Study	Reason for exclusion
Aarons 2010	The study reports on an intervention other than kinship care
Adamson 1969	The article/report was intractably unavailable
Ainsworth 1998	The article/report describes a study in which there was no intervention
Ajduković 2004	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Ajduković 2005	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Albert 2008	The study did not report on child outcomes
Almgren 2001	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Altshuler 1998	The article/report describes a study in which there was no intervention
Altshuler 1999	The kinship care group was not compared with a foster care group
Anaut 1999	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Anderson 1995	The article/report describes a study in which there was no intervention
Aquilino 1991	The study reports on an intervention other than kinship care
Armsden 2000	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Backovic 2006	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Bada 2008	The study reports on an intervention other than kinship care
Barber 2003	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Barth 1995	The article/report describes a study in which there was no intervention
Barth 2008a	The study did not report on child outcomes
Bass 2004	The article/report describes a study in which there was no intervention
Beatty 1995	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Becker 2007	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Benedict 1990	The foster care group was not disaggregated from other out‐of‐home placement types
Benedict 1994	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Benedict 1996b	The cases were drawn from a sample of adults over the age of 18
Berman 2004	The article/report describes a study in which there was no intervention
Berrick 1995	The foster care group was not disaggregated from other out‐of‐home placement types
Berridge 1987	The study reports on an intervention other than kinship care
Biehal 2007	The article/report describes a study in which there was no intervention
Billing 2002	The kinship care group was not compared with a foster care group
Blumberg 1996	The study reports on an intervention other than kinship care
Broad 2001	The kinship care group was not compared with a foster care group
Broad 2004	The research design was descriptive, survey, or qualitative
Browne 2005	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Browning 1994	The article/report describes a study in which there was no intervention
Burge 2007	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Burrus 2007	The study did not report on child outcomes
Cantos 1996	The kinship group was not disaggregated from the foster care group
Cariglia 1999	The research design was descriptive, survey, or qualitative
Carlson 2002	The cases were drawn from a sample of adults over the age of 18
Carpenter 2001	The cases were drawn from a sample of adults over the age of 18
Carpenter 2003	The article/report was intractably unavailable
Carpenter 2004a	The article/report was intractably unavailable
Carpenter 2004b	The cases were drawn from a sample of adults over the age of 18
Chamberlain 2008	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Chen 2000	The research design was descriptive, survey, or qualitative
Chipungu 1998	The research design was descriptive, survey, or qualitative
Clawar 1984	The article/report describes a study in which there was no intervention
Clyman 2002	The article/report describes a study in which there was no intervention
CNNP 1996	The article/report describes a study in which there was no intervention
Cole 2001	The study did not report on child outcomes
Cole 2005a	The study did not report on child outcomes
Cole 2005b	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Colon 1978	The article/report describes a study in which there was no intervention
Colton 1994	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Colton 1995	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Connell 2009	The cases were drawn from a sample of adults over the age of 18
Courtney 1992	The article/report was intractably unavailable
Courtney 1994	The foster care group was not disaggregated from other out‐of‐home placement types
Courtney 1996	The article/report describes a study in which there was no intervention
Courtney 2001	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Courtney 2009	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Cousins 2010	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Cranley 2003	The research design was descriptive, survey, or qualitative
Crawford 2006	The article/report describes a study in which there was no intervention
Cuddeback 2002	The study did not report on child outcomes
CWLA 1995	The article/report was intractably unavailable
Danzy 1997	The research design was descriptive, survey, or qualitative
David 1982	The study reports on an intervention other than kinship care
Davidson‐Arad 2003	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Davis 1993	The article/report was intractably unavailable
Davis 1996	The article/report was intractably unavailable
De Cadiz 2006	The study reports on an intervention other than kinship care
Delfabbro 2002	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Delfabbro 2003	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
DiGiuseppe 2003	The study reports on an intervention other than kinship care
Du 2002	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Dubowitz 1990	The kinship care group was not compared with a foster care group
Dubowitz 1992	The kinship care group was not compared with a foster care group
Dubowitz 1993a	The kinship care group was not compared with a foster care group
Dubowitz 1993b	The kinship care group was not compared with a foster care group
Dubowitz 1994b	The kinship care group was not compared with a foster care group
Dubowitz 1994c	The article/report describes a study in which there was no intervention
Duhrssen 1958	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Dworsky 2005	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Eggertson 2008	The study reports on an intervention other than kinship care
Ehrle 2002a	The kinship care group was not compared with a foster care group
Ehrle 2002b	The study did not report on child outcomes
English 1994	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Falcon 2000	The research design was descriptive, survey, or qualitative
Fan 2010	The study reports on an intervention other than kinship care
Farmer 1991	The kinship care group was not compared with a foster care group
Farmer 2001	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Farmer 2009a	The study reports on an intervention other than kinship care
Farmer 2009b	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Fechter‐Leggett 2010	The cases were drawn from a sample of adults over the age of 18
Feigelman 1995	The research design was descriptive, survey, or qualitative
Fernandez 2007	The research design was descriptive, survey, or qualitative
Festinger 1996	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Flint 1973	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Fluke 2008	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Folman 1995	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Fong 2006	The kinship group was not disaggregated from the foster care group
Foster 2011	The study reports on an intervention other than kinship care.
