Pre-foster Care Maltreatment Class as a Predictor of Maltreatment in Foster Care

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• 作者：Colleen C. Katz ; Mark E. Courtney…
• 关键词：Foster care ; Maltreatment in foster care ; Multiple maltreatment ; Latent class analysis ; Abuse ; Neglect
• 刊名：Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：34
• 期：1
• 页码：35-49
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• 刊物类别：Behavioral Science
• 刊物主题：Personality and Social Psychology; Clinical Psychology; Sociology, general;
• 出版者：Springer US
• ISSN：1573-2797
• 卷排序：34

文摘

The majority of youth in the foster care system have been removed from their homes as means of protection against parental maltreatment. Studies have shown, however, that foster youth may continue to experience maltreatment after they have entered the child welfare system (Poertner et al. in Child Youth Serv Rev 21(7):549–563, 1999; Tittle et al. in Urbana 51:61801, 2008). In this study, we explore how maltreatment prior to foster care entry may predict maltreatment while in care for youth who are preparing to emancipate. Using latent class analysis and multinomial logistic regression, we find that current or former foster youth with histories of multiple maltreatment (particularly, combined pre-foster care histories of neglect and physical abuse) are more likely to report neglect, physical abuse and sexual abuse in care than those with histories of low maltreatment. These youth should be the target of prevention efforts in child welfare agencies.