Relationships That Persist and Protect: The Role of Enduring Relationships on Early-Adult Outcomes among Youth Transitioning Out of Foster Care

Okpych, Nathanael J.; Park, Sunggeun; Powers, Jenna; Harty, Justin S.; Courtney, Mark E.

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“…10 Box 1.1. 11 Hiles et al, 2014;Gypen et al, 2017;Munro, 2019;Okpych et al, 2023;Schelbe, 2023, Chapter 4; and see Chapter 1, Box 1.2 of this book. 12 See Kulmala and Fomina, 2022, for an important recent study also finding a significant proportion of care-leavers not wishing to plan for the future.…”

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“…9 andRogers, 2020;Sekibo, 2020;van Breda and Frimpong-Manso, 2020;van Breda, Munro et al, 2020;Glynn and Mayock, 2021;Taylor, D.J. et al, 2021;Harrison et al, 2022;Mendes et al, 2022;Stubbs et al, 2022;van Breda, 2022;Alderson et al, 2023;Okpych et al, 2023;Schelbe, 2023. Cunningham andDiversi, 2013;Havlicek et al, 2013;Gypen et al, 2017;Munro, 2019;Courtney, 2022.…”

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What Matters and Who Matters to Young People Leaving Care

Appleton

2024

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The EPDF and EPUB are available open access under a CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This publication was supported by the University of Essex's open access fund. How do young people transitioning from care plan their future lives? Planning is usually thought of as requiring clear goals and ‘future orientation’, but how might planning be regarded by young people whose wishes, hopes and plans have been repeatedly dashed? In this book Peter Appleton builds on research interviews with care-experienced young adults, and on cross-disciplinary theories of planning and of emotions, to develop a creative and non-dogmatic three-aspects model of planning for young people leaving care. A valuable resource for practitioners, researchers and educators, this book puts forward a powerful case to think more broadly and flexibly about transition planning with care-leavers, placing the voices of young people at its heart.

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What Matters and Who Matters to Young People Leaving Care

Appleton

2024

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“…Successful early adulthood requires extensive support during the first two decades of life (Arnett, 2000; Catalano et al, 2004; Courtney et al, 2018; Okpych et al, 2023; Scales et al, 2016). A successful launch into adulthood necessitates opportunities to develop skills that can be used on the journey toward increased independence (Courtney et al, 2017; Kingsnorth et al, 2007).…”

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Preparedness for adulthood among young adults with histories of out-of-home care

Munson,

Murayama,

Taussig

2024

Developmental Child Welfare

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Young adults with histories of out-of-home care (OOHC) have poor early adult outcomes. Transitioning to adulthood takes preparation, coupled with support and resources. Few studies have examined these young adults’ perceptions of what helped them prepare for adulthood and how prepared they perceived they were to make the developmental transition to adulthood. This convergent mixed methods study builds knowledge surrounding preparedness among a sample of young adults with histories in OOHC ( N = 204). The study progressed in three phases. First, quantitative measures of preparedness were examined related to five critical areas of young adulthood: (1) employment, (2) education/training, (3) health care, (4) housing and (5) managing money. Results indicated that youth felt more prepared to manage their money and pursue employment than they felt prepared in the other areas. The second phase focused on qualitative interview data. Participants were asked, “What has been the most helpful thing in preparing you to live as an adult?” Open-ended responses were audiotaped, listened to by analysts, transcribed, and de-identified. Qualitative analysis followed a series of steps, centering constant comparison. Six themes (with sub-themes) emerged from the analysis of the data, namely (1) Forced independence; (2) The instructive role of mistakes; (3) Programs and services; (4) Family support; (5) Structure; and (6) Role models. Finally, analysts compared results of the quantitative and qualitative data and noted the data were convergent in suggesting that young adults feel somewhat more prepared around employment, managing money, and finances, in comparison to other areas. Implications are discussed.

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Exploring the development of narrative identities in emerging adults who have been in foster care

Wagner,

Heberle

2024

Children and Youth Services Review

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Relationships That Persist and Protect: The Role of Enduring Relationships on Early-Adult Outcomes among Youth Transitioning Out of Foster Care

Cited by 5 publications

References 75 publications

What Matters and Who Matters to Young People Leaving Care

What Matters and Who Matters to Young People Leaving Care

Preparedness for adulthood among young adults with histories of out-of-home care

Exploring the development of narrative identities in emerging adults who have been in foster care

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