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Joseph, Michelle A., Thomas G. O'Connor, Jacqueline A. Briskman, Barbara Maughan, and Stephen Scott. "The formation of secure new attachments by children who were maltreated: An observational study of adolescents in foster care." Development and Psychopathology 26, no. 1 (October 29, 2013): 67–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954579413000540.

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AbstractChildren who were maltreated and enter foster care are at risk for maladjustment and relationship disturbances with foster carers. A popular hypothesis is that prior attachment relationships with abusive birth parents are internalized and carried forward to impair the child's subsequent attachment relationships. However, the empirical base for this model is limited, especially in adolescence. We examined the attachment patterns of 62 adolescents with their birth parents and their foster parents; we compared them to a comparison sample of 50 adolescents in normal-risk families. Attachment was assessed using the Child Attachment Interview; adolescent–parent interaction quality was assessed from direct observation; disruptive behavior symptoms were assessed from multiple informants. Whereas nearly all of the adolescents in foster families exhibited insecure attachments to their birth mothers (90%) and birth fathers (100%), nearly one-half were classified as having a secure attachment with their foster mother (46%) and father (49%); rates of secure attachment toward foster parents did not differ significantly from the rate in comparison families. Within the foster care sample, attachment security to the foster mother was predicted from current observed relationship quality and the duration of current placement. In addition, attachment quality in foster adolescents was associated with fewer disruptive behavior symptoms, and this association was equally strong in foster and comparison families. Our findings demonstrate that there is substantial potential for maltreated children to change and develop subsequent secure attachments in adolescence.

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Capps, Jennifer E. "Strengthening Foster Parent–Adolescent Relationships Through Filial Therapy." Family Journal 20, no. 4 (August 28, 2012): 427–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1066480712451245.

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The purpose of this article is to explore the application of filial therapy as a means of strengthening relationships between foster parents and adolescent foster children. Adolescents in foster care experience a number of placement disruptions and while a number of therapeutic interventions are implemented to assist adolescents in foster care, very few are aimed at strengthening the foster parent–foster child bond. Studies have repeatedly shown filial therapy as an effective method for strengthening parent–child relationships. Filial therapy is discussed as an intervention for improving the relationship between adolescents in foster care and their foster parents. A review of the literature is presented as well as a description of filial therapy and the adaptations necessary to implement filial therapy with adolescents and their foster parents.

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Lyon, Juliet. "Adolescents in foster families." Journal of Adolescence 14, no. 1 (March 1991): 114. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0140-1971(91)90063-w.

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Mayorga-Sierra, Érika, Mercedes Novo, Francisca Fariña, and Dolores Seijo. "Needs analysis for the personal, social, and psychological adjustment of adolescents at risk of delinquency and juvenile offenders." Anales de Psicología 36, no. 3 (August 4, 2020): 400–407. http://dx.doi.org/10.6018/analesps.428631.

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La literatura ha encontrado que las necesidades no-criminogénicas también son un factor de riesgo de delincuencia juvenil y, por tanto, han de ser objeto de intervención. Se diseñó un estudio de campo con el objetivo de conocer si el ajuste individual, social y psicológico (necesidades no-criminogénicas) difieren entre menores infractores, menores de protección y normalizados. Para ello se evaluó a 450 adolescentes (150 menores de reforma, 150 de protección y 150 normalizados) en el ajuste individual, social y psicológico. Los resultados mostraron un efecto significativo en el ajuste individual, social y psicológico para el factor población. Sucintamente, los menores de protección y reforma manifestaron un mayor desajuste individual en los niveles personal y familiar que los normalizados, y, adicionalmente, los de reforma a nivel social. Asimismo, los menores de protección e infractores exhibieron un mayor desajuste social consistente en más retraimiento social, ansiedad social/timidez y liderazgo que los normalizados, y los menores infractores un menor ajuste social en la consideración hacia los demás que los normalizados. En el ajuste psicológico, los menores de reforma y protección informaron de más sintomatología obsesivo-compulsiva, de sensibilidad interpersonal, depresiva, de hostilidad, de ansiedad-fóbica y psicótica que los normalizados, y los de protección más somática, ansiosa (generalizada) y paranoide que los normalizados. Se cuantificaron los déficits en estas dimensiones para estimar la magnitud de las necesidades. Se discuten las implicaciones teóricas de los resultados y para el diseño de programas de prevención de la delincuencia y de recaídas. Literature has found that non-criminogenic needs also are a juvenile delinquency risk factor and, consequently, should be target of intervention. With the aim of knowing if individual, social and psychological adjustment differ between juvenile offenders and foster care adolescents with normal adolescents was designed. A total of 450 adolescents (150 juvenile offenders, 150 foster care adolescents, and 150 normal adolescents) were evaluated in individual, social and psychological adjustment. The results showed a significant effect in the individual, social and psychological adjustment for the population factor. Succinctly, juvenile offenders and foster care adolescents displayed a higher individual maladjustment in the personal and family level than normal adolescents, and, additionally, juvenile offenders in the social level. Likewise, juvenile offenders and foster care adolescents exhibited a higher social maladjustment consisting in more social withdrawal, social anxiety/shyness, and leadership than normal adolescents; and juvenile offenders revealed less consideration for others than normal adolescents. In psychological adjustment, juvenile offenders and foster care adolescents reported more obsessive-compulsive, interpersonal sensitivity, depression, hostile, phobic-anxiety, and psychotic symptomology than normal adolescent; and foster care adolescent more somatic, anxiety (generalized) and paranoid symptoms than normal adolescents. The deficits in these needs were quantified as to estimate the magnitude of the intervention. Theoretical and practical implications for intervention of the results are discussed