Fox 2008	The research design was descriptive, survey, or qualitiatve
Franck 2002	The article/report was intractably unavailable
Freedman 1994	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Garland 2003	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Gaudin 1993	The study did not report on child outcomes
Gebel 1996	The study did not report on child outcomes
Geen 2003	The research design was descriptive, survey, or qualitative
Gennaro 1998	The research design was descriptive, survey, or qualitative
Ghera 2009	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Gibbison 2005	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Gil 1982	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Goerge 1995	The research design was descriptive, survey, or qualitative
Gottesman 2001	The article/report describes a study in which there was no intervention
Graf 1987	The study reports on an intervention other than kinship care
Gramkowski 2009	The study reports on an intervention other than kinship care
Grogan‐Kaylor 2001	The kinship care group was not compared with a foster care group
Groppenbacher 2002	The article/report describes a study in which there was no intervention
Haist 2005	The kinship care group was not compared with a foster care group
Hansen 2004	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Harden 2002	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Harden 2004	The study did not report on child outcomes
Harman 2000	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Havlicek 2010	The study did not report on child outcomes
Hayward 2007	The study reports on an intervention other than kinship care
Hazel 1978	The research design was descriptive, survey, or qualitative
Hegar 2009	The cases were drawn from a sample of adults over the age of 18
Hessle 1989	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Hill 2008	The article/report describes a study in which there was no intervention
Hinterlong 2008	The study reports on an intervention other than kinship care
Hjern 2004	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Holloway 1997	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Holtan 2008	The research design was descriptive, survey, or qualitative
Holtan 2009	The study did not report on child outcomes
Hornby 1995	The article/report describes a study in which there was no intervention
Hornick 1989	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Houston 1998	The study did not report on child outcomes
Hughes 1969	The research design was descriptive, survey, or qualitative
Hulsey 1989	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Hunt 1999	The study reports on an intervention other than kinship care
Hurley 2009	The foster care group was not disaggregated from other out‐of‐home placement types
Iafrate 2001	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Iglehart 2004	The article/report describes a study in which there was no intervention
Ingley 2008	The study reports on an intervention other than kinship care
Ingram 1996	The article/report describes a study in which there was no intervention
Jackson 1994	The article/report describes a study in which there was no intervention
Jaffe 2004	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
James 2004a	The kinship care group was not compared with a foster care group
James 2004b	The study did not report on child outcomes
Jantz 2002	The article/report describes a study in which there was no intervention
Jee 2005	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Jee 2006	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Johnson 1995	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Jones 1998	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Joyce 2008	The research design was descriptive, survey, qualitative
Kamaiko‐Solano 2003	The study did not report on child outcomes
Kappenberg 2006	The article/report describes a study in which there was no intervention
Kaye 2007	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Keller 2001	The study reports on an intervention other than kinship care
Kirton 2008a	The article/report describes a study in which there was no intervention
Kirton 2008b	The article/report describes a study in which there was no intervention
Kools 2009	The study reports on an intervention other than kinship care
Kortenkamp 2002	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Kosenen 1993	The research design was descriptive, survey, or qualitative
Kreutzmann 1995	The study reports on an intervention other than kinship care
Kufeldt 1995	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Laan 2001	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Le Blanc 1991	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Leslie 2000b	The kinship care group was not compared with a foster care group
Leslie 2002	The study did not report on child outcomes
Leslie 2005	The kinship group was not disaggregated from the foster care group
Lewandowski 2002	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Lewis 1987	The research design was descriptive, survey, or qualitative
Linderkamp 2009	The article/report was intractably unavailable
Link 1996	The kinship care group was not compared with a foster care group
Litrownik 2003	The study reports on an intervention other than kinship care
Lopez 2010	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Lu 2008	The cases were drawn from a sample of adults over the age of 18
Lux 2001	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Lyman 1996	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
MacIntyre 1970	The article/report describes a study in which there was no intervention
Mackintosh 2006	The kinship care group was not compared with a foster care group
Maclean 2003	The kinship group was not disaggregated from the foster care group
Mallon 2010	The article/report describes a study in which there was no intervention
Maluccio 1999	The article/report describes a study in which there was no intervention
Marinković 2004	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Marinković 2007	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Martin 2002	The study reports on an intervention other than kinship care
Mascorro 2003	The foster care group was not disaggregated from other out‐of‐home placement types
Mason 2003	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
McCrae 2010	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
McLean 1996	The research design was descriptive, survey, or qualitative
McMahon 2001	The kinship care group was not compared with a foster care group
McMillen 1999	The kinship care group was not compared with a foster care group
McQuaid 1994	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
McSherry 2010	The study did not report on child outcomes
Mech 1994	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Merritt 2008	The kinship care group was not disaggregated from the foster care group
