Psychosocial characteristics of foster children |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Psychology, University of Tennessee, USA;2. Department of Psychology, Penn State University, USA;3. Department of Psychology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA;1. Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders, Institute of Neurology, University College London, WC1N 3BG London, United Kingdom;2. Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, University of Rome “Sapienza”, Viale dell’Universita’ 30, 00185 Rome, Italy;3. Department of Neuroscience, Biomedicine and Movement Science, University of Verona, Piazzale L.A. Scuro 10, 37134 Verona, Italy;4. Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, 40123 Bologna, Italy;5. IRCCS Neuromed Institute, Via Atinense, 18, 86077 Pozzilli, Italy;6. IRCSS Institute of Neurological Sciences, Via Altura 3, 40139 Bologna, Italy;1. Department of Psychology, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado;2. Department of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California;3. Graduate School of Social Work, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado;1. Department of Studies in Chemistry, Manasagangothri, University of Mysore, Mysore 570006, India;2. Syngene International Ltd, Biocon Park, Bommasandra IV Phase, Jigani Link Road, Bangalore 560099, India |
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| Abstract: | Psychosocial development of foster children was compared to that of home-reared children in two studies. The first explored differences between 29 foster children and children home-reared in both poverty (93) and nonpoverty (47) on a 12-item projective test (the Tasks of Emotional Development test) using discriminant function analysis. A function unique among faster children was found and interpreted as reliance upon and exploitation of externally determined events. The second study investigated whether subjective peer social deficits identified with the projective test are paraleled by objective peer social deficits relative to home-reared classmates. On the basis of peer sociometric data generated by classmates, 17 foster children were found to be more often disliked and rejected than home-reared peers. Externality and peer social deprivation as here-to-fore unrecognized risks for foster children were discussed. |
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