Going home: the complex effects of reunification on internalizing problems among children in foster care.
Going home: the complex effects of reunification on internalizing problems among children in foster care.
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回家：团聚对寄养儿童内部问题的复杂影响。
DOI：
10.1023/a:1023816000232
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发表时间：
2003
影响因子：
3.6
通讯作者：
Landsverk,John
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作者：
Lau,AnnaS;Litrownik,AlanJ;Newton,RaeR;Landsverk,John
当寄养儿童与其原籍家庭团聚时，他们会遇到可能对他们的福祉产生积极和消极影响的变化。我们研究了218名寄养儿童团聚的影响，以测试一个综合模型的团聚的影响，使用结构方程模型。我们假设，团聚会间接影响随后的儿童调整，通过不良生活事件的变化，感知社会孤立，心理健康服务的利用。结果表明，没有直接影响的统一，随后的内化问题，但统一与不良生活事件的增加，反过来，与升高的症状。其次，团聚与心理健康服务的使用呈负相关。最后，团聚与减少儿童的社会孤立感。总之，与亲生父母团聚与多种环境变化有关，大多数但不是所有的影响都表明了负面后果。
When children in foster care are reunified with their families of origin they encounter changes that may influence their well-being in both positive and negative ways. We examined the effects of reunification among 218 children in foster care to test an integrative model of the effects of reunification using structural equation modeling. We hypothesized that reunification would exert indirect effects on subsequent child adjustment via changes in adverse life events, perceived social isolation, and mental health service utilization. Results indicated no direct effect of reunification on subsequent internalizing problems, but reunification was related to increased adverse life events that, in turn, were related to elevated symptoms. Second, reunification was negatively associated with mental health service use. Finally, reunification was associated with decreased child perceptions of social isolation. In summary, reunification with biological parents is associated with multiple environmental changes, with most but not all effects indicating negative consequences.