Social support networks of care leavers: Mediating between childhood adversity and adult functioning

Eran P. Melkman and Rami Benbenishty

Children and Youth Services Review, 2018, vol. 86, issue C, 176-187

Abstract: Care leavers' social support networks have often been theorized as having a salient role in explaining youths' functional outcomes and the way these relate to their adverse pasts. The goals of the present study are to examine the association between childhood adversity and adult functioning among youth aging out-of-care, and to explore how attributes of their social support networks mediate this association.

Keywords: Social networks; Social support; Childhood adversity; Housing; Economic well-being; Adjustment; Care leavers; Israel (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2018.01.040

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