Resilience and Family Placement
A Lifespan Perspective
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11940457 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gillian Schofield (0000-0003-2916-2022, University of East Anglia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 6-19 |
| Publication date | 2001-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Adoption & Fostering (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0308-5759 • E-ISSN: 1740-469X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/030857590102500303 |
| OpenAlex | W2145323234 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 24 |
| References cited | 18 |
Many children who have suffered adverse childhoods of abuse, neglect and loss go on to thrive in family placements. Gillian Schofield argues that this process needs to be documented and understood with the help of developmental theory. She also suggests that there ought to be a lifespan perspective, given that children need a family for life and stable adulthood is inevitably a goal of family placement. In this paper, the concept of resilience is explored and then applied to selected cases from a qualitative study of 40 adults aged 18–30 who grew up in foster care. Connections are also made to attachment theory, since in family placement the role of relationships is an important factor in understanding outcomes. Implications for practice are then discussed
Developmental psychology · Family resilience · Foster care · Life course approach · Neglect · Perspective (graphical · Psychiatry · Psychological resilience · Qualitative research · Sociology · Child Abuse and Trauma · Child Welfare and Adoption · Medicine · Psychology · Resilience and Mental Health · Social Psychology
Resilience and Young People Leaving Care
Infància sota el sistema de protecció
Pathways through Sex Work
Risk and Resilience in Long-Term Foster-Care
Resilience of Emerging Adults After Adverse Childhood Experiences
The ‘dance’ of kinship care in England and Ireland
Supporting Care Leavers to Fulfil their Educational Aspirations
Understanding Foster Placement Instability for Looked After Children
Strangers and estrangement
Young people leaving care in Scotland
Research Review
Getting behind the closed door of care leavers
Professionals' perceptions of the rocky routes to successful outcomes for young people in a children's residential school
The significance of a secure base
Young people leaving care in Sweden
Research Review
Growing up in foster care
Relationships of young adults with foster care backgrounds
Foster Carers Who Care for Children with Challenging Behaviour
Making Sense
Young people aging out of care
In search of connection
Risk and protective factors among Korean adult international adoptees
Procedures when young people leave care — Views of 111 Swedish social services managers
Attachment Theory, Child Maltreatment and Family Support
Child maltreatment and attachment theory
Resilience concepts and findings
Resilience in the Face of Adversity
Inner and outer worlds
Enhancing the resilience of children and young people in public care by mentoring their talents and interests
Beyond Permanence? The Importance of Resilience in Child Placement Practice and Planning
Internal working models of caregiving and security of attachment at age six
Psychosocial resilience and protective mechanisms
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2002 - 2023 (22) |
| Highly cited | No |