The objective of this qualitative research is to better understand the processes that contribute to resilience among adolescents in foster care. Twelve boys and girls (X=15.9 years), identified as resilient, participated in this study. The mean duration of the teenagers’ placement is 7.3 years. The results point to three types of turning points: action, relation and reflection. Four processes, directly or indirectly linked to the turning point, have also been identified: increase in perceived self‐efficacy, distancing oneself from the risks, new opportunities, and the multiplication of benefits.

Info-Santé CLSC, the Québec telenursing service, is a telephone health line nursing service that was implemented in 1995 in every local community service center (CLSC; n = 141) of 15 regional health authorities in the Province of Québec, Canada. It is, at present, one of the most important first-line health services and it operates in continuity with the other resources in the health and social service system. Info-Santé CLSC operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and received more than 2,260,000 calls in 1997. This article will report the findings from the first province-wide survey of the service, based on a stratified random sample of 4,696 callers. The findings revealed that most respondents were highly satisfied with the service; they followed the nurses' advice and carried out self-care measures as recommended. Nursing interventions helped respondents feel self-reliant, like they could solve the same or similar problems should they occur in the future. The vast majority of respondents considered that the call they made to Info-Santé CLSC was useful in finding a solution to their problems. The vast majority also claimed that they would certainly call Info-Sante CLSC again should another problem occur. The majority reported they would have turned to another type of resource if Info-Santé CLSC had not existed; half of the respondents stated that they would have used emergency departments and a third would have consulted a doctor in private practice.

In a sample of 143 parent-child dyads from two-parent and separated families, this investigation documented the links between parental psychological violence and separation or divorce, severity of parental conflict, triangulation of the child in this conflict, and polarized parent-child alliances. The unique and combined contributions of all these variables to children's behavior problems were also assessed. Participants were parents, mostly mothers, and their 10-12-year-old child. They were recruited through schools, community organizations, and newspapers. Questionnaires were administered at home. Findings suggest that separated families undergo more relational disturbances than two-parent families (more severe conflicts, more triangulation, stronger parent-child alliances), but the amount of parental psychological violence was similar in both groups. Psychological violence was associated with the severity of parental conflict, especially in two-parent families. Triangulation of the child in parental conflict was another correlate of psychological violence. Once all variables were controlled for, psychological violence remained the only significant correlate of children's externalized behavior problems. These findings raise the importance of preventing psychological violence toward children, especially in families plagued with severe parental conflicts.

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Plusieurs e ´tudes sont venues de ´montrer l'importance de la qualite ´de la relation beau-pe `re enfant dans l'adaptation des jeunes de familles recompose ´es. En effet, lorsqu'il existe une bonne relation affective entre eux, il y a moins de risque que l'enfant de ´veloppe des proble `mes. Or, si l'on conc ¸oit bien l'impact de la qualite ´de cette relation, il subsiste encore beaucoup d'incertitudes sur la manie `re optimale d'exercer ce ro ˆle. Cet article examine la contribution du style parental adopte ´par le beau-pe `re aux proble `mes de comportement exte ´riorise ´s et inte ´riorise ´s de jeunes de familles recompose ´es. Les donne ´es ont e ´te ćollecte ´es aupre `s de 104 adolescents (63,5 % de filles; 36,5 % de garc ¸ons) qui ont comple ´te ´, en entrevue, le Youth Self-Report (Achenbach, 1991), le Parental Authority Questionnaire (Buri, 1991) et le Child Parental Acceptance-Rejection Questionnaire (Rohner, 1984). Les re ´sultats montrent qu'une majorite ´de jeunes perc ¸oivent leur beau-pe `re comme une personne implique ´e aupre `s d'eux : plus du tiers de l'e ´chantillon conside `re que leur beau-pe `re est autoritaire, suivi de pre `s par un autre tiers qui le perc ¸oit comme e ´tant de ´mocratique. Le niveau d'adaptation des jeunes est associe ´au style parental du beau-pe `re. Les jeunes qui perc ¸oivent leur beau-pe `re comme e ´tant de ´mocratique ou chaleureux profitent particulie `rement de cette relation.Mots-cle ´s : recomposition familiale, style parental, beaux-pe `res, proble `mes de comportement, adolescent Marie-Christine Saint-Jacques, E ´cole de service social, Universite ´Laval, Canada; Rachel Le ´pine, Centre de recherche sur les jeunes et les familles a `risque, Universite ´Laval, Canada.Cette e ´tude a e ´te ´re ´alise ´e gra ˆce a `une subvention du Fonds que ´be ´cois de recherche sur la socie ´te ´et la culture (no 81634).Toute correspondance doit e ˆtre adresse ´e a `Marie-Christine Saint-