Turning points and resilience of academically successful foster youth

Michael Hass, Quaylan Allen and Michelle Amoah

Children and Youth Services Review, 2014, vol. 44, issue C, 387-392

Abstract: In this study, 19 young adults who were removed from their biological parents as children were interviewed about turning points in their lives that led to them to complete a post-secondary educational program or achieve at least junior standing in a four-year institution. The results suggest that a sense of autonomy, social and instrumental support, and access to “safe havens” interacted to facilitate turning-point events in their lives.

Keywords: Foster youth; Resilience; Turning points (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2014.07.008

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