve or not to preserve: That is the question. Decision-making about family preservation among families in multi-problem situations
Meaningful participation for children in the Dutch child protection system: A critical analysis of relevant provisions in policy documents
Policymakers are increasingly focusing on the participation of children in the child protection system (CPS). However, research shows that actual practice still needs to be improved. Embedding children's participation in legislation and policy documents is one important prerequisite for achieving meaningful participation in child protection practice. In this study, the participation of children in the Dutch CPS under the new Youth Act 2015 is cri…
Participation of youth in decision‐making procedures during residential care: A narrative review
Participation in decision‐making procedures of young people in care is considered a key element that affects their current or future living circumstances and might improve the quality of decision‐making on and delivery of provided services. This narrative literature review, covering the period 2000–2016, focuses on the opportunities of young people to participate, the challenges and facilitators to participation, and the outcomes of care related …
The Best Interests of the Child from Different Cultural Perspectives: Factors Influencing Judgements of the Quality of Child-Rearing Environment and Construct Validity of the Best Interests of the Chi…
Child-rearing practices and beliefs of what determines a 'good quality' of child-rearing differ across cultural contexts and more than one interpretation can be given to "a child's best interests". This study aims to examine the cultural factors that influence judgements of the quality of children's rearing environment, and the construct validity of the Best Interests of the Child-Questionnaire (BIC-Q) scale when used in the Western Balkans. In o…
Nothing goes as planned”: Practitioners reflect on matching children and foster families
Matching children with foster carers is an important step in every nonkinship family foster care placement. Although guidelines for matching are provided in several studies, the case‐specific context of the decision can influence the practitioners' ability to adhere to these guidelines. Therefore, this study answers the following question: “How does the case‐specific context influence the practitioners' decision‐making process regarding matching …
Migrant and asylum-seeker children returned to Kosovo and Albania: Predictive Factors for Social-Emotional Wellbeing After Return
The return of rejected asylum seekers has a high priority on the national agendas of European States. In order to make well-informed asylum decisions involving children, knowledge of how asylum-seeker children fare after their return to their countries of origin is needed. This study aims to gain knowledge about the child-rearing environment and the social-emotional wellbeing of migrant children who have returned to Kosovo and Albania after a sta…
The Challenge in Child and Youth Care Research and Practice: Professionalization and Participation
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the concepts discussed in this book. The book argues that child and youth care is characterized as: increasingly professional but (still) hesitantly participatory. It shows why it is necessary to attune the professional process to the needs and views of children, youth and parents, and why it is profitable for all parties involved that clients play an active role. Realizing a participatory approac…
The Role of Residential Child and Youth Care Workers in Care Planning: An Exploratory Study
Working with treatment plans supposedly improves the quality of child and youth care. A larger scale study of the content of plans in several residential settings for child and youth care, working according to different models of treatment planning as far as group worker participation is concerned, is necessary to shed light in this matter. Working with treatment plans is unarguably one of the most striking features of the professionalization ten…
Matching children with foster carers: A literature review
Perceived Living Conditions of Young People in Secure Residential Care: Psychometric Properties of the Best Interest of the Child − Self-Report Questionnaire (BIC-S)
The Best Interest of the Child − Self-report questionnaire (BIC-S) is designed as a tool to ensure young people in secure residential care have a voice about their living environment. The primary aim of this study was to determine the psychometric properties of the BIC-S. Second, we wanted to map the experiences of young people with their current residential living environment. Therefore, both quantitative and qualitative methods were used to ass…
Parental perspectives: Risk and protective factors associated with parenting quality for parents of adolescents in secure residential care
Although parental problems and poor parenting are commonly associated with adolescents' admission to secure residential care, few studies examined these parental characteristics. This study aims to identify parental problems and strengths and their association with parenting styles for 64 of these parents. We assessed perspectives of both adolescents and their parent figures shortly after admission. Parents often report high levels of psychopatho…
Assessing Parenting in the Context of Reunification of Infants/Toddlers and Their Families: How to Face the Challenges
Since a substantial portion of infants and toddlers reenter care after reunification, the question of whether family reunification is feasible needs to be answered very cautiously. How parenting is assessed is of major importance in answering this question, but the quality of these assessments is often poor. With an eye to improving current practice, we conducted an integrative review, in which we analyzed the challenges related to the assessment…
Therapeutic Residential Care for Children and Youth: A Consensus Statement of the International Work Group on Therapeutic Residential Care
The International Work Group for Therapeutic Residential Care convened an International Summit on ‘Pathways to Evidence-Based Practice’ at Loughborough University (GBR), Centre for Child and Fami...