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McWey, Lenore M., Ming Cui, Ashley N. Cooper, and Thomas Ledermann. "Caregiver–Adolescent Disagreement on the Mental Health of Youth in Foster Care: The Moderating Role of the Caregiver Relationship." Child Maltreatment 23, no. 3 (April 17, 2018): 294–302. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077559518769375.

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It is not uncommon for caregivers and adolescents to provide different perspectives of adolescents’ mental health symptoms; however, few studies have examined these discrepancies, especially between foster parents and adolescents in the child welfare system. The goal of this study was to investigate the levels of disagreement on adolescent mental health symptoms among caregivers and adolescents in foster care, to examine factors associated with caregiver–adolescent discrepancies, and the potential moderating role of caregiver–child closeness on the link between the length of time the youth lived with caregivers and discrepancies regarding adolescent mental health symptoms. These research questions were examined using two measures of adolescent–caregiver disagreement, intraclass correlations and discrepancy scores, using data from a nationally representative study of youth involved with the child welfare system. Analyses of 183 adolescent–caregiver dyads revealed caregiver–adolescent disagreement on adolescents’ internalizing and externalizing symptoms, with caregivers reporting higher levels of adolescents’ problems on average. Adolescent gender, type of maltreatment experienced, and placement type were associated with caregiver–adolescent discrepancies. Results also indicated that closeness with caregivers significantly moderated the relationship between the length of time adolescents lived with their caregivers and discrepancies on adolescent externalizing symptoms.

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Shulga, T. I., and M. A. Antipina. "Adolescents in Foster Care: Emotional Environment in Foster Families." Психологическая наука и образование 23, no. 5 (2018): 51–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.17759/pse.2018230506.

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The article reveals the specifics of professional activities of specialists that support foster families taking care of adolescents.The outcomes of our study allow us to compare the emotional environment in foster families and families of origin (birth families).For the first time we have identified the criteria of the family emotional environment that affect adopted adolescents.The emotional attitude of adopted and biological adolescents towards the mother and father and other members of the family differs in a number of ways.Late adolescents usually lack the feeling of psychological comfort in the family as they are often overwhelmed by sadness.In foster families as well as in birth families the attitude to mothers is more positive as compared to the attitude to fathers and other family members.It is argued that a positive image of the foster mother in adopted adolescents forms the basis for their positive emotional well-being and feeling of being safe, which enables them to socialize.Spending quality time together plays an important role in creating the emotional environment, and that is true both for foster families and for families of origin.

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Schiller, Ulene, and Gideon de Wet. "Communication, indigenous culture and participatory decision making amongst foster adolescents." Qualitative Social Work 17, no. 2 (August 30, 2016): 236–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1473325016662329.

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This paper analyses the experiences of adolescents in foster care placement with specific reference to participatory decision making in an indigenous African cultural context in South Africa. The emphasis is on the voices of foster adolescents in an indigenous African cultural context and their experiences of inequality when communicating and expressing opinions. The theoretical framework adopted was Interactional Communication Theory in which individuals interact through the use of symbols to co-create and interpret meaning. This theory incorporates some elements of systems theory with the emphasis on the interrelatedness quality as integral to the communication processes. A qualitative exploratory research study was done with 29 adolescents in foster care. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 13 adolescent participants and as well as enriching the data with two focus groups consisting of eight adolescents in each group. Findings indicate a lack of openness of the foster care system in terms of the communication approach, international covenants and legislation that was used. The approach used was not based on interactional practices and perpetuated inequalities amongst adolescents. Also, the socio-cultural context of the foster family played a major inhibiting and determining role for adolescents regarding the level of free and open communication in their placement pertaining to decision making.

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J, Ms Rohinie Raj J., and Dr A. H. M. Vijayalaxmi. "Influence of Intervention Program to Foster Physical Resilience Among Adolescents." International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development Volume-2, Issue-5 (August 31, 2018): 1976–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.31142/ijtsrd18213.

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Proch, K., and M. A. Taber. "Alienated adolescents in foster care." Social Work Research and Abstracts 23, no. 2 (June 1, 1987): 9–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/swra/23.2.9.

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Radojevic, B., and M. Mitić. "Programme for Adolescents in Foster Care: Adolescents' Participation." Global Bioethics 18, no. 1 (January 2005): 165–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/11287462.2005.10800875.

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Davidson-Arad, Bilha, and Iris Navaro-Bitton. "Resilience among adolescents in foster care." Children and Youth Services Review 59 (December 2015): 63–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2015.09.023.

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Mech, Edmund V., Julie A. Pryde, and Joan R. Rycraft. "Mentors for adolescents in foster care." Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal 12, no. 4 (August 1995): 317–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf01875982.

