Mental Health Problems in Norwegian School Children Placed Out-of-Home: The Importance of Family Risk Factors

Autor/inn/en	Havnen, Karen Skaale; Jakobsen, Reidar; Stormark, Kjell Morten
Titel	Mental Health Problems in Norwegian School Children Placed Out-of-Home: The Importance of Family Risk Factors
Quelle	In: Child Care in Practice, 15 (2009) 3, S.235-250 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1357-5279
Schlagwörter	Child Neglect; Child Welfare; Mental Health; Children; Preadolescents; Parent Influence; Interpersonal Relationship; Child Abuse; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Gender Differences; Mental Disorders; Foster Care; Child Health; Well Being; At Risk Persons; Antisocial Behavior; Child Behavior; Prosocial Behavior; Hyperactivity; Family Environment; Parent Attitudes; Family Problems; Norway + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kindesvernachlässigung; Kindeswohl; Psychohygiene; Child; Kind; Kinder; Pre-adolescence; Präadoleszenz; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Abuse of children; Abuse; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Geschlechterkonflikt; Mental illness; Geisteskrankheit; Pflegehilfe; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Risikogruppe; Hyperaktivität; Familienmilieu; Elternverhalten; Familienkrise; Norwegen
Abstract	The main aim of this article is to explore the association between mental health problems in children placed out-of-home and family risk factors reported as reasons for placement. The sample consisted of 109 Norwegian children aged 6-12 years. Mental health problems were assessed by the Revised Rutter scales reported by the parents and the teachers shortly after placement. On the basis of the reported reasons for placement, three risk indexes were constructed: parental risk, interactional risk, and child neglect and abuse risk. The analyses showed that 70% or more of the placed children had symptoms of mental health problems, boys more often than girls. Parental risk and interactional risk each accounted for a significant part of the variance in the children's mental health, while child neglect and abuse did not. Our data, however, indicated that children placed out-of-home mainly due to parental risk had less mental health problems than other children, while children placed due to interactional risk or child neglect and abuse had more problems. The study indicates that family-related reasons for placement reported by the child welfare workers are important indicators for assessing mental health problems in children placed out-of-home. (Contains 7 tables and 1 note.) (As Provided).
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