The relationship between time spent living with kin and adolescent functioning in youth with a history of out-of-home placement.
The relationship between time spent living with kin and adolescent functioning in youth with a history of out-of-home placement.
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有外出安置史的青少年与亲属同住的时间与青少年功能之间的关系。
DOI：
10.1016/j.chiabu.2010.09.001
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发表时间：
2011
影响因子：
4.8
通讯作者：
Clyman,RobertB
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作者：
Taussig,HeatherN;Clyman,RobertB
在美国，任何被法院命令住在家庭外的儿童都被安置在亲属照顾者那里。很少有研究探讨与亲属生活在一起对儿童福祉的影响。本研究探讨了与亲属生活的时间长度和青少年幸福指数之间的关系，在一个队列的儿童谁是最初的法院命令到out-of-homecare. METHODS前瞻性队列设计与148名青年，年龄7-12，谁进入了家庭护理5月，1990年，1991年10月。在T1（安置后6个月）接受采访的人中，有75%在T2（5年后）接受采访。在多变量分析中，与亲属一起生活时间较长与以下因素有关：（1）更多地参与危险行为，包括：（β= 0.22，p<0.05），性危险行为（β=.31，p<.05），物质使用（β= 0.26，p<0.05），总风险行为（β= 0.27，p<0.05），（2）较差的生活过程结果包括：门票/逮捕（OR=1.4，p<0.05）和较低的等级（β=-0.24，p<0.05）。与亲属一起生活的时间与总能力、自我毁灭、内化、外化或总行为问题无关。与亲属生活在一起的时间有预测更大的创伤预后（β= 0.17）和暂停（OR=1.1）的趋势（p<0.10）。多变量研究结果表明，与亲戚生活时间更长的年轻人功能更差。没有差异，发现在当前的approachatology.PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS虽然从一个单一的研究结果不应该决定在实践或政策的变化，目前的研究结果表明，该领域需要进行更复杂的方法论研究的亲属照顾的影响。
OBJECTIVEMany children in the US who are court-ordered to live in out-of-home care are placed with kinship caregivers. Few studies have examined the impact of living with kin on child well-being. This study examined the relationship between length of time living with kin and indices of adolescent well-being in a cohort of children who were initially court-ordered into out-of-home care.METHODSProspective cohort design with 148 youth, ages 7–12, who entered out-of-home care between May, 1990, and October, 1991. Seventy-five percent of those interviewed at T1 (6 months following placement) were interviewed at T2 (5 years later).RESULTSBivariate analyses did not demonstrate significant relationships between length of time living with kin and the outcome variables. In multivariate analyses, longer length of time living with kin was related to: (1) greater involvement in risk behaviors including: delinquency (β=.22, p<.05), sexual risk behaviors (β=.31, p<.05), substance use (β=.26, p<.05), and total risk behaviors (β=.27, p<.05), and (2) poorer life-course outcomes including: Tickets/Arrests (OR=1.4, p<.05) and lower grades (β=−.24, p<.05). Time living with kin was not related to total competence, or self-destructive, internalizing, externalizing, or total behavior problems. There were trends (p<.10) for time living with kin to predict greater trauma symptomatology (β=.17) and suspensions (OR=1.1).CONCLUSIONSThere were no significant bivariate findings. The multivariate findings suggested a pattern of poorer functioning for youth who spent more time living with kin. No differences were found in current symptomatology.PRACTICE IMPLICATIONSAlthough findings from a single study should not dictate changes in practice or policy, the current study's findings do suggest that the field needs to conduct more methodologically sophisticated research on the impact of kinship care.