Best Jared Israel, Blakeslee Jennifer E
Portland State University.
Child Youth Serv Rev. 2020 Jan;108. doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2019.104626. Epub 2019 Dec 10.
Research, practice, and policy focus on the importance of relationships with young people aging out of foster care, especially relational permanency. While previous research has examined these relationships, typically with mentors, foster parents, or biological parents, few have examined the quality of strong network ties within support networks. This study incorporated a network approach to understanding how youth discussed strong ties and defined closeness in relationships. Qualities of strong ties included stability, multidimensional support, advocacy, honesty and genuineness, commonalities, trust, and small interconnected core networks. Understanding qualities youth value in close relationships may help service providers in supporting and enhancing relational permanency from multiple sources of support for youth aging out of the foster care system.
研究、实践和政策都聚焦于与脱离寄养照料的年轻人建立关系的重要性,尤其是关系的永久性。虽然此前的研究已经考察了这些关系,通常是与导师、寄养父母或亲生父母的关系,但很少有研究考察支持网络中紧密网络关系的质量。本研究采用网络分析法来理解年轻人如何谈论紧密关系以及如何定义关系中的亲密程度。紧密关系的特质包括稳定性、多维度支持、支持、诚实与真诚、共性、信任以及小型相互关联的核心网络。了解年轻人在亲密关系中重视的特质,可能有助于服务提供者从多个支持来源为脱离寄养照料系统的年轻人提供支持并增强关系的永久性。