Lien entre attachement et estime de soi chez des adolescents placés en famille d’accueil ou en institution: contribution respective de la mère biologique et de la figure d’attachement secondaire

Deborde, Anne-Sophie; Touati, Camille Danner; Herrero, Laura Cobos; Touati, Abdelmounaim

doi:10.4074/s0003503316000385

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“…In an institution, the care worker is not permanently present and divides his or her time among the whole group. In foster care, on the other hand, the foster parents often have only one child in care and are permanently present, which allows for a stable attachment figure and more personalized support (Deborde et al, 2016). In any case, the quality of relationship with the foster family or child care workers remains a determining factor for children's general condition.…”

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“…Educators who work in institutions, therefore, play a fundamental role, as they act as significant attachment figures, promoting security and emotional support (Fergus & Zimmerman, 2005; Lanctôt et al, 2016; Mota et al, 2016). This role is even more challenging because referring caregivers have other children in their care and are not present all the time (Deborde et al, 2016). Recall that the caregivers therefore should be have fewer opportunities to be emotionally involved or even have time to play than foster families.…”

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Are children in foster care in better psychological health than children in institutions? What factors influence the outcome?

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Blavier

2022

Child & Family Social Work

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The aim of this study was to compare the psychological health of children in foster care with that of children in institutional care. Social workers were asked to assess the psychological health of the children as well as several other criteria on the basis of an analysis grid. Our sample consisted of 568 children placed in foster care and 661 children placed in institutions. Our results show that children in care who lived longer with their birth parents have a lower psychological health. Furthermore, the psychological health of children in residential care is lower than children placed in foster families. As children in institution are placed later than children in foster families, this may partially explain the lower psychological health of children in residential care. As a result, children in residential care have experienced more abuse and neglect and witnessed more domestic violence than children in foster care. In addition, children in residential care have more poor-quality contacts with their birth parents than children in foster family. These contacts negatively influence their psychological health. Finally, the factor that most influences the psychological health of children in care is the quality of the relationship with the people who care for them on a daily basis. Again, children placed in foster families have better-quality relationships with their foster families than children placed in institutions.

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confidence: 99%