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You matter to me: important relationships and self‐esteem of adolescents in foster care
Author(s) -
Farineau Heather M.,
Stevenson Wojciak Armeda,
McWey Lenore M.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
child and family social work
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.912
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1365-2206
pISSN - 1356-7500
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2011.00808.x
Subject(s) - foster care , self esteem , psychology , welfare , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , medicine , nursing , political science , law
This study examined the extent to which relationships with biological mothers, foster parents and peers influenced the self‐esteem of adolescents in foster care. A subsample from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well‐Being of adolescents in long‐term foster care was used for this study ( n = 188). The findings indicated that when considering relationships with biological mothers, foster parents and peers and controlling for demographic characteristics in one regression model, relationships with peers had the greatest impact on self‐esteem of adolescents. Implications for child welfare and clinical work are discussed.