Care for Kids — Do We? A Psychological Study of State Wards in New South Wales
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11228546 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Juliet Harper (corresponding author), Mary Hardy (0000-0003-0854-7054), Mary R Hardy (0000-0002-3199-4728) |
| Year | 1985 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 281-294 |
| Publication date | 1985-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Journal of Social Issues (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0157-6321 • E-ISSN: 1839-4655 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/j.1839-4655.1985.tb00807.x |
| OpenAlex | W2536520061 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 4 |
An investigation of children entering State wardship revealed a common background of poverty, mobility of domicile, neglect and deprivation together with physical abuse. There were high levels of parental loss and parental psychiatric illness and criminality. While of average intelligence, the children were educationally retarded and emotionally disturbed with depression and hostility the main symptoms. They perceived their environment as violent and aggressive and themselves as deprived or experiencing loss. Most clung to idealized parental figures and denied the reality of their present situation. On discharge from the receiving centre only four children were fostered and the rest continued in care
Child abuse · Depression (economics · Developmental psychology · Environmental health · Hostility · Neglect · Physical abuse · Poison control · Political science · Poverty · Project commissioning · Psychiatry · Publishing · Suicide prevention · Child Abuse and Trauma · Child Welfare and Adoption · Clinical Psychology · Medicine · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,05 |
| Citation span | 1988 - 2005 (18) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |