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Understanding How School Climate Affects Overall Mood in Residential Care: Perspectives of Adolescent Girls in Foster Care and Juvenile Justice Systems
Author(s) -
Somers Cheryl L.,
Day Angelique G.,
Niewiadomski Jenna,
Sutter Casey,
Baroni Beverly A.,
Hong Jun Sung
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
juvenile and family court journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.155
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1755-6988
pISSN - 0161-7109
DOI - 10.1111/jfcj.12120
Subject(s) - neglect , residential care , juvenile delinquency , foster care , psychology , mood , school climate , perception , affect (linguistics) , developmental psychology , economic justice , clinical psychology , medicine , psychiatry , gerontology , nursing , pedagogy , political science , communication , neuroscience , law
Abstract The aim of the study is to understand the perceptions of court‐involved adolescent girls in residential treatment (40% delinquency, 60% foster care/child abuse and neglect) on school climate and factors that affect their mood in school. Participants included 27 adolescent females in residential care for both types of court involvement in a large urban area in a Midwestern state. Age of the participants ranged from 12 to 18. Four major themes from the three focus groups that were conducted included relationships and interactions with peers, interactions with staff and teachers and their perceptions about these interactions, the demands of the learning environment, and sensitivity to being touched. Practice implications are discussed.