SynthesisTrauma, violence & abuse2019
Comparing Long-Term Placement Outcomes of Residential and Family Foster Care: A Meta-Analysis.
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Relationships in Good Hands Trial: Clinical and Cost-effectiveness of Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy for Abused and Neglected Young Children With Maltreatment-associated Problems and Their Parents
Unfolding the Wisdom Within: A Clinical Trial Assessing the Impact of a Compassion Based Psychotherapeutic Intervention for Adolescents Placed in Child-welfare-based Residential Care
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14 citing papers in PubMed.
- Trauma exposure and traumatic stress in foster carers: a scoping review.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2026Review
- Social and emotional skills of students at Child Protection and Welfare Bureau Gujranwala, Pakistan.Psicologia, reflexao e critica : revista semestral do Departamento de Psicologia da UFRGS · 2026Article
- Psychosocial Adjustment of Institutionalised Children: A Thematic Analysis of Caregiver Perspectives in Delhi.Annals of neurosciences · 2026Article
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- Mapping the evidence on outcomes of childhood out-of-home care: A scoping review of reviews.PloS one · 2026Article
- The "Fostering Changes" Parent Training Programme for Foster Carers: A Feasibility Study of the German Version.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Poly-victimization and post-traumatic stress symptoms in care experienced youth: the mediating role of mentalizing.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2025Article
- Cumulative risk factors for injuries and poisoning requiring hospital care in youth with prenatal substance exposure: A longitudinal controlled cohort study.Nordisk alkohol- & narkotikatidskrift : NAT · 2024Article
- The mental health of all children in contact with social services: a population-wide record-linkage study in Northern Ireland.Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences · 2023Article
- Child Welfare Reform: A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Cognitive flexibility moderates the association between maltreatment and emotion regulation in residential care children of the middle childhood period.Developmental child welfare · 2022Article
- Foster children's perspectives on participation in child welfare processes: A meta-synthesis of qualitative studies.PloS one · 2022Article
- The EU Strategy on the Rights of the Child and the European Child Guarantee-Evidence-Based Recommendations for Alternative Care.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Experience of child welfare services and long-term adult mental health outcomes: a scoping review.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2021Article
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Abstract
This study presents findings from three separate meta-analyses investigating differences between children placed in residential care and in family foster care with regard to three outcomes: internalizing behaviors, externalizing behaviors, and perception of care. Based on publications from the last 20 years, a total of 23 studies were included. The total sample consisted of 13,630 children in care, with 7,469 from foster care and 6,161 from residential care. The results from this study indicated that children in foster care had consistently better experiences and less problems across the three outcomes as compared to children in residential care. Analyses did not reveal evidence of publication bias, and sensitivity analyses also suggested that results were not influenced by individual studies. Additionally, moderation analyses revealed that the differences between foster and residential care could vary depending on certain factors such as the publication year, the gross domestic product of the country, and the length of care. The implications of differences in outcomes between the two placements are discussed.
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