TY - JOUR
T1 - The association between perception of relationship with caregivers and behaviours of youth in foster care
T2 - A child and caregiver perspective
AU - Cooley, Morgan
AU - Wojciak, Armeda Stevenson
AU - Farineau, Heather
AU - Mullis, Ann
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014, © 2014 GAPS.
PY - 2015/4/3
Y1 - 2015/4/3
N2 - The transition into foster care can be difficult for children. Research has consistently shown an increased risk for children in foster care to exhibit higher levels of problem behaviours in comparison to youth in the general population. The purpose of this study was to analyse the associations between the youths' perception of their relationship with their caregiver on their perception of their own internalizing and externalizing behaviours as well as the youths' perception of the relationships with caregivers and how caregivers report of youths' internalizing and externalizing behaviours. This study utilized the secondary data from the general release version of the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being [National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (2009) Introduction to the wave 1 general and restricted use releases, Nation Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect, Ithaca, NY]. Significant relationships between youths' perception of relationship with their caregiver were found with both youth perception of internalizing behaviours and caregiver perception of internalizing and externalizing behaviours. Results are explained with implications for practice, training, research and policy.
AB - The transition into foster care can be difficult for children. Research has consistently shown an increased risk for children in foster care to exhibit higher levels of problem behaviours in comparison to youth in the general population. The purpose of this study was to analyse the associations between the youths' perception of their relationship with their caregiver on their perception of their own internalizing and externalizing behaviours as well as the youths' perception of the relationships with caregivers and how caregivers report of youths' internalizing and externalizing behaviours. This study utilized the secondary data from the general release version of the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being [National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (2009) Introduction to the wave 1 general and restricted use releases, Nation Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect, Ithaca, NY]. Significant relationships between youths' perception of relationship with their caregiver were found with both youth perception of internalizing behaviours and caregiver perception of internalizing and externalizing behaviours. Results are explained with implications for practice, training, research and policy.
KW - child welfare
KW - foster care
KW - foster caregiver
KW - foster youth
KW - internalizing and externalizing behaviours
KW - perception of relationship
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U2 - 10.1080/02650533.2014.933405
DO - 10.1080/02650533.2014.933405
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84940272890
SN - 0265-0533
VL - 29
SP - 205
EP - 221
JO - Journal of Social Work Practice
JF - Journal of Social Work Practice
IS - 2
ER -