Rebbe Rebecca, Nurius Paula S, Ahrens Kym R, Courtney Mark E
University of Washington, School of Social Work, 4101 15 Avenue NE Seattle, WA 98105, USA.
Seattle Children's Hospital & Research Institute, 2001 Eighth Ave Seattle, WA 98121, USA.
Child Youth Serv Rev. 2017 Mar;74:108-116. doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2017.02.004. Epub 2017 Feb 6.
Research has demonstrated that youth who age out, or emancipate, from foster care face deleterious outcomes across a variety of domains in early adulthood. This article builds on this knowledge base by investigating the role of adverse childhood experience accumulation and composition on these outcomes. A latent class analysis was performed to identify three subgroups: Complex Adversity, Environmental Adversity, and Lower Adversity. Differences are found amongst the classes in terms of young adult outcomes in terms of socio-economic outcomes, psychosocial problems, and criminal behaviors. The results indicate that not only does the accumulation of adversity matter, but so does the composition of the adversity. These results have implications for policymakers, the numerous service providers and systems that interact with foster youth, and for future research.
研究表明,从寄养机构中脱离或被解放的青少年在成年早期的各个领域都面临有害后果。本文通过研究童年不良经历的积累和构成对这些后果的作用,在这一知识基础上进行拓展。进行了一项潜在类别分析,以识别三个亚组:复杂逆境、环境逆境和较低逆境。在社会经济成果、心理社会问题和犯罪行为等方面的青年成人结果方面,各亚组之间存在差异。结果表明,不仅逆境的积累很重要,逆境的构成也很重要。这些结果对政策制定者、与寄养青年互动的众多服务提供者和系统以及未来的研究都有启示。