The Effects of Ambiguous Loss on Behavioral Problems in Children Placed in Out-of-Home Care

Moore, Amy

doi:10.17918/etd-2988

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“…Each placement change reduces the social network and increases the odds of having mental health disorders (White et al, 2009). Moore (2008) found that children in care not only suffer from loss of attachment but also feel this loss to be ambiguous. Ambiguous loss is defined as a situation of unclear loss resulting from not knowing whether a loved one absent or present (Boss, 2004).…”

Section: Causes Of Poor Mental Health Outcomesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The longitudinal outcomes of mental health for Flemish care leavers

Gypen

Stas

West

et al. 2023

Developmental Child Welfare

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Young people leaving foster- and residential care more often indicate having mental health problems than their peers from the general population. International research has extensively studied these mental health outcomes of care leavers. However, in Flanders (the Dutch speaking part of Belgium), no previous quantitative studies are known. This longitudinal study explores outcomes of depression, anxiety, sleep and general mental health of care leavers in Flanders and investigates if these outcomes improve in the years after leaving care. Associations with placement factors are explored to support recommendations to the clinical field. The current study involves 175 care-leavers. The participants of the study are between 18 and 27 years old at the start of the study and have all left care. Data was collected using a self-reporting questionnaire touching multiple domains. On all domains, no significant differences between foster- and residential care leavers are found. Residential care leavers more often indicate depressive symptoms than their peers from the general population. Foster care leavers more often indicate sleeping problems. Regarding anxiety, no differences are found. In all conducted analyses, the number of years in care, the age of starting and leaving care, the different types of support during care and whether aftercare was offered were included. However, none of these factors provide a sufficient explanation for the outcomes found. On all scales, the effect of gender, the number of placements and the reason of placement do recur. This indicates the importance of these factors. Policy makers should focus on improving placement stability and extra support for children who were placed due to own emotional or behavioral problems or maltreatment.

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Section: Causes Of Poor Mental Health Outcomesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Ambiguous loss is defined as a situation of unclear loss resulting from not knowing whether a loved one absent or present (Boss, 2004). This uncertainty is very difficult for children and often causes psychological problems both short and long term (Moore, 2008).…”

Section: Causes Of Poor Mental Health Outcomesmentioning

confidence: 99%

The longitudinal outcomes of mental health for Flemish care leavers

Gypen

Stas

West

et al. 2023

Developmental Child Welfare

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“…Factor structure research on the Short Form, Problem Severity domain is mixed, such that some investigators have found evidence for a three-factor model (Baize [as cited in Ogles et al, 2004]; Cox, 2007;D. Jackson, personal communication, August 23, 2017;Tossone, Kretschmar, Butcher, & Harris, 2016), while others have found evidence for a fourfactor model (Bonadio & Tompsett, 2016;Moore, 2008).…”

Section: Psychometric Properties Of the Short Form Problem Severity D...mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…While results for a three-factor model appear promising, there is some evidence for a four-factor model in the forms of one peer-reviewed research paper (Bonadio & Tompsett, 2016) and one unpublished dissertation (Moore, 2008). Bonadio and Tompsett's (2016) investigation involved both exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses with data from caregivers and youth receiving community mental health services in a semi-rural county in the Midwest.…”

Section: Psychometric Properties Of the Short Form Problem Severity D...mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Lastly, using data from youth placed in out-of-home care in New Jersey, Moore (2008) utilized exploratory factor analysis procedures and found evidence for a four-factor model, labeled as Conduct Disturbance, Internalizing Emotional Disturbance, Externalizing Emotional Disturbance, and Fears. Cronbach alpha coefficients fell in the good range for youth Short Form, Problem Severity total scale scores (α = .89).…”

Section: Psychometric Properties Of the Short Form Problem Severity D...mentioning

confidence: 99%

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