caa a22 4500 39758251X CHVBK 20180308164911.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161202e199601 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1093/sw/41.1.85 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)oxford-10.1093/sw/41.1.85 A Closer Look at Self-image in Male Foster Care Adolescents [Elektronische Daten] [Susan B. Lyman, Gloria W. Bird] Using the Offer Self-Image Questionnaire, this study attempted to determine the differences between 58 male adolescents in foster care and their peers in the normal population and to establish if there are characteristics of the adolescents' background or foster care experience related to specific domains of self-image. Characteristics from foster care history included number of placements and length of time at the current placement. Individual background characteristics included race, educational achievement, and age. Foster care youths had lower family self-image and emotional health and higher social self-image when compared with the normative population. Lower scores on several domains of self-image were associated with being younger, being white, having lower academic achievement, having more placements, and staying at the current placement for a longer time. The implications of these findings for foster care placement decisions are discussed. Copyright © 1996 by the National Association of Social Workers, Inc. adolescence nationallicence child development nationallicence foster care nationallicence men nationallicence self-image nationallicence Lyman Susan B. aut Bird Gloria W. aut Social Work Oxford University Press 41/1(1996-01), 85-96 0037-8046 41:1<85 1996 41 sw https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/41.1.85 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/41.1.85 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lyman Susan B. aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bird Gloria W. aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Social Work Oxford University Press 41/1(1996-01), 85-96 0037-8046 41:1<85 1996 41 sw Metadata rights reserved CC BY-NC-4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-oxford