A secure base? The adolescent–staff relationship in secure residential youth care
The client–therapist relationship is recognized as an important factor contributing to outcomes of child and youth care. Particularly in secure residential youth care, in which adolescents with mainly externalizing behaviour problems are often placed coercively, the client–staff relationship seems to be important for the achievement of positive outcomes. The present study aims to assess the client–staff relationship for a group of 135 adolescents…
Family‐centred residential care: The new reality
This paper considers therapeutic approaches to residential care with specific attention to the question of family involvement. It builds on a body of literature indicating the potential of residential care as a positive intervention for young people, and examines the contention that – even when family problems contribute to a young person's accommodation in residential care – family involvement could improve long‐term outcomes. The literature rev…
Migrant and asylum-seeker children returned to Kosovo and Albania: Predictive Factors for Social-Emotional Wellbeing After Return
The return of rejected asylum seekers has a high priority on the national agendas of European States. In order to make well-informed asylum decisions involving children, knowledge of how asylum-seeker children fare after their return to their countries of origin is needed. This study aims to gain knowledge about the child-rearing environment and the social-emotional wellbeing of migrant children who have returned to Kosovo and Albania after a sta…
Assessing Parenting in the Context of Reunification of Infants/Toddlers and Their Families: How to Face the Challenges
Since a substantial portion of infants and toddlers reenter care after reunification, the question of whether family reunification is feasible needs to be answered very cautiously. How parenting is assessed is of major importance in answering this question, but the quality of these assessments is often poor. With an eye to improving current practice, we conducted an integrative review, in which we analyzed the challenges related to the assessment…
Self-reported care activities in a home-based intervention programme for families with multiple problems
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe the development and application of the KIPP-list of care activities. The acronym KIPP stands for Knowledge and Insight into Primary Processes. The instrument is intended as a tool for family coaches to systematically report care activities conducted in the Dutch family support programme Ten for the Future (in Dutch: Tien voor Toekomst). Design/methodology/approach – The design of the instrument w…
Returned Migrant Children in Kosovo and Albania: Assessing the Quality of Child-Rearing From a Non-Western Perspective
This study discusses methodological considerations and cultural sensitivity issues in cross-cultural research. A multi-method approach was adopted—consisting of a seminar, an expert’s opinion, and a focus-group discussion with Western-Balkan professionals—to assess the content validity of the Best Interest of the Child Model (BIC Model) and Questionnaire (BIC-Q) in the cultural context of the Western Balkans. The cultural sensitivity of the asses…
Instruments for research on transition
Learning from parents: A qualitative interview study on how parents experience their journey through the Dutch child protection system
The quality of parents' experiences with the child protection system (CPS) is related to the outcomes of their family's process in the system. The importance of collaboration with parents in child protection is underpinned by human and children's rights conventions addressing the right for family life and parents being first responsible in fulfilling children's rights. We interviewed 20 parents about their experiences with the Dutch CPS. Our them…
Outcomes of a coaching program for families with multiple problems in the Netherlands: A prospective study
Searching for effective interventions for foster children under stress: A meta‐analysis
Foster children experience a lot of stress because of their life histories and changes in their family circumstances, such as foster care placement. It is important that foster parents recognize the early signs of stress in foster children and learn how to act in a non‐threatening and understanding manner. Family‐based interventions may help in this. In this paper, we report on a meta‐analysis of studies ( n = 19) of the effectiveness of such int…
Perceived Living Conditions of Young People in Secure Residential Care: Psychometric Properties of the Best Interest of the Child − Self-Report Questionnaire (BIC-S)