Millham 1986	The kinship care group was not disaggregated from the foster care group
Minnis 2006	The kinship care group was not compared with a foster care group
Minty 2000	The article/report describes a study in which there was no intervention
Mitchell 2002	The study did not report on child outcomes
Monheit 1997	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Montserrat 2006	The kinship care group was not compared with a foster care group
Moore 2001	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Mosek 1993	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Moss 2009	The research design was descriptive, survey, or qualitative
Moutassem‐Mimouni 1999	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Needell 1996	The foster care group was not disaggregated from other out‐of‐home placement types
O'Donnell 2001	The kinship care group was not compared with a foster care group
Ober 2008	The cases were drawn from a sample of adults over the age of 18
Oosterman 2007	The article/report describes a study in which there was no intervention
Oyemade 1974	The kinship care group was not compared with a foster care group
Pabustan‐Claar 2007b	The study reports on an intervention other than kinship care
Park 2010	The study reports on an intervention other than kinship care
Payne 2000	The article/report describes a study in which there was no intervention
Pears 2005	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Pecora 1998	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Pecora 2006	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Perez 1998	The kinship care group was not compared with a foster care group
Prosser 1997	The formal kinship care group was not disaggregated from the informal kinship placement
Raghunandan 2010	The study reports on an intervention other than kinship care
Rickert 2008	The study reports on an intervention other than kinship care
Ritchie 2005	The article/report describes a study in which there was no intervention
Ritter 2005	The article/report was intractably unavailable
Rock 1988	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Romney 2006	The study did not report on child outcomes
Rose 2010	The article/report describes a study in which there was no intervention
Rowe 1984	The study reports on an intervention other than kinship care
Rowe 1989	The study did not report on child outcomes
Roy 2000	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Roy 2006	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Rubin 2004	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Ryan 2005	The study reports on an intervention other than kinship care
Ryan 2010b	The study reports on an intervention other than kinship care
Sawyer 1994	The kinship care group was not compared with a foster care group
Schneiderman 2011	The study did not report on child outcomes
Schwartz 2005	The research design was descriptive, survey, or qualitative
Schwartz 2007	The research design was descriptive, survey, or qualitative
Shin 2004	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Shlonsky 2002	The kinship care group was not compared with a foster care group
Shore 2002	The study reports on an intervention other than kinship care
Simard 1993	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Sinclair 2000	The kinship care group was not disaggregated
Smith 1986	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Smith 2007	The kinship care group was not compared with a foster care group
Smithgall 2004	The research design was descriptive, survey, or qualitative
Snowden 2008	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Sousa 2005	The article/report was intractably unavailable
Stahmer 2009	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Starr 1999	The kinship care group was not compared with a foster care group
Stiffman 2002	The study reports on an intervention other than kinship care
Stott 2010	The article/report describes a study in which there was no intervention
Strijker 2005	The formal kinship care group was not disaggregated from the informal kinship care group
Strijker 2010	The study reports on an intervention other than kinship care
Sun 2003	The kinship care group was not disaggregated from the foster care group
Sykes 2002	The study did not report on child outcomes
Tarren‐Sweeney 2010a	The kinship care group was not compared with a foster care group
Tarren‐Sweeney 2010b	The kinship care group was not compared with a foster care group
Taussig 2001	The study reports on an intervention other than kinship care
Taussig 2002	The kinship care group was not compared with a foster care group
Taussig 2011	The study reports on an intervention other than kinship care
Tepper 1991	The article/report was intractably unavailable
Terling‐Watt 2001	The kinship care group was not compared with a foster care group
Testa 1996	The research design was descriptive, survey, or qualitative
Testa 1997	The article/report was intractably unavailable
Testa 2002	The kinship care group was not compared with a foster care group
Thoburn 1989	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Thomas 2010	The research design was descriptive, survey, or qualitative
Thornton 1991	The research design was descriptive, survey, or qualitative
Troutman 2000	The article/report describes a study in which there was no intervention
Turner 2003	The study reports on an intervention other than kinship care
Unknown 2009	The article/report was intractably unavailable
Unrau 2005a	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Unrau 2005b	The study did not report on child outcomes
Urban Institute 2006	The article/report was intractably unavailable
USGAO 1999	The foster care group was not disaggregated from other out‐of‐home placement types
Valicenti‐McDermott 2004	The article/report was intractably unavailable
Van Santen 2010	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
VDSS 1994	The research design was descriptive, survey, or qualitative
Vinnerljung 1996	The cases were drawn from a sample of adults over the age of 18
Vinnerljung 2005	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Wade 2000	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Wade 2001	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Wall 2007	The kinship care group was not disaggregated from the foster care group
Walsh 1981	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Walton 2007	The study reports on an intervention other than kinship care
Webster 2000	The foster care group was not disaggregated from other out‐of‐home placement types
Wilson 1996	The article/report describes a study in which there was no intervention
Won 2009	The study reports on an intervention other than kinship care
Wulczyn 1992	The research design was descriptive, survey, or qualitative
Wulczyn 2004	The intervention did not include a kinship care group
Zhao 2009	The kinship care group was not compared with a foster care group
Zuravin 1998	The cases were drawn from a sample of adults over the age of 18