RESUMO
Thirty-five caregivers of related children who were in the custody of the child welfare system were interviewed individually or in focus groups as the state child welfare system implemented new federal and state policies encouraging these caregivers to adopt or assume guardianship of the children in their care. Interviews were transcribed and analyzed using qualitative methods. Issues of concern included emergency entrance into caregiving; the simultaneous satisfaction and burden of caregiving; obstacles to caregiving, adoption, or guardianship; complex changes in family dynamics following placement of children; sources of support; and caution regarding adoption or guardianship. The caregivers also offered recommendations for the child welfare system. Policy, practice, and research implications are discussed.
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Cuidadores/psicologia , Custódia da Criança/legislação & jurisprudência , Relações Familiares , Tutores Legais , Política Pública , Adoção/etnologia , Adoção/legislação & jurisprudência , Negro ou Afro-Americano/estatística & dados numéricos , Atitude , Cuidadores/estatística & dados numéricos , Criança , Relações Familiares/etnologia , Feminino , Grupos Focais , Hispânico ou Latino/estatística & dados numéricos , Humanos , Illinois , Entrevistas como Assunto , Masculino , Poder Familiar/etnologiaRESUMO
Findings from a study of 104 nonoffending parents and their sexually abused children suggest four areas in which nonoffending parents experience significant change or loss as a result of the disclosure of the sexual abuse of their children. The term reporting cost was coined to describe these changes and losses. The four types of reporting costs found are relational, financial, vocational, and residential. Nonoffending parents experienced an average of three major costs from the disclosure of intrafamilial sexual abuse.
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Abuso Sexual na Infância/prevenção & controle , Incesto/prevenção & controle , Acontecimentos que Mudam a Vida , Notificação de Abuso , Pais/psicologia , Revelação da Verdade , Adulto , Criança , Efeitos Psicossociais da Doença , Estudos Transversais , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Inquéritos e QuestionáriosRESUMO
The author analyzed demographic data on all parents who were subjects of indicated maltreatment reports in Illinois in 1988 (N = 23,764) and all parents in Illinois with children in out-of-home care on February 28, 1990 (N = 8,535). Findings were that adolescent parents were not overrepresented among maltreating parents or among parents of children in out-of-home care. These findings suggest that programs for adolescent parents should focus on issues other than potential maltreatment. The author suggests a focus on health care, nutrition, child support, child care, and enhanced educational and vocational opportunities for young women.
