Experiences of Victimization by Peers and Staff in Residential Care for Children at Risk in Israel from an Ecological Perspective

Attar-Schwartz, Shalhevet

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-57990-0_13

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“…In contrast to our expectation that family-style TRC, compared to larger TRC settings, was associated with a higher QoL, we did not find any differences between the two types of TRC settings regarding latent SC and QoL. This is not in line with previous literature on experienced SC (Attar-Schwartz, 2017; Leipoldt et al, 2019, 2021) and QoL (Damnjanović et al, 2012). An explanation for this finding is that the differences between the two groups of TRC characteristics are small, indicating that Norwegian TRC settings are more homogeneous in their organization and provided services, possibly due to state standards for TRC approvals and that a few specialized institutions were excluded from the study.…”

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“…SC is considered to be a critical aspect for change or development of young people in TRC (e.g., Attar-Schwartz, 2017; Bastiaanssen et al, 2012; Hair, 2005; Huefner & Ainsworth, 2021; Lanctôt et al, 2016; Leipoldt et al, 2019; Mathys, 2017; Mathys et al, 2013; Moore et al, 2018; Souverein et al, 2013; Van der Helm, 2011, 2019; Ward, 2004). It can be defined as… the quality of the social and physical environment in terms of the provision of sufficient and necessary conditions for the physical and mental health, well-being, and personal growth of the residents, with respect for their human dignity and human rights as well as (if not restricted by judicial measures) their personal autonomy, aimed at participation in society (Stams & Van der Helm, 2017, p. 4).…”

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The mediating role of social climate in the association of youth and residential service characteristics and quality of life.

Leipoldt¹,

Harder²,

Kayed

et al. 2022

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

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Previous research has shown that social climate (SC) is important for the daily life of youths living in therapeutic residential youth care (TRC). However, little is known on how SC can promote a positive quality of life (QoL) for the heterogeneous TRC population. This study, therefore, investigates how TRC and youth characteristics are associated with SC and QoL. We employed a combination of person-centered and variable-centered approaches in a cross-sectional design using a sample of 400 Norwegian youths. We used previously established TRC and youth classes in a structural equation model, where these classes were regressed on latent SC and QoL. Both direct and indirect effects were analyzed. All youth classes were associated with SC and QoL, such that youth with family problems, incidental problems, and the migrant background class scored higher on SC and QoL compared to the severe problems class. In addition, SC mediated the association of the incidental problems and migrant background classes on QoL. TRC staff should acknowledge that a positive SC

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The mediating role of social climate in the association of youth and residential service characteristics and quality of life.

Leipoldt¹,

Harder²,

Kayed

et al. 2022

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

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“…Concerning the group in RC, accounting for the study's psychometric weak due to limited group sizes and poor generalizability, the absence of interaction between the group and the predictor may indicate that the higher insecurity and alexithymia of the adolescents in RC do not increase their likelihood of showing psychopathological problems more than in all other adolescents. In other words, attachment and alexithymia show similar connections to psychopathology in all these adolescent participants regardless of their group, and probably, adolescents in RC show more unfavourable outcomes due to the cumulative effects of other disadvantages they are exposed, for example, environmental and relational instability, and current adverse experiences inside the institutions (Attar‐Schwartz, 2017; Warner et al, 2017), or self‐perception as “diverse” from the not‐institutionalized counterpart (Calheiros et al, 2021). This call researchers for more investigate these variables' impact on the mental health of institutionalized adolescents, as well as focus more on those variables and processes related to their resilience (van Ijzendoorn et al, 2011), for example, positive relationships with the professional caregivers or peers (Costa et al, 2020).…”

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Attachment and alexithymia predict emotional–behavioural problems of institutionalized, late‐adopted and community adolescents: An explorative multi‐informant mixed‐method study

Muzi

Pace

2023

Clin Psychology and Psychoth

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ObjectiveCompared to community adolescents (COM), adolescents placed in residential care (RC) or late adopted (LA) appear to show more emotional–behavioural problems. They also appear vulnerable in variables linked to emotional–behavioural problems, such as insecure–disorganized attachment and alexithymia. This study employs a mixed‐method multi‐informant approach to (1) compare adolescents placed in RC, LA and COM in emotional–behavioural problems, attachment and alexithymia and (2) investigate relationships and interplay of attachment and alexithymia concerning emotional–behavioural problems in these three groups.MethodParticipants were 174 adolescents (50 RC, 33 LA and 91 COM; Mage = 15, 53% boys and 47% girls). Adolescents' internalizing and externalizing problems were assessed through both caregiver‐reported and self‐reported questionnaires, while attachment and alexithymia were assessed with a mixed method, using interviews and self‐report questionnaires.ResultsThe results showed RC adolescents as more vulnerable in all variables, while LA and COM did not differ. Accounting for the group, attachment and alexithymia cumulatively predicted 25–43% of internalizing problems, and 19–43% of externalizing problems depending on the method of assessment or problems' informant (all p < 0.01). Alexithymia was both an independent predictor and interacted with preoccupied attachment in predicting internalizing problems, while no predictors were isolated for externalizing ones, and the group never indicate an effect on problems' rates.ConclusionsThe authors discuss the utility to maintain a research focus on attachment and alexithymia, also suggesting future directions of research. A need to determine potential distortions of results because of problems' informant and method of assessment is also highlighted.

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“…Victimisation by peers is reported as a common occurrence by young people in residential care across Australia [1], Israel [15], the UK [4], and other European countries [16][17][18][19]. In Israel, for example, more than half of the 1,324 young people surveyed reported experiencing at least one physical violence act by coresidents in residential care in the preceding month (e.g., being grabbed, shoved, kicked, or punched) [20].…”

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Placement Matching of Children and Young People within Out-of-Home Residential Care: A Qualitative Analysis

Kor

Fernández

Spangaro

2023

Health & Social Care in the Community

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Residential care for children and young people is typically regarded as the least preferred option in out-of-home care by child welfare and protection practitioners. Increasingly, residential care is only used to place young people after multiple unsuccessful placements in kinship or foster care. Consequently, these young people often come into residential care with complex needs and entrenched emotional and behavioural difficulties. Coplacement of these young people in residential care has raised significant and persistent concern of peer victimisation while in residential care. Improved matching of peers within residential care may enhance safety and stability, a proposal for which young people themselves have expressed support. However, the matching of young people in residential care has received little attention in research. This article reports the qualitative findings of a multiinformant study, drawing on the first-hand experiences of 34 participants comprising eight young people and 26 practitioners in residential care, to identify the considerations they perceived as important when matching young people in residential care. Framework analysis of young people's and practitioners’ perspectives identified three matching strategies that may more effectively address the concern of peer victimisation in residential care including (1) balancing risks and strengths; (2) steering into collective duty of care; and (3) involving young people in planning and transition. Implications of the findings directly point to the need to prioritise young people’s rights to protection and participation, and to provide independent oversight to assist residential care organisations and the broader child welfare system to navigate the complexity in the practice of matching young people in residential care.

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Experiences of Victimization by Peers and Staff in Residential Care for Children at Risk in Israel from an Ecological Perspective

Cited by 8 publications

References 82 publications

The mediating role of social climate in the association of youth and residential service characteristics and quality of life.

The mediating role of social climate in the association of youth and residential service characteristics and quality of life.

Attachment and alexithymia predict emotional–behavioural problems of institutionalized, late‐adopted and community adolescents: An explorative multi‐informant mixed‐method study

Placement Matching of Children and Young People within Out-of-Home Residential Care: A Qualitative Analysis

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