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Inga Bravo, Andrés Esteban, Mónica Alexandra Astudillo Sarmiento, Adrián Mauricio Pacheco Naranjo, and Manuel Ismael Morocho Malla. "Frecuencia de ansiedad y depresión en niñas y adolescentes de la casa de acogida “Miguel León” en el cantón Cuenca, Ecuador." Revista Médica del Hospital José Carrasco Arteaga 12, no. 3 (November 30, 2020): 188–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.14410/2020.12.3.ao.27.

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BACKGROUND: Depression and anxiety are two pathologies of great personal, social and economic im-pact; in many cases both have an early onset. Domestic violence can separate children and adolescents from their families; being sent, most of the times, to foster homes. Children and adolescents in foster homes tend to develop anxiety, depression and stress triggering lifelong emotional and mental difficulties. In this context, the aim of this study was to determine the frequency of anxiety and depression in girls and female adolescents from “Miguel León” Shelter, Cuenca, during 2016, creating statistical data that will allow set-ting protection projects and future studies. METHODS: Descriptive, quantitative cross-sectional study. The study population was stablished with 35 girls and adolescents, aged 5 to 18 years, from a foster home. For data collection, the SPENCE Child Anxiety Scale and the CDI Inventory were applied. Data was processed with Microsoft Excel 2010 and SPSS 15.0. Data is presented in charts and graphics using frequencies and percentages. RESULTS: The frequency of anxiety was 22.86% and the frequent of depression was 17.14%. The most pre-valent age range for both pathologies was 10 to 14 years old with 62.5% and 50% respectively. In both groups, diagnosed with anxiety and diagnosed with depression, the length of stay in the foster home was 0 to 6 months for the majority of the population ( 50 and 66.67% respectively). CONCLUSIÓN: The frequency of depression in girls aged 5 to 18 years, was 17.14%. The frequency of anxie-ty in girls aged from 5 to 18 years in the foster home was 22.86%, values lower than those found in other studies. The age range in which both diseases were most prevalent was, 10-14 years old. Both disorders were more prevalent the shorter the time spent in the foster home. KEYWORDS: Adolescent Health, Depression, Separation Anxiety, Child Protective Services, Anxiety, Foster Home Care.

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Yunalia, Endang Mei, and Arif Nurma Etika. "Emotional Intelligence on Peer Conformity in Late Adolescence." STRADA Jurnal Ilmiah Kesehatan 9, no. 2 (November 24, 2020): 1724–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.30994/sjik.v9i2.502.

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Self-identity development in adolescents marked by the joining of youth in peer groups that can foster peer conformity. Emotional intelligence is needed by adolescents so that adolescents can avoid negative conformity. The aims of this research is analyze the correlation between emotional intelligence and peer conformity in late adolescence. This correlational analytic study was conducted on 191 respondents at “X” University who were selected using simple random sampling technique. The emotional intelligence was measured using a questionnaire that adapted Goleman's theory, while peer conformity was measured using a peer conformity questionnaire. Emotional intelligence and peer conformity data were analyzed using Spearman Rank test. Spearman Rank test showed p value 0.001 <α (0.005), r value = -0.245, so there is a correlation between emotional intelligence and peer conformity in adolescents with a negative correlation. That is, the higher level of adolescent emotional intelligence results in lower conformity with peers.

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Trueba, Ana F., and Graham Pluck. "Social Support Is Related to the Use of Adaptive Emotional Regulation Strategies in Ecuadorian Adolescents in Foster Care." Psych 3, no. 2 (April 22, 2021): 39–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/psych3020005.

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Adolescents in foster care are exposed to maltreatment and inadequate social support which can have lasting repercussions on their emotional development. The aim of this study was to examine the effect of social support on the use of emotional regulation strategies in Ecuadorian adolescents in foster care and non-foster peers. This study recruited 181 adolescents, 56 in foster care and 123 non-foster peers, from various locations in Quito, Ecuador. Participants completed the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ) and the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS). Using linear regression, we found that being in foster care was related to lower perceived social support. The non-foster care control group reported using more emotion regulation strategies, both adaptive and maladaptive (acceptance, rumination, refocusing to planning, and self-blaming), than the foster care group. Greater social support was associated with the use of more positive strategies (reappraisal, positive refocusing, and refocusing to planning) and less maladaptive strategies (catastrophizing). Youth in foster care have less social support than their non-foster peers. This puts them at risk, as social support has an important role in the use of healthy emotion regulation skills in adolescents.

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Phillips-Salimi, Celeste R., Sheri L. Robb, Patrick O. Monahan, Amy Dossey, and Joan E. Haase. "Perceptions of communication, family adaptability and cohesion: a comparison of adolescents newly diagnosed with cancer and their parents." International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health 26, no. 1 (February 1, 2014): 19–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/ijamh-2012-0105.

