What is it about?
Problem behaviors among foster children and non-foster children were reported by caregivers and teachers at age 8. Foster children evinced more externalizing and internalazing behaviors than did the controls. Externalizing behaviors reported at 2 and 3 years by mothers, and at 3 years by fathers, strongly predicted externalizing problems seen at 8 years.
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Why is it important?
The work illustrates the importance of the early detection of behaviors that may cause concern to foster parents in order to help them move their children in the direction of a healthy developmental pathway in early school years.
Perspectives
This work is of interest being based on a follow-up design with an emphasis on non-clinical problems behaviors often related to neclect.
Professor Lars Smith
University of Oslo
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This page is a summary of: Foster children are at risk for developing problems in social-emotional functioning: A follow-up study at 8 years of age, Children and Youth Services Review, January 2020, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2019.104603.
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