新冠疫情封锁期间居住在寄养家庭的弗拉芒寄养儿童的心理社会福祉。
Psychosocial well-being of Flemish foster children residing in their foster homes during the COVID-19 lockdown.
作者信息
Verheyden Camille, Van Holen Frank, West Delphine, Vanderfaeillie Johan
机构信息
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Department of Psychology, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.
Pleegzorg Vlaams-Brabant en Brussel, Sainctelettesquare 17, 1000 Brussels, Belgium.
出版信息
Child Youth Serv Rev. 2022 Aug;139:106535. doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2022.106535. Epub 2022 May 13.
The measures implemented to contain the COVID-19 pandemic profoundly affected the lives of children and families all around the world, probably affecting children's psychosocial well-being. The negative consequences of lockdowns are presumed to hit even harder on vulnerable groups such as foster children who already struggle with their psychosocial well-being in normal circumstances and who face specific challenges during lockdowns such as: additional help that is no longer available or only offered digitally and physical contact with birth parents that is forbidden. Nevertheless, some scholars point to the positive side of lockdowns (e.g.: relief due to closure of schools). This study aims to asses the psychosocial well-being of Flemish foster children residing in their foster homes during the COVID-19 lockdown and the factors that are associated with the change in their psychosocial well-being. 888 foster parents reported on the psychosocial well-being of just as many foster children through the Brief Assessment Checklist for Children and Adolescents. The COVID-19 lockdown was not associated with a decreased psychosocial well-being of Flemish foster children residing in their foster homes during the lockdown. Foster parents reported a slight improvement in their relationship with their foster child during the lockdown which points to a positive consequence of the lockdown. In addition, this improvement was positively associated with an increased psychosocial well-being during adverse circumstances and should therefore be enhanced. The type and amount of contact with birth parents is significantly associated with foster children's changed psychosocial well-being during the lockdown. Foster parents who reported an increase in alternative contact (e.g., (video)calls and messages) between their foster child and his/her birth parent(s) during the lockdown, also reported an increase in their foster child's psychosocial well-being during that period.
为遏制新冠疫情而实施的措施深刻影响了世界各地儿童和家庭的生活，可能对儿童的心理社会福祉产生影响。封锁的负面后果据推测对弱势群体的打击更大，比如寄养儿童，他们在正常情况下心理社会福祉就面临困难，在封锁期间还面临特定挑战，例如：不再能获得额外帮助或只能通过数字方式提供帮助，以及与亲生父母的身体接触被禁止。然而，一些学者指出了封锁的积极方面（例如：学校关闭带来的缓解）。本研究旨在评估新冠疫情封锁期间居住在寄养家庭中的弗拉芒寄养儿童的心理社会福祉，以及与他们心理社会福祉变化相关的因素。888名寄养父母通过《儿童和青少年简要评估清单》报告了同样数量寄养儿童的心理社会福祉。新冠疫情封锁与封锁期间居住在寄养家庭中的弗拉芒寄养儿童心理社会福祉下降无关。寄养父母报告说，在封锁期间他们与寄养儿童的关系略有改善，这表明了封锁的一个积极后果。此外，这种改善与逆境中心理社会福祉的增加呈正相关，因此应该予以加强。在封锁期间，与亲生父母的接触类型和数量与寄养儿童心理社会福祉的变化显著相关。报告在封锁期间其寄养儿童与亲生父母之间的替代接触（例如，（视频）通话和信息）增加的寄养父母，也报告说在此期间其寄养儿童的心理社会福祉有所增加。
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