Subjective well-being of children in residential care centers: Comparison between children in institutional care and children living with their families

Most of studies with children in residential care centers in Brazil emphasize the problems associated with being in care but few investigate the well-being of these children. Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate and compare the subjective well-being of children in residential care centers...

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Autores principales:	Schütz,Fabiane F, Sarriera,Jorge C, Bedin,Lívia, Montserrat,Carme
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Escuela de Psicología 2015
Materias:	residential care subjective well-being children families
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0718-692420150001000032015-01-27Subjective well-being of children in residential care centers: Comparison between children in institutional care and children living with their familiesSchütz,Fabiane FSarriera,Jorge CBedin,LíviaMontserrat,Carme residential care subjective well-being children families Most of studies with children in residential care centers in Brazil emphasize the problems associated with being in care but few investigate the well-being of these children. Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate and compare the subjective well-being of children in residential care centers versus those from the general population living with their families. Subjects were two hundred and eighteen children, ages 8 to 12 (M = 10.06; SD = 1.40). Half of them are under residential care and half are living with their families. Discriminant analysis was performed using as independent variables the seven PWI-SC items, the eight GDSI domains and the OLS single-item scale, and as dependent variable the group in which the children belong (foster care/families). Results indicate that all items significantly discriminated towards children living with their families. We argue that differences may be related to transitions and life experiences prior to institutionalization. Children with fewer changes manage to maintain their social bonds and find greater consistency in care, which seems to influence their sense of well-being. We conclude that the promotion of well-being must aim at forms of care involving greater stability.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessPontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Escuela de PsicologíaPsicoperspectivas v.14 n.1 20152015-01-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-69242015000100003en10.5027/psicoperspectivas-Vol14-Issue1-fulltext-517
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spellingShingle	residential care subjective well-being children families Schütz,Fabiane F Sarriera,Jorge C Bedin,Lívia Montserrat,Carme Subjective well-being of children in residential care centers: Comparison between children in institutional care and children living with their families
description	Most of studies with children in residential care centers in Brazil emphasize the problems associated with being in care but few investigate the well-being of these children. Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate and compare the subjective well-being of children in residential care centers versus those from the general population living with their families. Subjects were two hundred and eighteen children, ages 8 to 12 (M = 10.06; SD = 1.40). Half of them are under residential care and half are living with their families. Discriminant analysis was performed using as independent variables the seven PWI-SC items, the eight GDSI domains and the OLS single-item scale, and as dependent variable the group in which the children belong (foster care/families). Results indicate that all items significantly discriminated towards children living with their families. We argue that differences may be related to transitions and life experiences prior to institutionalization. Children with fewer changes manage to maintain their social bonds and find greater consistency in care, which seems to influence their sense of well-being. We conclude that the promotion of well-being must aim at forms of care involving greater stability.
author	Schütz,Fabiane F Sarriera,Jorge C Bedin,Lívia Montserrat,Carme
author_facet	Schütz,Fabiane F Sarriera,Jorge C Bedin,Lívia Montserrat,Carme
author_sort	Schütz,Fabiane F
title	Subjective well-being of children in residential care centers: Comparison between children in institutional care and children living with their families
title_short	Subjective well-being of children in residential care centers: Comparison between children in institutional care and children living with their families
title_full	Subjective well-being of children in residential care centers: Comparison between children in institutional care and children living with their families
title_fullStr	Subjective well-being of children in residential care centers: Comparison between children in institutional care and children living with their families
title_full_unstemmed	Subjective well-being of children in residential care centers: Comparison between children in institutional care and children living with their families
title_sort	subjective well-being of children in residential care centers: comparison between children in institutional care and children living with their families
publisher	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Escuela de Psicología
publishDate	2015
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Subjective well-being of children in residential care centers: Comparison between children in institutional care and children living with their families

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