The Best Interest of the Child − Self-report questionnaire (BIC-S) is designed as a tool to ensure young people in secure residential care have a voice about their living environment. The primary aim of this study was to determine the psychometric properties of the BIC-S. Second, we wanted to map the experiences of young people with their current residential living environment. Therefore, both quantitative and qualitative methods were used to ass…
Parental perspectives: Risk and protective factors associated with parenting quality for parents of adolescents in secure residential care
Although parental problems and poor parenting are commonly associated with adolescents' admission to secure residential care, few studies examined these parental characteristics. This study aims to identify parental problems and strengths and their association with parenting styles for 64 of these parents. We assessed perspectives of both adolescents and their parent figures shortly after admission. Parents often report high levels of psychopatho…
The Best Interest of the Child Self-Report Questionnaire (BIC-S): Results of a Participatory Development Process
Transition secured? A follow-up study of adolescents who have left secure residential care
It can never be as perfect as home’: An explorative study into the fostering experiences of unaccompanied refugee children, their foster carers and social workers
Research shows that highly supportive living arrangements, such as foster care, can provide an environment that meets the needs of unaccompanied children (i.e. fewer internalizing problems, higher quality of the child-rearing environment). However, there is limited research into the experiences of these children in (cultural) foster care. The aim of this study is to explore the experiences of former unaccompanied refugee children and unaccompanie…
Nothing goes as planned”: Practitioners reflect on matching children and foster families
Matching children with foster carers is an important step in every nonkinship family foster care placement. Although guidelines for matching are provided in several studies, the case‐specific context of the decision can influence the practitioners' ability to adhere to these guidelines. Therefore, this study answers the following question: “How does the case‐specific context influence the practitioners' decision‐making process regarding matching …
Decision Making in Dutch Child Welfare: Child's Wishes about Reunification after Out-of-Home Placement: Table 1
The child is a major stakeholder in the decision whether to continue placement in foster-care or to reunify her or him with the biological family. This study investigated whether Dutch social workers are influenced by the child's wish in their recommendations about reunification. Data were gathered from 120 child welfare professionals and 120 students who read a vignette about a child in foster-care and completed a questionnaire about their reuni…
Needs-led child and youth care: Main characteristics and evidence on outcomes
A Taxonomy of Care for Youth: Results of an Empirical Development Procedure
Purpose: Statements about potentially effective components of interventions in child and youth care are hard to make because of a lack of a standardized instruments for classifying the most salient care characteristics. The aim of this study is to present an empirically developed taxonomy of care for youth (Tocfy) which is feasible for use in daily practice, including an explanation of the developmental process itself. Methods: The development pr…
Foster Carer-Foster Child Intervention (FFI): An Intervention Designed to Reduce Stress in Young Children Placed in a Foster Family
The Foster carer-Foster child Intervention (FFI) was developed to help foster carers recognise and cope with the stress that foster children under the age of five might experience when placed in a new family. Children who have been neglected or abused may have difficulty coping with stress and develop behavioural problems, and young children in particular can develop passive avoidance behaviour as a way of adapting to their new situation. The FFI…
Working with Adolescents. Supporting Families, Preventing Breakdown
Evaluation of ‘Images of Self,’ an art therapy program for children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders (ASD)
The art therapy (AT) program for children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), ‘Images of Self’, has been evaluated with repeated single case studies (n = 12) in a mixed-methods design. The program focuses on children’s difficulties with their ‘sense of self’, ‘emotion regulation’, ‘flexibility’ and ‘social behavior’. Parents, teachers and art therapists scored the BRIEF and CSBQ, instruments for rating child behavior. Children filled …
The Best Interests of the Child from Different Cultural Perspectives: Factors Influencing Judgements of the Quality of Child-Rearing Environment and Construct Validity of the Best Interests of the Chi…
