caa a22 4500 445870265 CHVBK 20180317145509.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110801xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10560-011-0234-0 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10560-011-0234-0 The Concept of ‘Family' Among Norwegian Adolescents in Long-Term Foster Care [Elektronische Daten] [Ingunn Ellingsen, David Shemmings, Ingunn Størksen] In Norway, about 8,000 children live in foster homes (about 3.300 in age group 13-17). What does ‘family' mean to these children? We explored the views and feelings about ‘family' among 22 adolescents who are living in long-term foster care. Three patterns emerged. Most of the participants expressed confidence and adjustment in the foster home placement and felt bonded to both their foster family and to their birth family. Other adolescents expressed a strong sense of membership to their birth family but not to their foster family, and the remaining adolescents described a weak bond to birth family but a strong bond to their foster family. The main implications of the three patterns are discussed in the light of policy and practice. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2011 Family nationallicence Foster children nationallicence Q-methodology nationallicence Attachment nationallicence Resilience nationallicence Ellingsen Ingunn Department of Social Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway aut Shemmings David School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK aut Størksen Ingunn Centre for Behavioural Research, Faculty of Arts and Education, University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway aut Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 28/4(2011-08-01), 301-318 0738-0151 28:4<301 2011 28 10560 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10560-011-0234-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10560-011-0234-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ellingsen Ingunn Department of Social Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Shemmings David School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Størksen Ingunn Centre for Behavioural Research, Faculty of Arts and Education, University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 28/4(2011-08-01), 301-318 0738-0151 28:4<301 2011 28 10560 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer