Adversity and Adjustment in Children in Institutions, Family Foster Care, and Adoption

This study’s objective was to identify the adversity profiles of children in different childcare placements, and to analyze their relationship with subsequent psychological adjustment. We studied a group of 230 children 4 to 10 years old indifferent childcare placements (international adoption, inst...

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Autores: Jiménez Morago, Jesús Miguel, León Manso, Esperanza, Román Rodríguez, Maite
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/165928
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/165928
https://doi.org/10.1017/sjp.2015.49
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Adoption
Institutional care
Foster care
Adversity
Psychological adjustment
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spelling Adversity and Adjustment in Children in Institutions, Family Foster Care, and AdoptionJiménez Morago, Jesús MiguelLeón Manso, EsperanzaRomán Rodríguez, MaiteAdoptionInstitutional careFoster careAdversityPsychological adjustmentThis study’s objective was to identify the adversity profiles of children in different childcare placements, and to analyze their relationship with subsequent psychological adjustment. We studied a group of 230 children 4 to 10 years old indifferent childcare placements (international adoption, institutional care, non-kin foster care, and kinship care), as well as a control group. Information was collected from parent or caregiver interviews and the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ). The results showed that children in the child welfare system had experienced significant adversity before their current placement, especially among institutional care cases and international adoptees. Meanwhile, children in kinship care had experienced less adversity (p < .001; size effects from d > .50 to d > .80). After a period of time in their respective placements, children’s psychological adjustment was generally positive, but children living in institutional care exhibited the most problems and difficulties, followed by non-kin foster care cases (p < .001; size effects from d > .50 to d > .80). Finally, we found that children’s early adversity levels (p < .05; r = .16), age of current placement (p < .01; r = .23), and duration of current placement (p < .05: r = –.19) were all tied to current psychological adjustment.Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICIN). España SEJ2006–1221Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICIN). España PSI2010–19287Junta de Andalucía SI-059/07Cambridge University PressPsicología Evolutiva y de la EducaciónMinisterio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICIN). EspañaJunta de Andalucía2015info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/11441/165928https://doi.org/10.1017/sjp.2015.49reponame:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevillainstname:Universidad de Sevilla (US)InglésThe Spanish Journal of Psychology, 8, E45.SEJ2006–1221PSI2010–19287SI-059/07https://doi.org/10.1017/sjp.2015.49info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:idus.us.es:11441/1659282026-06-17T12:51:07Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Adversity and Adjustment in Children in Institutions, Family Foster Care, and Adoption
title Adversity and Adjustment in Children in Institutions, Family Foster Care, and Adoption
spellingShingle Adversity and Adjustment in Children in Institutions, Family Foster Care, and Adoption
Jiménez Morago, Jesús Miguel
Adoption
Institutional care
Foster care
Adversity
Psychological adjustment
title_short Adversity and Adjustment in Children in Institutions, Family Foster Care, and Adoption
title_full Adversity and Adjustment in Children in Institutions, Family Foster Care, and Adoption
title_fullStr Adversity and Adjustment in Children in Institutions, Family Foster Care, and Adoption
title_full_unstemmed Adversity and Adjustment in Children in Institutions, Family Foster Care, and Adoption
title_sort Adversity and Adjustment in Children in Institutions, Family Foster Care, and Adoption
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Jiménez Morago, Jesús Miguel
León Manso, Esperanza
Román Rodríguez, Maite
author Jiménez Morago, Jesús Miguel
author_facet Jiménez Morago, Jesús Miguel
León Manso, Esperanza
Román Rodríguez, Maite
author_role author
author2 León Manso, Esperanza
Román Rodríguez, Maite
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Psicología Evolutiva y de la Educación
Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICIN). España
Junta de Andalucía
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Adoption
Institutional care
Foster care
Adversity
Psychological adjustment
topic Adoption
Institutional care
Foster care
Adversity
Psychological adjustment
description This study’s objective was to identify the adversity profiles of children in different childcare placements, and to analyze their relationship with subsequent psychological adjustment. We studied a group of 230 children 4 to 10 years old indifferent childcare placements (international adoption, institutional care, non-kin foster care, and kinship care), as well as a control group. Information was collected from parent or caregiver interviews and the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ). The results showed that children in the child welfare system had experienced significant adversity before their current placement, especially among institutional care cases and international adoptees. Meanwhile, children in kinship care had experienced less adversity (p < .001; size effects from d > .50 to d > .80). After a period of time in their respective placements, children’s psychological adjustment was generally positive, but children living in institutional care exhibited the most problems and difficulties, followed by non-kin foster care cases (p < .001; size effects from d > .50 to d > .80). Finally, we found that children’s early adversity levels (p < .05; r = .16), age of current placement (p < .01; r = .23), and duration of current placement (p < .05: r = –.19) were all tied to current psychological adjustment.
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