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Abstract Purpose: To describe and compare adolescent and parent perspectives on communication, family adaptability and cohesion, as well as relationships among these variables, during the first month of an adolescent’s cancer diagnosis. Methods: Seventy adolescent-parent dyads were enrolled as part of a larger multi-site study. The adolescents ranged in age from 11 to 19, and 61% were males. Parents were predominately mothers (83%). Dyads were predominately non-Hispanic Caucasian (63%). Measures included the Parent-Adolescent Communication Scale and the Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scale (FACES II). Paired t-tests, Pearson correlations, intra-class correlation coefficients and multiple linear regression analyses were completed. Results: Adolescent scores on communication, family adaptability and cohesion were significantly lower than parent scores. The inter-dyadic agreement between adolescents and parents was low. Communication, family adaptability and cohesion were examined separately for adolescents and for parents, and significant relationships were found. Both adolescent- and parent-perceived communication was significantly associated with family adaptability and cohesion outcomes. Conclusions: Differences were found in adolescent and parent perceptions of communication, family adaptability and cohesion. When both adolescents and parents had better perceived communication, this was associated with better perceived family adaptability and cohesion. Results suggest that the development of interventions to enhance adolescent-parent communication could help foster better family adaptability and cohesion, which may ultimately impact their psychological adjustment. In addition, understanding the degree to which adolescents and parents disagree on their perceptions, including the results that parents generally have more favorable perceptions, may be a useful starting point when developing interventions.

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Kools, Susan, Steven M. Paul, Rasheda Jones, Erica Monasterio, and Jane Norbeck. "Health Profiles of Adolescents in Foster Care." Journal of Pediatric Nursing 28, no. 3 (May 2013): 213–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pedn.2012.08.010.

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Fuentes, M. J., I. M. Bernedo, and M. Fernández-Molina. "Adolescents in Foster Care with Their Grandparents." Journal of Intergenerational Relationships 5, no. 4 (February 26, 2008): 41–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j194v05n04_04.

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Kools, Susan, and Susan Kools. "Self-Protection in Adolescents in Foster Care." Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing 12, no. 4 (October 1999): 139–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-6171.1999.tb00063.x.

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Barth, Richard P. "Emancipation Services for Adolescents in Foster Care." Social Work 31, no. 3 (May 1, 1986): 165–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/sw/31.3.165.

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Timberlake, Elizabeth M., and Mary Jeanne Verdieck. "Psychosocial Functioning of Adolescents in Foster Care." Social Casework 68, no. 4 (April 1987): 214–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/104438948706800403.

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Frisino, Joseph M., and Daniel Pollack. "HIV Testing of Adolescents in Foster Care." Journal of HIV/AIDS Prevention & Education for Adolescents & Children 1, no. 1 (July 29, 1996): 53–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j129v01n01_05.

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Iglehart, Alfreda P. "Adolescents in foster care: Predicting behavioral maladjustment." Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal 10, no. 6 (December 1993): 521–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf00757434.

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Marinkovic, Jelena, Dusan Backovic, and Radojka Kocijancic. "Health status of adolescents deprived of parental care." Medical review 57, no. 11-12 (2004): 588–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/mpns0412588m.

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Introduction Children deprived of parental care are a vulnerable population with complex needs and health problems. The aim of our study was to assess health status of this population and compare it with children living in their biological families. Material and methods Our study included 41 adolescents living in foster families (22 boys and 19 girls, mean age 14.66?1.39 and 43 adolescents living in child foster homes (16 boys and 27 girls, mean age 14.99?1.3). The control group consisted of their classmates living with their biological families (45 adolescents, 20 boys and 25 girls, mean age 14.69?1.43). Health status was assessed by analyzing their medical records. Results There were no differences in regard to anthropometric characteristics (body weight, body height, body mass index) and prevalence of body deformities in studied groups. Acute bronchitis was significantly more frequent in children living in foster families (41.5%) than in other two groups (16.3% - foster homes; 17.8% - biological families). Headaches were significantly more common in groups living in foster families (31.7%) and foster homes (25.6%) than in children living with their biological families. The same was established for myopia (46.3% - foster families; 32.6% - foster homes; 17.8% - biological families). Conclusion Even though there were no differences in regard to characteristics which are indicators of general health, it is apparent that children deprived of parental care present with particularities of health status. Additional researches are necessary in order to get insight into the causality of these phenomena.

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Schreuders, Michael, Bas van den Putte, Martin Mlinarić, Nora Mélard, Julian Perelman, Matthias Richter, Arja Rimpela, Mirte A. G. Kuipers, Vincent Lorant, and Anton E. Kunst. "The Association Between Smoke-Free School Policies and Adolescents’ Perceived Antismoking Norms: Moderation by School Connectedness." Nicotine & Tobacco Research 22, no. 11 (November 14, 2019): 1964–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntz212.

