Defining Success: The Perspective of Emerging Adults with Foster Care Experience

B, Anderson; Williams, Amanda L.

doi:10.1080/01488376.2018.1477697

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“…In support of this shift, recent research has found that youth in foster care reported high scores on developmental assets such as positive identities, healthy boundaries, and support from outside caregivers (e.g. Anderson & Williams, 2018;Diehl et al, 2011).…”

Section: Positive Youth Developmentmentioning

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Motivational interviewing: An approach to support youth aging out of foster care

Richmond

Borden

2020

Journal of Social Work

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Summary With thousands of youth aging out of foster care each year, caseworkers must provide various types of support and assistance to help these youth successfully transition to independent living. Collaboratively, youth and caseworkers work to create a transition care plan to develop attainable goals that enhance success across multiple domains (e.g. education, employment, etc.). Some youth struggle with meeting their goals as stated in their transition care plans. Motivational interviewing is an approach that can help elicit motivation and reinforce characteristics, such as self-efficacy, that may help youth thrive. Findings This article outlines key research on how motivational interviewing is an approach that strengthens positive youth development and can improve youth’s engagement in skills, resources, and services as they age out of foster care. Data support the use of motivational interviewing with youth to improve their motivation as well as outcomes. Applications Caseworkers can apply motivational interviewing to all of their work with youth and their families in foster care. Motivational interviewing might be especially effective with case plans in order to create goals that resonate better with youth.

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Section: Positive Youth Developmentmentioning

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Motivational interviewing: An approach to support youth aging out of foster care

Richmond

Borden

2020

Journal of Social Work

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“…Williams [40] 2) USA Results indicate that the definition of "success" is complex and subjectively defined based on personal goals and that specific Developmental Assets are important for foster families to promote youth resilience.…”

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“…Research that explores the concept of Developmental Assets in emerging adults is analyzed through this review, which indicates the predominance of the adoption of the Developmental Assets model developed by the Search Institute, with the operationalization of the concept that adopts assessment instruments developed based on the same model [24][25][26][27][28][39][40][41][42] . Thus, the Development Assets model that emerged by the Search Institute, initially applied to the adolescent population [43,44] , has gained increasing relevance in the emerging adult population.…”

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“…On the one hand, there are studies that entirely use the Developmental Assets Profile (DAP) questionnaire [24,39] , while other studies only use subscales of the same [41,42] . The use of this questionnaire is also observed in a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods [40] . In general, the results of these studies highlight the adequacy and usefulness of adopting this model for the population of emerging adults, and considering the diversity of approaches in using the DAP questionnaire, the results of the studies indicate its usefulness in this population.…”

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Developmental assets in emerging adulthood—Systematic review

Soares,

Pais-Ribeiro,

Silva

2024

Environ. Soc. Psychol.

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Characterizing emerging adulthood as a period of the life course has proven to be relevant in understanding development and intervention with a focus on a positive orientation in the life course trajectory. Characterized by individualization, this period implies that people are increasingly compelled to depend on their own resources to build their life course trajectory. Identifying which resources place the person on a positive developmental trajectory becomes more relevant. Within the field of the Positive Youth Development, the Developmental Assets® model specifically focuses on which resources, that is, which personal and contextual characteristics of emerging adults can favor a positive orientation in the trajectory of the life course. The objective of this investigation is to analyze the utilization of the Developmental Assets model in the emerging adult population. In the review process, the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Protocols (PRISMA-P) protocol was applied. Research was conducted in July 2023 in electronic databases, namely: Web of Science, Scopus, Science Direct, ERIC, PsycArticles, SciELO and B-on. In this review, 13 articles published between 1999 and 2023 were included. Results indicate diversity in adopted methods, both on conceptualization of the concept and its operationalization. Results of the analysis of studies included indicate the relevance of applying the Developmental Assets model in emerging adults and the importance of its exploration in future investigations. The utilization of the model in the population of emerging adults is suggested as a strategy focusing on a positive developmental trajectory.

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“…The studies focused on negative and positive outcomes in a foster care context mainly used a qualitative approach investigating the resilience process ( Parry and Weatherhead, 2014 ; Anderson and Williams, 2018 ), academic outcomes ( Rios and Rocco, 2014 ), subjective experiences of “aging out” of emancipated foster youth (e.g., economic challenges and housing instability, loss of social support, and pressure to be self-reliant; Cunningham and Diversi, 2013 ) and relational outcomes ( Berzin et al, 2014 ; Tyrell and Yates, 2018 ). Little is known about Italian youth with an out-of-home care background context ( Corradini, 2018 ).…”

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Through a relational lens: reflections about foster care experience in Italian emancipated foster youth

2023

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The study aimed to investigate relational outcomes of Italian emancipated foster youth across open-ended reflections about their perceptions of their relationships with the biological and foster family, with partner and peers. A total of 26 Italian emancipated foster youth (19–25 years old) recruited by social services completed a single in-depth interview. A qualitative thematic analysis was selected for this study. The results revealed two major themes of foster care experience that emerged often simultaneously from the participants’ narration: (1) Positive Relational Outcomes including “Feeling supported,” “Sense of belonging,” “Good memories,” “Relationship with family of choice,” and “Staying in touch”; and (2) Negative Relational Outcomes referring “Devaluation,” “Refuse,” “Bad memories,” and “Isolation.” Foster care experience leads to complex relational perceptions in emerging adulthood according to different relational outcomes and ways of processing foster care experience. Professionals could work on relational outcomes and memories, especially during a critical transition like emerging adulthood, to support youth in making sense of their past experiences.

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Defining Success: The Perspective of Emerging Adults with Foster Care Experience

Cited by 11 publications

References 52 publications

Motivational interviewing: An approach to support youth aging out of foster care

Motivational interviewing: An approach to support youth aging out of foster care

Developmental assets in emerging adulthood—Systematic review

Through a relational lens: reflections about foster care experience in Italian emancipated foster youth

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