An exploratory study of foster care emanicipation in an adult population: Home again, home again

Description

This qualitative study explored the foster care emanicipation experience of adults who had "aged out" of the foster care system. This study found that foster care had negative impacts on participants' ability to form attachments while in foster care and in their adult relationships.

Links & Downloads

1. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2258
2. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3260&context=etd-project

Tags

Foster home care -- Sociological aspects

Foster children -- Attitudes

Adult children of dysfunctional families

Attachment behavior in children

Childhood disintegrative disorder

Family, Life Course, and Society

Social Work

Additional Fields

Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:csusb.edu/oai:scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu:etd-project-3260
Date	01 January 2001
Creators	Waldon, Elizabeth, Davis, Debbie Ann
Publisher	CSUSB ScholarWorks
Source Sets	California State University San Bernardino
Detected Language	English
Type	text
Format	application/pdf
Source	Theses Digitization Project