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Abstract Introduction Many European schools implement smoke-free school policies (SFSPs). SFSPs may decrease adolescent smoking by causing adolescents to perceive stronger antismoking norms, yet there exists no quantitative evidence that indicates for which norms and for whom such effects may occur. This study therefore assessed to what extent adolescents’ perceived antismoking norms among best friends, teachers, and society at large were associated with SFSPs, and whether these associations were moderated by adolescents’ level of school connectedness. Aims and Methods Survey data were collected in 2016/2017 on 10,653 adolescents aged 14–16 years old and 315 staff members in 55 schools from seven European cities. Associations of adolescent-perceived SFSPs and staff-reported SFSPs with best friend, teacher, and societal antismoking norms were estimated in multilevel logistic regression models, adjusted for demographics and school-level smoking prevalence. We tested for interaction between school connectedness and SFSPs. Results Adolescent-perceived SFSPs were positively associated with antismoking norms by teachers (odds ratio [OR]: 1.46, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.15–1.85), were negatively associated with antismoking norms by best friends (OR: 0.81, 95% CI: 0.67–0.99), but were not significantly associated with antismoking norms by society at large (OR: 0.87, 95% CI: 0.74–1.02). All interaction tests between adolescent-perceived SFSPs and school connectedness were nonsignificant. Staff-reported SFSPs were not associated with any norm and showed no significant interaction with school connectedness. Conclusions We found that SFSPs are associated with adolescents’ perception of more antismoking norms by teachers, but less antismoking norms by best friends, irrespective of adolescents’ level of school connectedness. Implications Smoke-free school policies, just as many other tobacco control policies, are assumed to foster adolescents’ perception of antismoking norms. Still, current evidence does not demonstrate which antismoking norms may be influenced by SFSPs and whether this influence is equal for adolescents with different levels of school connectedness. This study suggests that SFSPs foster adolescents’ perception of antismoking norms by teachers, but may concurrently lead to the perception of less antismoking norms by best friends, irrespective of adolescents’ school connectedness. SFSPs may therefore need to be complemented with interventions that target antismoking norms in adolescent peer groups.

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Meyers, Kathleen, Övgü Kaynak, Irene Clements, Elena Bresani, and Tammy White. "Underserved parents, underserved youth: Considering foster parent willingness to foster substance-using adolescents." Children and Youth Services Review 35, no. 9 (September 2013): 1650–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2013.06.016.

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Bohleber, Laura, Aureliano Crameri, Brigitte Eich-Stierli, Rainer Telesko, and Agnes von Wyl. "Can We Foster a Culture of Peer Support and Promote Mental Health in Adolescence Using a Web-Based App? A Control Group Study." JMIR Mental Health 3, no. 3 (September 23, 2016): e45. http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/mental.5597.

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Background Adolescence with its many transitions is a vulnerable period for the development of mental illnesses. Establishing effective mental health promotion programs for this age group is a challenge crucial to societal health. Programs must account for the specific developmental tasks that adolescents face. Considering peer influence and fostering adolescent autonomy strivings is essential. Participation in a program should be compelling to young people, and their affinity to new technologies offers unprecedented opportunities in this respect. Objective The Companion App was developed as a Web-based app giving adolescents access to a peer mentoring system and interactive, health-relevant content to foster a positive peer culture among adolescents and thereby strengthen social support and reduce stress. Methods In a control group study design, a group of employed (n=546) and unemployed (n=73) adolescents had access to the Companion App during a 10-month period. The intervention was evaluated using a combination of quantitative and qualitative approaches. Linear mixed effects models were used to analyze changes in chronic stress levels and perception of social support. Monthly feedback on the app and qualitative interviews at the end of the study allowed for an in-depth exploration of the adolescents’ perception of the intervention. Results Adolescents in the intervention group did not use the Companion App consistently. The intervention had no significant effect on chronic stress levels or the perception of social support. Adolescents reported endorsing the concept of the app and the implementation of a peer mentoring system in particular. However, technical difficulties and insufficiently obvious benefits of using the app impeded more frequent usage. Conclusions The Companion Project implemented a theory-driven and innovative approach to mental health promotion in adolescence, taking into account the specifics of this developmental phase. Particularities of the implementation context, technical aspects of the app, and insufficient incentives may have played considerable roles concerning the difficulties of the Companion Project to establish commitment. However, adopting peer mentoring as a strategy and using an app still seems to us a promising approach in mental health promotion in adolescents. Future projects should be careful to invest enough resources into the technical development of an app and consider a large use of incentives to establish commitment. When targeting risk groups, such as unemployed adolescents, it may be expedient to use more structured approaches including face-to-face support.

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Iannelli, Andrea M., Simone Gonçalves Assis, and Liana Wernersbach Pinto. "Family reintegration of children and adolescents in foster care in Brazilian municipalities with different population sizes." Ciência & Saúde Coletiva 20, no. 1 (January 2015): 39–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1413-81232014201.19872013.

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The scope of this article is to present and analyze data from Brazilian foster care services for children / adolescents from the perspective of family reintegration. It also seeks to support the implementation of public policies in order to provide effective reintegration in accordance with the differing local contexts. It uses data from 1,157 municipalities that have foster care services. The methodology takes into account the data collection of 2,624 Brazilian centers and 36,929 children and adolescents in care. The growing number of children/adolescents in care is in line with the increase in population size: 8.4 per small city; 60 per large city and 602.4 per metropolis. With respect to care residence in a different municipality there are varying indices: 12.4% in metropolises and 33.6% in small cities, revealing the absence of centers close to family units in the smaller communities. Regarding the activities promoted together with families, it was seen that there are still units that do not perform any activities, which runs contrary to Brazilian law. It is clear that policies for the child/adolescent in foster care centers need to consider the capacity of the municipality in accordance with population size to implement support actions for families to assist in family reintegration.

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Geiger, Jennifer M., Megan J. Hayes, and Cynthia A. Lietz. "Providing Foster Care for Adolescents: Barriers and Opportunities." Child & Youth Services 35, no. 3 (July 3, 2014): 237–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0145935x.2014.938736.

