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Decreasing risk factors for later alcohol use and antisocial behaviors in children in foster care by increasing early promotive factors

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  • Pears, Katherine C.
  • Kim, Hyoun K.
  • Fisher, Philip A.

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Children in foster care are at high risk for poor psychosocial outcomes, including school failure, alcohol and other substance abuse, and criminal behaviors. Promoting healthy development by increasing broad-impact positive skills may help reduce some of the risk factors for longer-term negative outcomes. School readiness has been linked to a number of positive outcomes across childhood, adolescence, and adulthood, and may also boost intermediary positive skills such as self-competence. This paper presents findings from a longitudinal study involving 192 children in foster care who were 5years old at the start of the study. They participated in a randomized controlled trial of a school readiness program to prepare them for kindergarten. Outcomes were assessed at third grade (9years old) on variables associated with risk for later involvement in substance use and delinquency. These included positive attitudes towards alcohol use, positive attitudes towards antisocial behaviors, and involvement with deviant peers. Results showed that the intervention decreased positive attitudes towards alcohol use and antisocial behaviors. Further, the mediating role of children's self-competence was tested. The intervention positively influenced children's third-grade self-competence, which in turn, decreased their involvement with deviant peers. Findings suggest that promoting school readiness in children in foster care can have far-reaching, positive effects and that increased self-competence may be a mechanism for reducing risk.

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  • Pears, Katherine C. & Kim, Hyoun K. & Fisher, Philip A., 2016. "Decreasing risk factors for later alcohol use and antisocial behaviors in children in foster care by increasing early promotive factors," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 65(C), pages 156-165.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:cysrev:v:65:y:2016:i:c:p:156-165
    DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2016.04.005
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    1. Celik, Ishak, 2022. "Revisiting general strain theory: Studying the predictors of adolescents’ antisocial behavior in Vestland county, Norway," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 139(C).
    2. Washington, Tyreasa & Wrenn, Ashley & Kaye, Hannah & Priester, Mary Ann & Colombo, Gia & Carter, Kevin & Shadreck, Itumeleng & Hargett, Brenden A. & Williams, Jeffrey A. & Coakley, Tanya, 2018. "Psychosocial factors and behavioral health outcomes among children in Foster and Kinship care: A systematic review," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 90(C), pages 118-133.
    3. Lee, Jane Jiyoun & Holmes, Lisa, 2021. "Longitudinal trajectories of behavioral problems among children in out-of-home care: A systematic review," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 127(C).
    4. José-Javier Navarro-Pérez & Marcelo Viera & Joana Calero & José M. Tomás, 2020. "Factors in Assessing Recidivism Risk in Young Offenders," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(3), pages 1-11, February.
    5. Antonio Fernández-Castillo, 2020. "Early Childhood Social Competence Scale (EC-SCS): Factor Structure and Psychometric Properties," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(15), pages 1-10, August.

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