Foster family environments in relation to social competence of adolescent foster children : perceptions of foster mothers
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Rebecca T. Davis (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
- Advisor
- J. Allen Watson
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between factors of foster family environments and differential levels of social competence of adolescent foster children. Developed within a framework of normalcy, health, and competence, this investigation used measures that had been standardized on the normal population and resulted in a comparative profile of foster families and foster children. The independent variables were four factors of the foster family environment--cohesion, conflict, control, and organization-- as measured by the Moos Family Environment Scale, and the age of foster mothers. The dependent measure--social competence--was measured by the Achenbach Child Behavior Checklist. Hypotheses 1 through 5 addressed the bivariate relationships between the independent variables and social competence. Hypothesis 6 examined how much of the dependent measure could be explained by a combination of the independent variables.
Foster family environments in relation to social competence of adolescent foster children : perceptions of foster mothers
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Dissertation
- Language: English
- Date: 1983
- Subjects
- Foster children $x Social conditions
- Foster parents
- Foster home care