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Dear readers,
I am pleased to introduce the 2024 Issue of the International Journal of Child and Adolescent Resilience (IJCAR). This issue includes: three regular articles on early intervention, fostering resilience, and trauma-informed practices; one scoping review on the conceptualization of trauma in migration; one brief report on protecting and educating children across diverse communities, while acknowledging the complexities of different populations; and one commentary on the Global Perspectives on Intergenerational Child Maltreatment Outreach Event.
In particular, the regular articles explore the complexities of borderline personality disorder, paternal parenting and adolescent ill-being, and the experiences of child welfare professionals. Armour and colleagues examined adolescents regarding the associations between the features of borderline personality disorder and basic psychological need frustration. Lampropoulou studied the associations between paternal negative parenting, resilience, and adolescent ill-being. Wells and colleagues investigated child welfare supervision received by child protection professionals, in order to foster trauma-informed care and resilience in child welfare organizations.
Furthermore, Karami and Collin-Vézina’s scoping review used an intersectional lens to examine how trauma is conceptualized in the literature on young West Asian women in Western contexts, in order to highlight the importance of understanding these definitions to inform resilience and recovery amid large-scale migration.
Finally, the 2024 issue of IJCAR ends with a brief report and a commentary. Santavicca and colleagues’ brief report examined a rapid intervention, including training and support for school teams, in order to mitigate distress and hate that is occurring in educational environments. Pirro and Langevin’s commentary on the Global Perspectives on Intergenerational Child Maltreatment Outreach Event provided an overview of the event’s presentations and discussions, as well as ongoing research initiatives part of the Global Collaboration on Traumatic Stress. Thus, we invite you to read these articles to gain a deeper understanding of ongoing research on trauma and resilience.
I would like to take this opportunity to extend my sincere gratitude to Dr. Martine Hébert, the former Editor-in-Chief, for her outstanding leadership and hard work for the journal over the years. I am honoured to carry forward this work as the current Editor-in-Chief. I am also deeply thankful for the members of the IJCAR team for their ongoing commitment and hard work in the editing and publishing process. In particular, I wish to thank our associate editors, Dr. Tara Black, Dr. Delphine Collin-Vézina, Dr. Isabelle Daigneault, Dr. Roxanne Guyon, Dr. Martine Hébert, and Dr. Nicole Racine; layout editor, Manon Robichaud; and managing editor and senior copyeditor, Teresa Pirro, all of whom have done an incredible job in their varying roles. We hope you enjoy reading the informative and thought-provoking current issue!
A friendly reminder to start preparing your manuscripts for the upcoming issue, where submissions are welcome in English or French. Please do not hesitate to share this information with colleagues and students who may be interested. We look forward to receiving your contributions for the next issue of IJCAR.
Happy reading!
Dr. Rachel Langevin, Editor-in-Chief