Mangine S J, Royse D, Wiehe V R, Nietzel M T
Psychol Rep. 1990 Dec;67(3 Pt 1):739-45. doi: 10.2466/pr0.1990.67.3.739.
74 homeless persons were asked if they had ever been in foster care. Twelve (16%) answered affirmatively. Compared with the estimated baseline of adults who had been in foster care in the same locality, these homeless persons reported histories of foster care at four times the base rate in the general population. This finding suggests that children in foster care are at risk of serious dysfunction as adults.
74名无家可归者被问及他们是否曾在寄养机构生活过。12人（16%）给出了肯定回答。与同一地区曾在寄养机构生活过的成年人的估计基线相比，这些无家可归者报告的寄养经历发生率是普通人群基线率的四倍。这一发现表明，曾在寄养机构生活的儿童成年后有出现严重功能障碍的风险。
