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PERCEPTION OF CHILD SUPPORT IN CHILDREN'S HOMES AND FOSTER FAMILIES
Branka Sladović Franz
Đenka Mujkanović
Sažetak
High-quality social support is needed throughout life, especially for the normal psychosocial development of children. Children who are removed from the primary family have usually lived in socially isolated families with a narrow social network. Social support as a mediator in relations between life's changes and adjustments, important for the growth of self-esteem and also a possible protective factor, is especially important for children living in children's homes and foster families. The results of children's perception of social support, (N=375) including examinees from ages 10 to 14 living in children's homes and foster families, are presented in the paper. According to analysis of variance, the lowest social support is perceived by children living in children's homes, while the perception of social support of children living in foster families does not vary significantly from the one expressed by children living in their own families (N=200). In conclusion, the authors explain the need for improving social support in children's homes.
Ključne riječi
social support; social welfare; children's home; foster parenthood
Hrčak ID:
3509
URI
Datum izdavanja:
15.12.2003.
Posjeta: 6.885 *