Children placed in long-term family foster care: A longitudinal study into the development of problem behavior and associated factors

Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms in Preschool Children in Foster Care: The Influence of Placement and Foster Family Environment

“…Recent evidence also confirms this association. Vanderfaeillie, Van Holen, Vanschoonlandt, Robberechts, and Stroobants () reported that school‐aged children exhibited more mental health problems when their foster parents experienced high levels of stress and when they used more negative parenting strategies. For preschool children, there was also an association between foster parents’ and children's stress levels as measured with biological markers (Van Andel et al., ).…”

Foster care assessment: A study of the placement decision process in Flanders

“…Family foster care is however a vulnerable intervention and questions can be raised as to its efficacy. Evidence for this can be found in the high number of breakdowns (premature terminations of the foster placement for negative reasons), the increase of behavioral problems among foster children during their stay in foster care, and the relatively unfavorable image of alumni foster children leaving foster care (Hermanns, 2010;Vanderfaeillie & Van Holen, 2010;Vanderfaeillie, Van Holen, Vanschoonlandt, Robberechts, & Stroobants, 2013). These problems may result from placing children in family foster care, for whom this intervention is not adequate (Vanderfaeillie, Van Holen, & Coussens, 2008).…”

Impact of the parenting style of foster parents on the behaviour problems of foster children

“…As regard externalizing behaviour, this has been observed to increase in the absence of positive parenting and when children are punished for misbehaving (Vanderfaeillie et al . ). Other studies have also reported a relationship between coercive parenting and externalizing behaviour.…”

“…Recent research on intervention programmes in the fostering context has also highlighted the link between parenting styles and problem behaviour (Vanderfaeillie et al . , ). These studies have shown that the behaviour problems of foster children impact negatively on the behaviour of foster parents, leading them to be less supportive and more negative in their approach to parenting.…”