Japanese residential care quality and perceived competency in institutionalized adolescents: A preliminary assessment of the dimensionality of care provision

Zhang, Yuning; Tanaka, Emiko; Anme, Tokie; Mori, Shigeyuki; Bradley, Robert H.; Lau, Jennifer Y. F.

doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2018.05.013

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“…First, EA-HOME-JP has not yet been validated. Lower variability in the physical environment is congruent with the results of Zhang et al (2018) and may be attributed to the application of the national standards for residential care institutions, which are set by the Ministry and that firmly regulate structural design and physical environment. On the other hand, when using EA-HOME-JP as a tool to compare residential care institutions with foster homes and family household environments, the subscale of physical environment may become meaningful.…”

Section: Limitationssupporting

confidence: 64%

“…In addition, low internal consistencies for the subscales, as indicated by the low Cronbach alpha levels in the current study, call into question the validity of the observed associations and demand careful interpretation of the results. The Cronbach alphas in the current study were lower than those indicated by Zhang et al (2018). Thus, EA-HOME-JP question items must be scrutinized by further statistical analyses, such as factor analysis, using a larger sample.…”

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confidence: 59%

“…Care quality was gauged using the Home Observation for Measurement of Environment for Early Adolescent (EA-HOME-JP), which was developed specifically for Japanese residential care institutions (Zhang et al, 2018). The measure comprises 64 items, answered with dichotomous ratings (yes = 1, no = 0).…”

Section: Materials: Care Qualitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The purpose of the current study, therefore, was to explore the possible impact on care quality of traditional rules for chores (e.g., washing one's own dishes and doing one's own laundry), and rules for limiting choice in daily living (e.g., not being allowed to purchase clothes of one's choosing and having mandatory events to attend), which are still implemented at many residential institutions in Japan. This study is a part of the research project in which the Japanese version of Home Observation and Measurement of Environment-Early Adolescent version (EA-HOME-JP; Zhang et al, 2018) was introduced in order to objectively measure care quality in residential care institutions in the greater Tokyo area.…”

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“…The EA-HOME-JP was developed and tailored for Japanese residential care institutions in order to assess the "soft" dimension of care giving (Zhang et al, 2018). In the preliminary results of their study, the scale of residential unit was not associated with care quality, implying that the reduction in residential unit size does not automatically mean that the quality of care improves or that family-like care is achieved.…”

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Assessing the Association Between Care Quality and Household Chore Rules in Residential Care Institutions in Japan

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The performance of household chores by children in Japanese residential care institutions has been widely accepted as a practice that fosters children’s independence and self-sufficiency. However, children coming from neglectful or dysfunctional families often require sensitive, individualized care, which they did not receive from their family of origin. While a shift away from large-scale institutions has begun, with smaller units or group homes now accounting for 40% of all care institutions, it is not clear that family-like, individualized care has been achieved in these smaller group homes. This study involved 61 participants aged 10 to 15 years and their care workers from six residential care institutions in the greater Tokyo area. It explored what aspects of care quality were related to the presence of certain characteristics of traditional management-oriented care: fixed rules for household chores and lack of choice in daily living. Care workers were asked whether children washed their own dishes, did their own laundry, chose their own clothes when shopping, and had mandatory events to attend in the residential care institutions. Care quality was assessed using the Early Adolescent HOME (Home Observation for Measurement of Environment) developed for Japanese residential care institutions (EA-HOME-JP). The findings suggest that care workers should re-examine their intentions in setting and applying household chore rules while exploring which aspects of child care, including regulatory activities and modeling, should be emphasized in order to actualize family-like and individualized care in institutions.

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Comparison of Institutionally Reared and Maltreated Children on Socioemotional and Biological Functioning

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The current study compared behavioral and adrenocortical functioning of maltreated ( N = 91) and comparably aged (1.5–3 years) institutionally-reared children soon after (1.5–2.5 months) placement in foster care or adoptive homes, respectively. Foster and adoptive parents reported on the children’s socioemotional competence and behavior problems, experimenters scored fear and positive affect to laboratory tasks, and diurnal cortisol measures were obtained. We sought to address whether these early contexts, characterized by different types of neglect and deprivation, have differential effects on young children’s development. We found little support for the argument that either context results in uniformly poorer functioning soon after removal from adversity. Maltreated children were less fearful and more positive when exposed to both positive and novel events than institutionally-reared children. However, maltreated children were reported to have more behavior problems than did institutionally-reared children, and institutionally-reared children showed more typical declines in cortisol throughout the day than the maltreated children. These findings increase our ability to construct more targeted and effective interventions for these populations.

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Japanese residential care quality and perceived competency in institutionalized adolescents: A preliminary assessment of the dimensionality of care provision

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Assessing the Association Between Care Quality and Household Chore Rules in Residential Care Institutions in Japan

Assessing the Association Between Care Quality and Household Chore Rules in Residential Care Institutions in Japan

Comparison of Institutionally Reared and Maltreated Children on Socioemotional and Biological Functioning

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