Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Developmental Outcomes among Korean Kinship Foster Care Children: Gender Differences
Hyunah Kang,
Ick-Joong Chung (ichung@ewha.ac.kr) and
Sehyeon Oh
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Hyunah Kang: The Division of Child Welfare and Studies, Sookmyung Women’s University, Seoul 04310, Republic of Korea
Ick-Joong Chung: Department of Social Welfare, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Republic of Korea
Sehyeon Oh: National Center for the Rights of the Child, Seoul 03150, Republic of Korea
Societies, 2023, vol. 13, issue 9, 1-18
Abstract:
(1) Background: This study explored changes before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in terms of developmental outcomes among kinship foster care children in the Republic of Korea: and gender differences in the changes; (2) Methods: The study analyzed the data of 217 kinship care children who participated in both the first- and second-wave surveys of the Panel Study of Korean Foster Care Children. As the main statistical methods, we utilized repeated-measures ANOVA and analysis of covariance (ANCOVA); (3) Results: Analysis of developmental outcomes measured before and during the pandemic showed no significant changes. However, significant interaction effects existed between time (before and during the pandemic) and gender, indicating that boys and girls recorded different patterns of change before and during the COVID-19 pandemic; (4) Discussion:During the COVID-19 pandemic, girls experienced negative changes in most areas of development, whereas boys experienced positive changes. The policy and practical implications for foster care children in Korea were discussed.
Keywords: kinship care; foster care; gender differences; COVID-19; COVID-19 lockdown; developmental outcomes (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A13 A14 P P0 P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 Z1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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