You matter to me: Important relationships and self-esteem of adolescents in foster care

Heather M. Farineau; Armeda Stevenson Wojciak; Lenore M. Mcwey

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2206.2011.00808.x

You matter to me: Important relationships and self-esteem of adolescents in foster care

Heather M. Farineau, Armeda Stevenson Wojciak, Lenore M. Mcwey

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This study examined the extent to which relationships with biological mothers, foster parents and peers influenced the self-esteem of adolescents in foster care. A subsample from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being of adolescents in long-term foster care was used for this study (n=188). The findings indicated that when considering relationships with biological mothers, foster parents and peers and controlling for demographic characteristics in one regression model, relationships with peers had the greatest impact on self-esteem of adolescents. Implications for child welfare and clinical work are discussed.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	129-138
Number of pages	10
Journal	Child and Family Social Work
Volume	18
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2206.2011.00808.x
State	Published - May 2013
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Adolescents
Foster care
National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being
Relationships
Self-esteem

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