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This study was developed by the investigation group GRISIJ (Research Group on Socio-Educational Interventions in Childhood and Youth) and financed by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation and Universities (grant number [RTI2018-099305-B-C22] (MCIU/AEI/FEDER, UE); the Agency for Management of University and Research Grants AGAUR [grant number 2017 SGR 905]

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September 23, 2024
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Positive parenting, family resilience, and child participation in family reunification: good professional practices

Publicated to:European Journal of Social Work. 26 (2): 272-284 - 2022-04-19 26(2), DOI: 10.1080/13691457.2022.2063811

Authors: Mateos, Ainoa; Rodriguez, Julio; Fuentes-Pelaez, Nuria; Perez-Hernando, Sara

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Univ Barcelona, Fac Educ, Dept Res Methods & Diagnost Educ, Passeig Vall dHebron 171,Ed Llevant Planta 2 211, Barcelona 08035, Spain - Author

Abstract

Good professional practices in family reunification processes require a favourable attitude towards an approach to socio-educational action based on positive parenting, family resilience, and child participation. This quantitative study provides knowledge regarding these three perspectives based on the experience of 20 child protection system professionals (in Catalonia, Castilla-La Mancha, and Navarra) who have participated in training on and the implementation of the programme entitled 'Caminar en familia' (Walk as a family). Data were collected by administering a Likert-type questionnaire on two occasions, before starting the training on the programme and after implementing it with the group of families. A descriptive analysis of the data was performed using the SPSS v.25 software package. The results indicated a positive trend when incorporating positive parenting, family resilience, and child participation into professional practices in the child protection system, raising awareness of the children's ability to identify their own needs and the parenting skills that their parents need to improve. In conclusion, the evidence invites us to shift the focus of professional support within the child protection system.

Keywords

CareChild participationFamily resilienceFamily reunificatioHomInterventionPositive parentingProfessional competenceProtection systemRightsRiskSkillsSupportVoice

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal European Journal of Social Work due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2022, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Social Sciences (Miscellaneous).

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations provided by WoS (ESI, Clarivate), it yields a value for the citation normalization relative to the expected citation rate of: 1.47. This indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 14, 2024)

This information is reinforced by other indicators of the same type, which, although dynamic over time and dependent on the set of average global citations at the time of their calculation, consistently position the work at some point among the top 50% most cited in its field:

  • Field Citation Ratio (FCR) from Dimensions: 3.48 (source consulted: Dimensions Jul 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-07-19, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 2

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-07-19:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 21.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 30 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 7.75.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 9 (Altmetric).