![]() There is very little published research on the experience of fatherhood in foster care or on related outcomes for fathers in care such as residency with children, father engagement with children, coparental relationship quality, or the health and well-being of their children. Furthermore, existing research on fathers in foster care is limited by underreporting, service engagement issues, lack of meaningful engagement data, and very little information on fathers’ involvement with their children. Most studies of expectant and parenting foster youth focus on mothers in care, and studies that have examined fathers in care provide little insight compared to what we know about mothers. Despite the importance of understanding this unique population of foster youth, there remains a lack of research on fathers in foster care. Over the past 30 years, there has been a surge of interest in understanding the experiences and outcomes of expectant and parenting foster youth. This study makes a significant contribution to the research on pregnant and parenting youth in foster care, with major implications for trauma-informed child welfare practice, identifying appropriate resources and services for these young parents and their children, supporting both parent-child relationships and co-parenting relationships, and for future directions of scholarship on this population. ![]() ![]() Young mothers’ interpersonal relationships and child welfare system involvement both support and constrain their thriving as new mothers. Findings are the result of narrative analysis of data from a total of 40 in-depth interviews with 29 young mothers (N = 29 first interviews N = 11 s interviews). The analysis explores how relationships to self, to baby, to families of origin and friends, to their baby’s father, and to the child welfare system shape the transition to motherhood for young mothers in foster care in Illinois. This narrative study examines how young mothers’ identities, parenting experiences, and parenting decisions are developed in several relational contexts. How to publish with us, including Open Access Journal metrics 5.625 (2021) Impact factor 6.Research on young mothers in foster care focuses on the risks associated with pregnancy and parenting among these youth, with less attention paid to the contexts in which they parent. Research need not have been designed to address policy needs, but manuscripts must address implications for the manner society formally (e.g., through laws, policies or regulations) or informally (e.g., through parents, peers, and social institutions) responds to the period of youth and adolescence.ġ00% of authors who answered a survey reported that they would definitely publish or probably publish in the journal again. The journal especially welcomes empirically rigorous papers that take policy implications seriously. The journal publishes papers based on quantitative analyses, theoretical papers, and comprehensive review articles. Journal of Youth and Adolescence provides a single, high-level medium of communication for psychologists, psychiatrists, biologists, criminologists, educators, and professionals in many other allied disciplines who address the subject of youth and adolescence. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |