Kinship foster care among African American youth: Interaction effects at multiple contextual levels.
Kinship foster care among African American youth: Interaction effects at multiple contextual levels.
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DOI：
10.1080/01488376.2015.1077187
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发表时间：
2016
影响因子：
1.6
通讯作者：
Fowler PJ
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作者：
Rufa AK;Fowler PJ
本研究调查了亲属寄养对非裔美国青年心理健康结果的影响。纵向数据来自1999年至2000年儿童保护服务调查对象的全国代表性儿童和青少年样本（n= 5，501）。二次分析的重点是非裔美国青年（n=225）置于寄养。在结构化访谈中，目前的照顾者报告了青年内化和外化行为后立即安置到家庭外护理和18个月后。路径分析测试了一个理论模型，比较安置与亲属其他正式的家庭外安排的背景下设置的特点，包括照顾者和邻里障碍方面。结果表明，随着时间的推移，具有更多基线心理健康问题的青少年以及那些处于更贫困社区的青少年的内化症状显着增加。增加外化症状发生在青少年更大的基线行为问题，那些放置在更有问题的社区，和青少年谁经历了评估之间的位置变化。此外，组合的安置特点预测增加外化问题;青年放置在亲属寄养与老年照顾者在健康状况较差表现出更大的增加外化问题。调查结果强调了重要的背景因素，非裔美国青年之间的家庭安置。
This study investigated the effects of kinship foster care on mental health outcomes among African American youth. Longitudinal data were used from a nationally representative sample of children and adolescents who were the subject of child protective services investigation from 1999 to 2000 (n=5,501). The secondary analyses focused on African American youth (n=225) placed into foster care. In structured interviews, current caregivers reported on youth internalizing and externalizing behaviors immediately following placement into out-of-home care and 18-months later. Path analysis tested a theoretical model that compared placements with kin to other formal out-of-home arrangements in context of setting characteristics, including aspects of caregiver and neighborhood disorder. Results suggested significant increases in internalizing symptoms over time for youth with more baseline mental health problems, as well as those placed in more distressed neighborhoods. Increased externalizing symptoms occurred among youth with greater baseline behavior problems, those placed in more problematic neighborhoods, and youth who experienced a placement change between assessments. Additionally, a combination of placement characteristics predicted increases in externalizing problems; youth placed in kinship foster care with older caregivers in poorer health exhibited greater increases in externalizing problems. Findings highlighted important contextual considerations for out-of-home placement among African American youth.