Child-rearing practices and beliefs of what determines a 'good quality' of child-rearing differ across cultural contexts and more than one interpretation can be given to "a child's best interests". This study aims to examine the cultural factors that influence judgements of the quality of children's rearing environment, and the construct validity of the Best Interests of the Child-Questionnaire (BIC-Q) scale when used in the Western Balkans. In o…
The developing relationship between recently placed foster infants and toddlers and their foster carers: Do demographic factors, placement characteristics and biological stress markers matter
Compliments and accounts: Positive evaluation of reported behavior in psychotherapy for adolescents
Based on conversation analysis (CA) of video-recorded therapy sessions, the article explicates a particular interactional project of positively evaluating client-reported behavior in psychotherapy. The analysis focuses on the therapist's actions that convey a positive evaluation of client-reported behavior that represents therapeutic progress. First, the data analysis revealed three components that constitute the evaluation project: discourse mar…
Professionalization and Participation in Child and Youth Care: Challenging Understandings in Theory and Practice
Working with Adolescents. Supporting Families, Preventing Breakdown
Under one roof: A review and selective meta-analysis on the outcomes of residential child and youth care
Factors associated with the adjustment of foster children in the Netherlands
Information obtained from 419 case files was used to investigate the associations between the foster child's adjustment to the foster family and factors in the histories of the child and the parents, as well as factors in the relationship between foster children and their biological parents while they are placed in foster care. Problems in the foster child's prior history, particularly attachment disorders and the experience of replacements, affe…
Transition secured? A follow-up study of adolescents who have left secure residential care
Instruments for research on transition
Family‐centred residential care: The new reality
This paper considers therapeutic approaches to residential care with specific attention to the question of family involvement. It builds on a body of literature indicating the potential of residential care as a positive intervention for young people, and examines the contention that – even when family problems contribute to a young person's accommodation in residential care – family involvement could improve long‐term outcomes. The literature rev…
Searching for effective interventions for foster children under stress: A meta‐analysis
Foster children experience a lot of stress because of their life histories and changes in their family circumstances, such as foster care placement. It is important that foster parents recognize the early signs of stress in foster children and learn how to act in a non‐threatening and understanding manner. Family‐based interventions may help in this. In this paper, we report on a meta‐analysis of studies ( n = 19) of the effectiveness of such int…
A secure base? The adolescent–staff relationship in secure residential youth care
The client–therapist relationship is recognized as an important factor contributing to outcomes of child and youth care. Particularly in secure residential youth care, in which adolescents with mainly externalizing behaviour problems are often placed coercively, the client–staff relationship seems to be important for the achievement of positive outcomes. The present study aims to assess the client–staff relationship for a group of 135 adolescents…
A Taxonomy of Care for Youth: Results of an Empirical Development Procedure
Purpose: Statements about potentially effective components of interventions in child and youth care are hard to make because of a lack of a standardized instruments for classifying the most salient care characteristics. The aim of this study is to present an empirically developed taxonomy of care for youth (Tocfy) which is feasible for use in daily practice, including an explanation of the developmental process itself. Methods: The development pr…
Foster Carer-Foster Child Intervention (FFI): An Intervention Designed to Reduce Stress in Young Children Placed in a Foster Family
The Foster carer-Foster child Intervention (FFI) was developed to help foster carers recognise and cope with the stress that foster children under the age of five might experience when placed in a new family. Children who have been neglected or abused may have difficulty coping with stress and develop behavioural problems, and young children in particular can develop passive avoidance behaviour as a way of adapting to their new situation. The FFI…
Taxonomic systems in the field of health care, family care, and child and youth care: A systematic overview of the literature
