The subjective well-being of young people aging out of care

Dinisman, Tamar; Zeira, Anat; Sulimani‐Aidan, Yafit; Benbenishty, Rami

doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2013.07.011

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“…Studies also documented that self-esteem and optimism were related to SWB (Lucas et al 1996;Jobin et al 2013; Daukantait_ e and Zukauskiene 2012). The research from medical setting also confirmed the effect of optimism on SWB (Carver et al 2010;Dinisman et al 2013).…”

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The Impacts of Attributional Styles and Dispositional Optimism on Subject Well-Being: A Structural Equation Modelling Analysis

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The current study examined the impact of attributional styles on subjective well-being, with a primary focus on confirmation of the mediator role of dispositional optimism among a sample of 384 college students. Participants completed a questionnaire packet containing life orientation test-revised, Multidimensional-Multiattributional Causality Scale, and Subjective Well-Being Scale. The results revealed that both dispositional optimism and attributional styles were significantly correlated with subjective well-being. Confirmatory factor analysis identified the latent structure of attributional styles in Chinese college students and found out that both positive and negative effort need to exclude from the structure which was different from findings in Western. Structural equation modeling indicated that optimism partially mediated positive attributional styles to subject wellbeing (SWB) and negative attributional styles to SWB. The final model also revealed significant both paths from positive and negative attributional styles to subjective wellbeing through optimism. The findings extended prior researches and shed light on how attributional styles influence subjective well-being; this provides valuable evidence on how to promote subjective well-being in positive psychology.

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The Impacts of Attributional Styles and Dispositional Optimism on Subject Well-Being: A Structural Equation Modelling Analysis

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“…These factors also have an impact on leaving the residential care settings. Dinisman, Zeira, Sulimani‐Aidan, and Benbenishty () have shown that the presence of these factors (particularly social support, positive self‐esteem, and an absence of learning difficulties) is correlated to a departure without anxiety and to a greater psychological well‐being 1 year after having left the residential care settings.…”

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Leading protective factors for children living out of home: A literature review

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Bouteyre

2017

Child & Family Social Work

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Objectives The aim of the present review is to identify the protective factors that have been highlighted in the literature as key factors for the resilience of children in care. Method A systematic review of publications has been conducted in 7 scientific databases, using 8 keyword combinations. After all of the factors described in the studies have been identified, the frequency with which each one occurred has been calculated. Results A large number of individual and environmental protective factors have been found. Seven main factors have been highlighted (positive self‐esteem; regular contact maintained with biological parents; participation in after‐school activities; investment in schooling; access to social support; warm, stable, and predictable environment; and less exposure to child abuse and trauma). Conclusion Although evidence of overriding protective factors has been found, there is clearly still a lack of research on this issue. The studies surveyed had many limitations, and more are therefore needed to confirm findings and answer the questions raised by this review.

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“…The study and its procedures were approved both by the relevant supervised ministries and by the ethics committee of the author's respective university at the time of the research (more detailed information about the procedures and the contents of the questionnaires can be found here; Dinisman & Zeira ; Dinisman et al . ; Sulimani‐Aidan et al . ).…”

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Life satisfaction in the transition from care to adulthood: the contribution of readiness to leave care and social support

Dinisman

2014

Child & Family Social Work

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This research explores whether readiness to leave care mediates the association between social support – from peers, staff and biological parents – on the verge of leaving care and life satisfaction a year after among young people ageing out of care in Israel. The results represent two waves of a longitudinal study. Two hundred seventy‐two adolescents from residential settings in Israel completed a self‐administered questionnaire shortly before they left care, and one year later, 234 of them were interviewed to assess their life satisfaction. Readiness to leave care was found to mediate the relationship between most social support measurements and life satisfaction. At the same time, the findings also suggest that this mediating effect varies for different types of support and has a lesser amount of influence for profound emotional support than other types of support. These findings highlight the need to include both the preparation to leave care and the reinforcement of emotional support available to young people who aged out of care, before and throughout the transition from care to adulthood.

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The subjective well-being of young people aging out of care

Cited by 39 publications

References 37 publications

The Impacts of Attributional Styles and Dispositional Optimism on Subject Well-Being: A Structural Equation Modelling Analysis

The Impacts of Attributional Styles and Dispositional Optimism on Subject Well-Being: A Structural Equation Modelling Analysis

Leading protective factors for children living out of home: A literature review

Life satisfaction in the transition from care to adulthood: the contribution of readiness to leave care and social support

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