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Raghavan, Ramesh, Peichang Shi, Gregory A. Aarons, Scott C. Roesch, and J. Curtis McMillen. "Health Insurance Discontinuities Among Adolescents Leaving Foster Care." Journal of Adolescent Health 44, no. 1 (January 2009): 41–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2008.08.008.

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Kaplan, Marjorie E., and Susan M. Coupey. "Health care utilization by adolescents in foster care." Journal of Adolescent Health 15, no. 1 (January 1994): 68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/1054-139x(94)90416-2.

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White, Catherine Roller, Kirk O’Brien, Lovie J. Jackson, Anne Havalchak, Chereese M. Phillips, Preneka Thomas, and Jorge Cabrera. "Ethnic Identity Development Among Adolescents in Foster Care." Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal 25, no. 6 (August 26, 2008): 497–515. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10560-008-0140-2.

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Stsishano, I. V. "Normalization of Aggressiveness and Anxiety of Foster Children of Adolescent Age Through the Method of Fairy-Tale Therapy." Клиническая и специальная психология 9, no. 4 (2020): 115–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.17759/cpse.2020090406.

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The article presents the results of an empirical study of reducing the level of aggressiveness and anxiety in foster adolescents by fairy-tale therapy. The relevance is due to the increase in the number of foster families and the lack of knowledge of methods of psychological correction of negative manifestations in the emotional and behavioral spheres in foster children. The study involved 62 adolescents aged 12–16 years (M=13,4; SD=1,2), among which 23 boys and 39 girls) living in foster homes in Gomel. The experimental group included 31 teenagers from foster families, with each of whom correctional work was carried out by the method of fairy-tale therapy. The control group consisted of 31 teenagers from foster families. The study used the questionnaire “Diagnosis of the State of Aggression” by A. Bass, A. Darki (adapted by A.K. Osnitsky, 1998), the B. Phillips School Anxiety Test (adapted by N.P. Kondratieva, 1995). Based on the results obtained, it is concluded that the average values for such scales as physical aggression and hostility index significantly decreased. In the experimental group, compared with the control group, the average values for such scales of aggression as suspicion and hostility index significantly decreased at the III diagnostic cross-section. Adolescents of the experimental group feel confident in communicating with teachers, and the excitement of answering the teacher in adolescents of this group is within the normal range. At the same time, the number of adolescents of the experimental group after corrective action, who adequately and calmly respond to relationships with adults at school, increased.

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Iglehart, Alfreda P. "Readiness for independence: Comparison of foster care, kinship care, and non-foster care adolescents." Children and Youth Services Review 17, no. 3 (January 1995): 417–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0190-7409(95)00026-9.

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Goemans, Anouk, Michael Tarren-Sweeney, Mitch van Geel, and Paul Vedder. "Psychosocial screening and monitoring for children in foster care: Psychometric properties of the Brief Assessment Checklist in a Dutch population study." Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry 23, no. 1 (May 16, 2017): 9–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359104517706527.

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Children in foster care experience higher levels and rates of psychosocial difficulties than children from the general population. Governments and child welfare services have a responsibility to identify those children in care who have need for therapeutic services. This can be achieved through systematic screening and monitoring of psychosocial difficulties among all children in foster care. However, general screening and assessment measures such as the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) and Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) might not adequately screen for the range of difficulties experienced by foster children. The Brief Assessment Checklists for Children (BAC-C) and Brief Assessment Checklists for Adolescents (BAC-A) are measures designed to screen for and monitor attachment- and trauma-related difficulties among child welfare populations. This article reports psychometric properties of the BAC-C and BAC-A, estimated in a population study of 219 Dutch foster children. The results suggest the BAC-C and BAC-A perform both screening and monitoring functions well. Their screening accuracy, internal reliability and concurrent validity are comparable to those estimated for the SDQ within the same child and adolescent sample. Future research is needed to assess the value of the Brief Assessment Checklists (BAC) compared to other measures and to validate cut-points for the BAC. This study further establishes the BAC-A and BAC-C as valid and useful mental health screening and monitoring measures for use with children and adolescents in foster care.

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Damnjanovic, Maja, Aneta Lakic, Dejan Stevanovic, Ana Jovanovic, Jasna Jancic, Mirjana Jovanovic, and Ljubica Leposavic. "Self-assessment of the quality of life of children and adolescents in the child welfare system of Serbia." Vojnosanitetski pregled 69, no. 6 (2012): 469–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/vsp1206469d.