Cost-effectiveness of Multisystemic Therapy for adolescents with antisocial behaviour: Study protocol of a randomized controlled trial
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Different sizes, similar challenges: Out of home care for youth in Germany and the Netherlands
While there is a large difference in the number of young inhabitants in the Netherlands and Germany, their child protection frameworks are quite similar. In both countries, child protection services are mainly focused on youth aged 0 to 18 and regulations are aimed at clients' responsibility and their active involvement during care. Youth care services consist of community-based services, day treatment and out of-home care services, which include…
The Best Interest of the Child Self-Report Questionnaire (BIC-S): Results of a Participatory Development Process
Opening the Black Box: Toward Classifying Care and Treatment for Children and Adolescents With Behavioral and Emotional Problems Within and Across Care Organizations
Objective: The Taxonomy of Care for Youth was developed to gather information about the care offered to children and adolescents with behavioral and emotional problems in various care settings. The aim was to determine similarities and differences in the content of care and thereby to classify the care offered to these children and youth within and across care organizations. Method: Interventions ( N = 56) offered in primary health care, child an…
Outcomes of a coaching program for families with multiple problems in the Netherlands: A prospective study
Decision making in child protection: An international comparative study on maltreatment substantiation, risk assessment and interventions recommendations, and the role of professionals’ child welfare …
Priorities in the communication needs of adolescents with psychosocial problems and their parents
BACKGROUND: In patient-centred care, professionals should recognize their patient's needs and adapt their communication accordingly. Studies into patients' communication needs suggest priorities vary depending on sociodemographic characteristics, and type and severity of the complaints. However, evidence lacks on priorities in the communication needs of adolescents in psychosocial care and their parents. OBJECTIVE: To assess adolescents' and pare…
Self-reported care activities in a home-based intervention programme for families with multiple problems
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe the development and application of the KIPP-list of care activities. The acronym KIPP stands for Knowledge and Insight into Primary Processes. The instrument is intended as a tool for family coaches to systematically report care activities conducted in the Dutch family support programme Ten for the Future (in Dutch: Tien voor Toekomst). Design/methodology/approach – The design of the instrument w…
Needs-led child and youth care: Main characteristics and evidence on outcomes
The developing relationship between recently placed foster infants and toddlers and their foster carers: Do demographic factors, placement characteristics and biological stress markers matter
Returned Migrant Children in Kosovo and Albania: Assessing the Quality of Child-Rearing From a Non-Western Perspective
This study discusses methodological considerations and cultural sensitivity issues in cross-cultural research. A multi-method approach was adopted—consisting of a seminar, an expert’s opinion, and a focus-group discussion with Western-Balkan professionals—to assess the content validity of the Best Interest of the Child Model (BIC Model) and Questionnaire (BIC-Q) in the cultural context of the Western Balkans. The cultural sensitivity of the asses…
Compliments and accounts: Positive evaluation of reported behavior in psychotherapy for adolescents
Based on conversation analysis (CA) of video-recorded therapy sessions, the article explicates a particular interactional project of positively evaluating client-reported behavior in psychotherapy. The analysis focuses on the therapist's actions that convey a positive evaluation of client-reported behavior that represents therapeutic progress. First, the data analysis revealed three components that constitute the evaluation project: discourse mar…
Therapeutic Residential Care for Children and Youth: A Consensus Statement of the International Work Group on Therapeutic Residential Care
The International Work Group for Therapeutic Residential Care convened an International Summit on ‘Pathways to Evidence-Based Practice’ at Loughborough University (GBR), Centre for Child and Fami...
Psychology (48 works) · Medicine (42 works) · Nursing (30 works) · Developmental psychology (26 works) · Child Welfare and Adoption (25 works) · Political science (17 works) · Psychiatry (17 works) · Social Psychology (17 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (16 works) · Clinical Psychology (15 works)