Predictors of mental health during young people's transition from out-of-home care in Austria

IF 3.4 2区心理学 Q1 FAMILY STUDIES

Child Abuse & Neglect Pub Date : 2024-11-16 DOI:10.1016/j.chiabu.2024.107139

Wolfgang Hagleitner , Stephan Sting , Fred Berger , Maria Groinig , Susanne Rossnagl , Thomas Maran

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Abstract

Background

Care leavers are often disadvantaged in terms of their mental health compared to the general population. The factors influencing care leavers' mental health in the third decade of their lives have so far not been studied systematically.

Objective

Based on a resource model, external contextual factors before, during and after out-of-home care are examined with regard to their positive or negative effects on mental health.

Participants and setting

The sample consists of 121 care leavers, born between 1987 and 1997 and aged between 20 and 29 at the time of the paper-and-pencil survey. The participants had been in out-of-home care for at least two years and left care at the age of 16 or later.

Methods

Multiple hierarchical regression analysis with pairwise deletion and bootstrapping was used to identify predictors of mental health. The final model explains 27 % of the variance in the dependent variable “mental health” and is significant.

Results

Emotional abuse by parents (β = −0.187; p = 0.027) before out-of-home care is negatively associated, but a longer length of stay (β = 0.202; p = 0.023) and support from friends (β = 0.227; p = 0.015) during out-of-home care, as well as an independent economic status (β = 0.326; p < 0.001) and a romantic relationship (β = 0.160; p = 0.044) after the transition show positive correlations with mental health.

Conclusions

The results point to the need for support in building social relationships and sufficient psychosocial support during and after out-of-home care.

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奥地利青少年从家庭外照料过渡期间心理健康的预测因素。

背景：与普通人相比，脱离照管者在心理健康方面往往处于不利地位。迄今为止，尚未对影响脱离照管者在其人生第三个十年中心理健康的因素进行系统研究：基于资源模型，研究了脱离家庭护理之前、期间和之后的外部环境因素对心理健康的积极或消极影响：样本包括121名1987年至1997年间出生、纸笔调查时年龄在20岁至29岁之间的脱离照料者。参与者至少接受过两年的家庭外照料，并在 16 岁或 16 岁以后离开照料机构：采用配对删除和引导法进行多元层次回归分析，以确定心理健康的预测因素。最终模型解释了因变量 "心理健康 "中 27% 的方差，且具有显著性：结果：在家庭外照料之前，父母的情感虐待（β = -0.187；p = 0.027）与心理健康呈负相关，但在家庭外照料期间，较长的逗留时间（β = 0.202；p = 0.023）和来自朋友的支持（β = 0.227；p = 0.015）以及独立的经济地位（β = 0.326；p 结论：结果表明，在家庭外照料期间，儿童需要来自朋友的支持：研究结果表明，在家庭外护理期间和之后，需要在建立社会关系方面提供支持和足够的社会心理支持。

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Child Abuse & Neglect Multiple-

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7.40

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10.40%

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397

期刊介绍： Official Publication of the International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect. Child Abuse & Neglect The International Journal, provides an international, multidisciplinary forum on all aspects of child abuse and neglect, with special emphasis on prevention and treatment; the scope extends further to all those aspects of life which either favor or hinder child development. While contributions will primarily be from the fields of psychology, psychiatry, social work, medicine, nursing, law enforcement, legislature, education, and anthropology, the Journal encourages the concerned lay individual and child-oriented advocate organizations to contribute.