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Psychosocial Needs of Children in Foster Care and the Impact of Sexual Abuse
Children in family foster care, especially those who have experienced sexual abuse, require a safe and nurturing environment in which their psychosocial needs are met. However, there is limited knowledge on how youth prioritize various needs and what impact previous experiences have on these needs....
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5854738/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29576728 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10826-017-0970-7 |
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author | Steenbakkers, Anne Ellingsen, Ingunn T. van der Steen, Steffie Grietens, Hans |
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description | Children in family foster care, especially those who have experienced sexual abuse, require a safe and nurturing environment in which their psychosocial needs are met. However, there is limited knowledge on how youth prioritize various needs and what impact previous experiences have on these needs. In this study, we asked youth (formerly) in family foster care to indicate their psychosocial needs, and analyzed if youth with a history of sexual abuse have different needs. A Q methodological study was conducted with 44 youth (age 16–28). Fifteen of them reported sexual abuse during their childhood. Using by-person factor analyses, respondents who share similar subjective views were grouped together. Qualitative interpretations of the factors show differences and similarities between and within the two groups, related to help from others, being independent, processing the past, and working toward the future. Although the needs of youth with and without experiences of sexual abuse seem mostly similar, one group of sexually abused youth specifically indicated not wanting an emotional connection to foster parents, but instead a strictly instrumental, professional relationship. This study captured the diverse perspectives of youth themselves, revealing that children in foster care differ with regard to what they consider as (most) important safety, belonging, self-esteem and self-actualization needs. |
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spelling | pubmed-58547382018-03-22 Psychosocial Needs of Children in Foster Care and the Impact of Sexual Abuse Steenbakkers, Anne Ellingsen, Ingunn T. van der Steen, Steffie Grietens, Hans J Child Fam Stud Original Paper Children in family foster care, especially those who have experienced sexual abuse, require a safe and nurturing environment in which their psychosocial needs are met. However, there is limited knowledge on how youth prioritize various needs and what impact previous experiences have on these needs. In this study, we asked youth (formerly) in family foster care to indicate their psychosocial needs, and analyzed if youth with a history of sexual abuse have different needs. A Q methodological study was conducted with 44 youth (age 16–28). Fifteen of them reported sexual abuse during their childhood. Using by-person factor analyses, respondents who share similar subjective views were grouped together. Qualitative interpretations of the factors show differences and similarities between and within the two groups, related to help from others, being independent, processing the past, and working toward the future. Although the needs of youth with and without experiences of sexual abuse seem mostly similar, one group of sexually abused youth specifically indicated not wanting an emotional connection to foster parents, but instead a strictly instrumental, professional relationship. This study captured the diverse perspectives of youth themselves, revealing that children in foster care differ with regard to what they consider as (most) important safety, belonging, self-esteem and self-actualization needs. Springer US 2017-11-30 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC5854738/ /pubmed/29576728 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10826-017-0970-7 Text en © The Author(s) 2017 This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. |
spellingShingle | Original Paper Steenbakkers, Anne Ellingsen, Ingunn T. van der Steen, Steffie Grietens, Hans Psychosocial Needs of Children in Foster Care and the Impact of Sexual Abuse |
title | Psychosocial Needs of Children in Foster Care and the Impact of Sexual Abuse |
title_full | Psychosocial Needs of Children in Foster Care and the Impact of Sexual Abuse |
title_fullStr | Psychosocial Needs of Children in Foster Care and the Impact of Sexual Abuse |
title_full_unstemmed | Psychosocial Needs of Children in Foster Care and the Impact of Sexual Abuse |
title_short | Psychosocial Needs of Children in Foster Care and the Impact of Sexual Abuse |
title_sort | psychosocial needs of children in foster care and the impact of sexual abuse |
topic | Original Paper |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5854738/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29576728 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10826-017-0970-7 |
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