Sources of resiliency among successful foster youth

Hass, Michael; Graydon, Kelly

doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2008.10.001

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“…Moreover, the results of this study indicated that improving the parent-youth connections can have positive long-term impacts on decreasing their alcohol use and promoting their resilience (12). Other studies showed that enhancing the level of perceived social support led to an increase in the level of resilience and aided people in coping with their problems and emotions (13,14). The results of another study demonstrated a positive and significant relationship between social support and resilience among people with substance abuse (15).…”

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“…Recently, researchers became aware of the role of positive and protective factors in teenagers' lives and their impacts on drug abuse (44). This change of direction towards protective factors is associated with conducting many researches on resilience (13,45).…”

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“…The relationship of social support with resilience can be effective in decreasing emotional problems and psychological stress among young people (10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15).…”

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Examining Perceived Social Support, Positive Affection, and Spirituality, as Resilience Factors, Among Boys of Drug-Dependent Fathers

Nikmanesh

Honakzehi

2016

Shiraz E-Med J

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Background: Addiction is an anomaly with different clinical, behavioral and cognitive symptoms, in the development of which, social and psychological factors, on one hand, and biological and pharmacological factors, on the other hand, are involved. Objectives: The present study aimed to examine perceived social support, positive affection, and spirituality, as resilience factors, between two groups of drug dependent and nondependent males, who had drug dependent fathers. Methods: This descriptive study had a correlational design. The statistical population included all boys aged 16 to 24 years old, who had drug dependent fathers in Saravan, Iran. The sample constituted of 91 subjects selected through applying the snowball sampling method (31 drug-dependent males (the low resilience group) and 60 nondependent males (the high resilience group)). The measurement tools were the medical outcomes study (MOS) social support scale, the positive and negative affect schedule (PANAS), and the spirituality questionnaire (SQ). Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used for data analysis. Results:The results indicated that the mean score of perceived social support of the group with high resilience (M = 76.6) was higher than that of the group with low resilience (M = 45.6). Moreover, the mean score of positive affection of the nondependent group (M = 76.8) was higher than that of the drug dependent group (M = 43.8). Additionally, the mean score of spirituality of the nondependent group (M = 98.8) was higher than that of the drug dependent group (M = 77.8). These differences were all statistically significant (P

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Examining Perceived Social Support, Positive Affection, and Spirituality, as Resilience Factors, Among Boys of Drug-Dependent Fathers

Nikmanesh

Honakzehi

2016

Shiraz E-Med J

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“…Internal protective factors on resilience can be listed as: internal locus of control (Allen, Hauser, Bell, & O'Connor, 2010), self-confidence (Bitsika, Sharpley, & Peters, 2010), being hopeful (Collins, 2009), self-respect, secure attachment (Mango, Patinas, & Managua, 2008), having a future oriented goal (Hass & Grayson, 2009;Hines, Medinger, & Wyatt, 2005), being spiritually oriented (Chung, 2008), optimism (Teri, 2008, self-sufficiency (Hass & Graydon, 2009;Terzi, 2008), using problem solving oriented coping strategy (Markstrom, Marshall, & Tryon, 2000;Terzi, 2008), extroversion, ability to manage the sources efficiently (Agaibi & Wilson, 2005), active problem solving skill (Carlson, 2001), sensibility, awareness, boldness, stability (Hines, Merdinger, & Wyatt, 2005) and being responsible (Phan, 2003). These adolescents with divorced parents possessing those protective factors, have the ability to increase their resilience.…”

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Prediction of Resilience of Adolescents Whose Parents Are Divorced

Altundağ¹,

Bulut²

2014

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The purpose of this study is to examine the predictive effect of life satisfaction and loneliness level of adolescents with divorced parents on resilience. The study has been carried out on 144 adolescents, 75 of whom are female and 69 are male, and whose parents are officially divorced. The study group consisted of students who are attending different types of high schools in the city of Bolu central districts. Loneliness Scale, Life Satisfaction Scale and Adolescents Resilience Scales were utilized in the data collection process. Pearson Moment Correlation and Multiple Regression analyses were used in data analysis. The results revealed that, while there was a positive relationship between resilience and life satisfaction, a strong negative relationship was found between their resilience and loneliness level of the adolescents whose parents are divorced. Regression analysis revealed that, while loneliness was a significant predictor on resilience, life satisfaction was not a significant predictor of resilience. The findings of this research were discussed within the scope of the related literature.

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“…Altshuler and Gleeson (1999) posited that conceptualizations of success in child welfare are often shortsighted and often exclude pertinent aspects germane to assessing foster care experiences (e.g., child well-being) and Katz (1999) found the need to "redefine" the way that success was defined in her study about concurrent planning. Hass and Graydon (2009) suggested that there is a dearth of knowledge, throughout the literature, about what success in foster care really means. Based on all of these observations, as Henderson and Scannapieco (2008) aptly summarized, conceptualizing successful foster care has proven to be an "arduous task" (p. 46).…”

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Success on their own terms : youths' perspectives on what it means to be successful in foster care.

Miller

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Foster care is a fundamental component of the child welfare system. Traditionally, foster care has been viewed as the primary mechanism for caring for children placed outside of their home, and is considered one of the central intervention strategies for child welfare practitioners. Foster care services are regularly recommended for children who are abused and neglected. In 2011, there were an estimated 401,000 youths in foster care and approximately 646,000 youth were served by the foster caresystem. Yet, despite the importance of foster care to child welfare, social work literature in general, and child welfare literature specifically, is devoid of a well-defined, conceptual framework for what success in foster care really means, from the perspective of those most impacted: foster youth. This study delineated a conceptual domain for successful foster care, from the perspective of teens in foster care, and explored differences in this conceptualization, based on maltreatment type. CM combines multi-dimensional scaling with hierarchical cluster analyses to form factors relevant to an area of study. This method allowed for foster youth to actively be involved in the study, and is suited to delineate a conceptual framework for defining success in foster care. Further, based on rating analyses, participants in foster care for abuse (to include physical and sexual), did not conceptualize success differently when compared to youth in foster care for neglect. Conclusion:This study revealed that success is a complex, multi-faceted construct. Youth in this study conceptualized success based on a number of distinct deas.Stakeholders involved with foster care research, programming, and policy development must take into account this multi-dimensional conceptualization. Further, this study demonstrated that foster youth are able to take part in research studies, and should be involved in foster care research and programming endeavors.

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Sources of resiliency among successful foster youth

Cited by 91 publications

References 15 publications

Examining Perceived Social Support, Positive Affection, and Spirituality, as Resilience Factors, Among Boys of Drug-Dependent Fathers

Examining Perceived Social Support, Positive Affection, and Spirituality, as Resilience Factors, Among Boys of Drug-Dependent Fathers

Prediction of Resilience of Adolescents Whose Parents Are Divorced

Success on their own terms : youths' perspectives on what it means to be successful in foster care.

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