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Background/Aim. Children and adolescents who enter a child welfare system are at higher risk of suffering from mental disorders, physical health, and/or social and educational problems than the general population of the same age is. This study was organized with the aim to evaluate the general characteristics of quality of life (QOL) in children and adolescents living in residential and foster care in Serbia. Methods. Two hundred and sixteen children and adolescents, aged 8-18 years, from residential and foster care and 238 children and adolescents from the general population participated in the study. QOL was assessed using the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) - Serbian version. Three groups were created: residential care group (RCG), foster care group (FCG), and control group (children and adolescents from biological families - CG). Descriptive data were calculated for all questionnaires? scores, while t-test and ANOVA were used to compare them. Results. The mean value of the total PedsQL was lower in the RCG, 67.47 ? 17.75, than in the FCG and the CG, 88.33 ? 11.27 and 80.74 ? 11.23, respectively. Additionally, the RCG reported lower all PedsQL Scale scores, but the lowest value was for the psychosocial domain. These differences were statistically significant (F value ranged from 17.3 to 49.89, p < 0.000). However, only the scores of the RCG were statistically different from the FCG and the CG, while the differences between the FCG and the CG were statistically insignificant (p > 0.05). Conclusion. Children and adolescents living in residential care have significantly poorer QOL than those living in foster care or in biological families. On the other side, QOL in children and adolescents from foster care is similar to the one of those living in biological families.

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Núñez-Baila, María de los Ángeles, Anjhara Gómez-Aragón, and José Rafael González-López. "Social Support and Peer Group Integration of Adolescents with Diabetes." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 4 (February 20, 2021): 2064. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18042064.

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The aim of this study was to examine, through the roles of peers with regards to diabetes, the relationship between the support perceived by adolescents with diabetes and their peer-group affiliation. This is a descriptive, phenomenological and retrospective study based on a qualitative methodology. In-depth interviews with 15 people aged 18–35 with type 1 diabetes mellitus diagnosed in their childhood or adolescence were carried out. Data was analyzed through the interpretation of general discourses. Peers have considerable influence on adolescents and provide them social support from different roles. The protective role basically offers emotional support and sends reminders of different aspects of the treatment, while the indifferent role does not meddle in any aspect related to the diabetes. Both roles can foster social integration of adolescents with diabetes into the peer group. The offender role creates social conflicts through discrimination and stigma of adolescents with diabetes. These roles appear during the process of socialization of adolescents with diabetes, where commensality and situations of self-monitoring or administering insulin, key aspect of diabetes treatment, are crucial. Peer groups, depending on the role adopted, may offer support or bring a specific conflict regarding diabetes to their adolescent peer. The combination of roles that friends and peer group play with regards to diabetes will determine the degree of socialization and integration of adolescents with diabetes.

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Savchenko, D. D., and T. I. Shulga. "Social Relationships in Orphan Adolescents with Different Experiences of Living in Families." Психологическая наука и образование 22, no. 2 (2017): 75–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.17759/pse.2017220207.

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The paper presents outcomes of a research on social relationships of teenagers with and without experience of living in families.The research particularly focused on difficulties with socialization and causes of behaviour disorders in adolescents going into foster families.The paper describes the factors interfering with the formation of positive social relationships between adolescents and families.The outcomes of the research also contribute to the implementation of the 2017–2020 National Action Plan for Children as they are of much use to social services rendering assistance to vulnerable groups (adolescents and their families).Understanding the specifics of social relationships in orphan teenagers living in families with different incomes is important for specialists working with orphan children and children without parental care.The research outcomes may as well be used by specialists supporting foster families, tutors, teachers working in institutions for orphans and children without parental care, and by foster parents themselves.Besides, the obtained data may contribute to the establishment of a theoretical foundation of upbringing that would help minimize negative aspects in adaptation of orphan children; assist them in getting more prepared for life in foster families; provide careful support to children and families during adaptation; and help future foster parents accept their future child.

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Damnjanovic, M., A. Lakic, D. Stevanovic, and A. Jovanovic. "Effects of mental health on quality of life in children and adolescents living in residential and foster care: a cross-sectional study." Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences 20, no. 3 (March 29, 2011): 257–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s2045796011000291.

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Aims.This study was conducted in order to evaluate the effects of mental health and quality of life (QOL) in children and adolescents living in residential and foster care.Methods.Two hundred and sixteen children and adolescents, aged 8–18 years, from residential and foster care participated. QOL was assessed using the Pediatric Quality-of-Life Inventory (PedsQL), levels of anxiety and depressive symptoms using the screen for child anxiety-related emotional disorders (SCARED) questionnaire and the short mood and feeling questionnaire (SMFQ), and general mental health through use of the strengths and difficulties questionnaire (SDQ).Results.The children and adolescents from residential care had significantly low QOL and more frequently had mental health problems. A stepwise linear regression was performed to test the associations between the SCARED, SMFQ and SDQ scores, and PedsQL (QOL). Anxiety, depressive symptoms and general mental difficulties account for significant variations in QOL (p < 0.001).Conclusions.Mental health problems have significant negative effects on the QOL of children and adolescents living in residential and foster care.

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Rahkar Farshi, Mahni, Leila Valizadeh, Vahid Zamanzadeh, Maryam Rassouli, David Lees, Violeta Lopez, and Michelle Cleary. "A Qualitative Study of Iranian Parents’ Experiences of Interacting With Their Adolescent Children." Journal of Transcultural Nursing 30, no. 6 (February 4, 2019): 569–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1043659618823916.

