The Impact of Placement Stability on Behavioral Well-being for Children in Foster Care

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Authors

David M. Rubin · Pediatrics and Genetics

Amanda L.R. O'Reilly · Pediatrics and Genetics

A. Russell Localio · University of Pennsylvania

Abstract

Children in foster care experience placement instability unrelated to their baseline problems, and this instability has a significant impact on their behavioral well-being. This finding would support the development of interventions that promote placement stability as a means to improve outcomes among youth entering care.

Topics & Keywords

Child Welfare and Adoption Family and Disability Support Research Child Abuse and Trauma

UN Sustainable Development Goals

No poverty

Publication Details

Published in: PEDIATRICS

Volume 119, Issue 2, pp. 336-344

DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-1995

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