 Social networks of youth transitioning from foster care to adulthoodRachel Rosenberg Children and Youth Services Review, 2019, vol. 107, issue C Abstract: Social support has been shown to be a protective factor during childhood and adulthood. Social support is particularly important during major life transitions, such as aging out of foster care. When youth reach the age of majority (18 in most states) they age out of foster care and enter adulthood—often without the support necessary for a successful transition. The current study examines social networks and utilization of social support among young people (N = 58) ages 18–25 from one southeastern state who had aged out of care or were in extended foster care. These youth, on average, had 7 people in their networks. Networks varied based on a number of characteristics including placement type and race/ethnicity. Social support satisfaction varied across support domains and by foster care characteristics. The current study provides several policy and practice implications for creating supportive relationships among youth transitioning out of foster care and into adulthood. Keywords: Transition age youth; Social support; Social networks (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:cysrev:v:107:y:2019:i:c:s0190740919306449 DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2019.104520 Access Statistics for this article Children and Youth Services Review is currently edited by Duncan Lindsey More articles in Children and Youth Services Review from Elsevier |
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