The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between delinquency and the three primary relationships of adolescents in the foster care system, biological parent-child relationship, foster parent-child relationship, and the co-parenting relationship between these two parents, using ecological theory as a basis. Self-esteem was included as a meditating variable. The sample included 188 adolescents in long-term foster care and was drawn from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW) data. Structural equation modeling was used to analyze the direct and indirect relationships in the proposed model. It was found that self-esteem was a significant mediator between the relationship with foster parent and delinquency. Implications for researchers and clinicians were discussed. / A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Family and Child Sciences in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of
Philosophy. / Spring Semester, 2013. / March 1, 2013. / Includes bibliographical references. / Lenore McWey, Professor Directing Dissertation; Karen Randolph, University Representative; Ann Mullis, Committee Member; Kendal Holtrop, Committee Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_183713 |
| Contributors | Farineau, Heather (authoraut), McWey, Lenore (professor directing dissertation), Randolph, Karen (university representative), Mullis, Ann (committee member), Holtrop, Kendal (committee member), Department of Family and Child Sciences (degree granting department), Florida State University (degree granting institution) |
| Publisher | Florida State University, Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text |
| Format | 1 online resource, computer, application/pdf |
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