What is it about?
Caregivers and teachers reported problem behaviors for both foster children and non-foster children at age 8. Foster children demonstrated higher levels of externalizing and internalizing behaviors compared to the control group. Externalizing behaviors observed by mothers at ages 2 and 3, and by fathers at age 3, were strong predictors of externalizing problems identified at age 8.
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Why is it important?
The work discusses how early identification of behaviors that may concern foster parents can inform approaches to support children's development during their early school years.
Perspectives
This work is of interest being based on a follow-up design with an emphasis on non-clinical problems behaviors often related to neclect.
Professor Lars Smith
University of Oslo
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This page is a summary of: Foster children are at risk for developing problems in social-emotional functioning: A follow-up study at 8 years of age, Children and Youth Services Review, January 2020, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2019.104603.
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