School-Related Experiences of Adolescents in Foster Care: A Comparison With Their High-School Peers
School-Related Experiences of Adolescents in Foster Care: A Comparison With Their High-School Peers
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DOI：
10.1037/ort0000242
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发表时间：
2018-01-01
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
Astor, Ron Avi
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作者：
Benbenishty, Rami;Siegel, Alana;Astor, Ron Avi
虽然寄养青少年被称为是在学校相关的学术挑战的风险更大，有一个关于他们的学校相关的经验，如受害和与教师的关系，与同龄人相比，没有照顾的研究很少。本文的目的是比较寄养青少年和他们的同学的数据，来自全州代表性的加州健康儿童调查，包括165,815 nonfoster青年和706寄养青年在9日和11日年级。研究结果表明一个一致的模式：控制年龄，性别和种族后，寄养青少年有较低的（自我报告）的学业成绩和经验，是在学校更消极的与同龄人相比。然而，分层回归方程表明，在控制了背景和学校的经验，寄养青年和他们的高中同学之间的学业成绩没有显着差异。这一发现可能反映出，在学校的经验是负责许多更负面的学术成果所经历的寄养青年。
Although adolescents in foster care are known to be more at risk for school-related academic challenges, there is a paucity of research on their school-related experiences, such as victimization and relationships with teachers, compared with their same-age peers not in care. The aim of this article is to compare foster-care adolescents and their schoolmates on data that was drawn from the statewide representative California Healthy Kids survey and includes 165,815 nonfoster youth and 706 foster youth in 9th and 11th grades. Findings indicate a consistent pattern: After controlling for age, gender and race, adolescents in foster care have lower (self-reported) academic achievements and experiences that are more negative in school compared with their peers. However, hierarchical regression equations indicate that after controlling for background and school experiences, there were no significant differences in academic achievements between foster care youth and their high school peers. This finding may reflect that in-school experiences are responsible for many of the more negative academic outcomes experienced by foster youth.