Saralyn C Ruff

Biographic Data

ID4415921
NAMESaralyn C Ruff
GIVEN NAMESSaralyn C
FAMILY NAMERuff
SIGNATURERUFF S C
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of San Francisco
ORCID0000-0002-2078-5509
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS14
AUTHOR COUNT9
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2003
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX2

  • When care hurts

    Open AccessKaren Zilberstein, Deanna Linville et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2025References: 2

  • “Resilience,” as Defined by Foster Youth and Key Stakeholders

    Saralyn C Ruff, Saralyn Ruff et al.ARTICLEJournal of Public Child Welfare2024

    Research on foster youth often focuses on risk, rather than adaptation, strengths, and assets. Some researchers have shifted the narrative by examining resiliency, but there is limited understanding on how to define and measure resilience specifically among current and former foster youth. This study begins with a meta-synthesis of the qualitative research (n = 31, 1990-2020) that discuss resilience with foster youth. We then examine data from tw…

  • Preliminary evaluation of A Home Within psychotherapy with clients with a history of foster care

    Open AccessSaralyn C Ruff, Deanna Linville et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2022References: 38

  • Experiences during Covid-19

    Open AccessSaralyn C Ruff, Deanna Linville et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2022References: 26

  • Experiences of young adults with a history of foster care during Covid-19

    Open AccessSaralyn C Ruff, Deanna LinvilleARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2021Cited by: 9References: 20

  • Ask Me What Want”

    Open AccessSaralyn C Ruff, Kristi Harrison et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2020Cited by: 5References: 30

  • A Descriptive Analysis of Long-Term Treatment with Adolescent-Aged Foster Youth

    Open AccessSaralyn C Ruff, Chloe Jones et al.ARTICLEJournal of Child & Adolescent…2018

  • Treating Trauma

    Toni Vaughn Heineman, June M Clausen et al.BOOKTreating Trauma2013

  • All That Glistens

    Richard G Co, Richard G Coss et al.ARTICLEEcological Psychology2003

    A number of infants and toddlers have been observed to mouth and to lick the horizontal metal mirrors of toys on their hands and knees in a manner not unlike the way older children drink from rain pools in developing countries. Such mouthing of glistening surfaces by nursing-age children might characterize the precocious ability to recognize the glossy and sparkling features of water long before this information is useful later in development. Tw…