Smith Jacqueline, Boone Anniglo
, 13335 Burleigh Street.
J Health Soc Policy. 2006;22(3-4):9-30. doi: 10.1300/j045v22n03_02.
Orientation to the future, in the social science literature, is linked to social adaption and adjustment. This study examines the future outlook in African American kinship care families. The focus of the study was restricted to adolescents in the kinship care population and examined both youth's and parent figure's outlook for the future. Using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY97), the study describes the future orientation of African American youth who live with relative caregivers. It tests for differences in orientation to the future between kinship care parents and those with biological and other family types and tests the hypothesis of there being a significant difference in future orientation between youth and their relative acting as parent caregiver. Findings demonstrate significant variability in the future outlook of African American youth within kinship care families. The findings suggest that social workers and mental health practitioners who work with youth in goal setting behaviors should include the relative caregiver and the family in the counseling process. doi:10.1300/J045v22n03_02.
在社会科学文献中，对未来的取向与社会适应和调整相关。本研究考察了非裔美国家庭亲属照料中的未来展望。该研究的重点仅限于亲属照料人群中的青少年，并考察了青少年和家长对未来的展望。利用全国青少年纵向调查（NLSY97），该研究描述了与亲属照料者生活在一起的非裔美国青少年的未来取向。它测试了亲属照料父母与亲生父母及其他家庭类型的父母在未来取向上的差异，并检验了青少年与其作为家长照料者的亲属在未来取向上存在显著差异的假设。研究结果表明，亲属照料家庭中的非裔美国青少年在未来展望方面存在显著差异。研究结果表明，与青少年一起进行目标设定行为的社会工作者和心理健康从业者应在咨询过程中纳入亲属照料者和家庭。doi:10.1300/J045v22n03_02