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Introduction: Transition from childhood to adulthood is an important and challenging period for both adolescents and their parents, particularly in societies undergoing development and change. In Iran, cultural and social change is inextricably linked to, and strongly impacts on, family units. Aim: To explore the experiences of parents and the strategies they use in interacting with their adolescent children. Method: Qualitative descriptive research using in-depth interviews was conducted with 23 parents of adolescents in Iran. Transcribed data were subjected to thematic analysis. Results: Parents used two key approaches to effectively interact with their adolescent children. The first, “transformed parenting” involved the parents changing their parenting style and practices. The second approach, “child orientation” involved the parents trying to control, educate, and guide their child. Implication for transcultural practice: Understanding how parents experience interactions with adolescents in the context of Iranian culture and increasing modernity will guide nurses to foster effective parenting strategies for optimal adolescent development.

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Polit, Denise F., Thomas D. Morton, and Cozette Morrow White. "Sex, Contraception and Pregnancy Among Adolescents in Foster Care." Family Planning Perspectives 21, no. 5 (September 1989): 203. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2135572.

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Pryde, Julie A., and Edmund V. Mech. "Empowering Lesbian and Gay Foster Adolescents Through Mentoring Relationships." Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services 2, no. 2 (May 11, 1995): 59–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j041v02n02_04.

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Iglehart, Alfreda P. "Adolescents in foster care: Predicting readiness for independent living." Children and Youth Services Review 16, no. 3-4 (January 1994): 159–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0190-7409(94)90003-5.

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Aguilar-Vafaie, Maria E., Mehrnoosh Roshani, Hamidreza Hassanabadi, Zahra Masoudian, and Gholam A. Afruz. "Risk and protective factors for residential foster care adolescents." Children and Youth Services Review 33, no. 1 (January 2011): 1–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2010.08.005.

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Omobowale, Mofeyisara Oluwatoyin, Offiong Esop Akpabio, and Olukemi Kehinde Amodu. "Masculinity and Neighborhood Bullying among Adolescents in Ibadan, Nigeria." Boyhood Studies 12, no. 1 (June 1, 2019): 1–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.3167/bhs.2019.120102.

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Masculinity, as an identity signifier along gender lines, varies from one society to another. The nature, definition, and expression of masculinity (dominance, oppression, violence, and aggression) through social interactions may breed bullying, as found in the Agbowo community of Ibadan, Nigeria. The data for the study were collected through mixed methods and revealed that patriarchal constructed masculinity allows for hegemonic dominance, aggression, oppression, and violent acts that foster bullying among adolescent males in Agbowo. Hence, to address bullying-related problems among adolescents, an understanding of the societal context in which it is carried out is required.

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Głód, Anita Barbara. "The dilemmas of young people placed in a foster family related to the contact with biological parents or the lack thereof." Praca Socjalna 34, no. 1 (February 28, 2019): 71–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0013.2827.

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Family constitutes a basic upbringing environment where people grow up, obtain knowledge about themselves and their surroundings. Parents should therefore be the ones who see and satisfy the needs of their children and provide them with appropriate conditions for development.. It occasionally happens that for different reasons the caregivers are not able to fulfil their roles properly so the children cannot be brought up in their home environment and are placed into institutional or foster settings. Several factors may have a great impact on youth and children such as leaving family home, different events from childhood as well as separating from their parents. The adolescents educated in a foster family are conscious of the fact that they have biological parents whom they may contact or not. The following article focuses on the dilemmas or difficulties that the adolescent children may face during their time spent with their foster families, regardless of having or not having contact with their biological caregivers.

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Mosek, Atalia, and Leah Adler. "The self-concept of adolescent girls in non-relative versus kin foster care." International Social Work 44, no. 2 (April 2001): 149–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/002087280104400202.

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This article examines the self-concept of adolescent girls in Israel as an indication of their relative well-being. It compares self-concept of girls cared for by kin with those cared for in non-related foster families. Self-concept was defined phenomenologically and measured using the Offer Self Image Questionnaire, OSIQ. Results indicate significant differences in psychological self-image, in social relations, sexual self-image and ability to adapt to new situations; adolescents placed with their relatives scored better on all criteria. Results are interpreted according to the girls’ characteristics, biological and adoptive families and relations with them. The authors suggest pointers for future policy and clinical intervention.

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Schiller, Ulene, and Gideon de Wet. "Indigenous cultural and social work practices creating inequalities among foster care adolescents in decision-making processes." International Social Work 62, no. 1 (June 12, 2017): 22–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0020872817710548.

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Indigenous cultural as well as institutional social work practices often contribute towards the perpetuation and creation of inequalities. This article explores the experiences of South African foster care adolescents regarding participatory decision-making and the role of indigenous culture and social work practices. The theoretical framework adopted in this article is the developmental social welfare approach augmented by selected elements of the systems theory. A phenomenological study was conducted, and a major finding concluded that the cultural value system of foster adolescents, the institutional social work practices and the developmental approach are in conflict.

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Mohamed, Sherifa, Fadia Mosallem, Naglaa Mohamed, and Amany Mohamed. "Social Support and Psychological Distress among Adolescents in Foster Care." Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal 2, no. 3 (June 1, 2014): 79–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.21608/asnj.2014.58569.

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Mampane, Mmathebe, and Eleanor Ross. "Beyond the Silence: Emotional Experiences of Adolescents in Foster Care." SOUTHERN AFRICAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WORK AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT 29, no. 1 (July 27, 2017): 107–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.25159/2415-5829/2140.

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