Belonging mediates changes to resilience among separated siblings at camp-based reunification intervention

Armeda Stevenson Wojciak, Faith VanMeter and Jeffrey Waid

Children and Youth Services Review, 2024, vol. 156, issue C

Abstract: Previous work has established camp-based sibling reunification impacts to youths’ resilience and sense of belonging. The current study tested the mediating effects of belonging on pre-test-post test changes to youth resilience. We examined survey data from 2,260 youth who attended one of 16 camp-based reunification programs in the U.S. and Australia. Youth belonging at camp partially mediated pre-test post-test changes to measures of resilience. In a multi-group model, the indirect effects of belonging on youth resilience differed according to youth individual characteristics. Belonging is a resilience promoting mechanism for youth in out-of-home care.

Keywords: Belonging; Foster Care; Mediation; Resilience; Sibling Relationships (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2023.107360

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