A closer look at self-image in male foster care adolescents

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dc.contributor.authorLyman, Susan Bellen
dc.contributor.committeememberBird, Gloria W.en
dc.contributor.committeememberSporakowski, Michael J.en
dc.contributor.committeememberRogers, Cosby Steeleen
dc.contributor.committeememberSmith, Carolyn A.en
dc.contributor.committeememberCross, Lawrence H.en
dc.contributor.departmentFamily and Child Developmenten
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:22:03Zen
dc.date.adate2005-10-24en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:22:03Zen
dc.date.issued1993-03-15en
dc.date.rdate2005-10-24en
dc.date.sdate2005-10-24en
dc.description.abstractUsing the Offer Self-Image Questionnaire this study attempted to determine what differences exist between 58 male adolescents in foster care and their peers in the normal population and to establish if there are specific characteristics of the adolescent's background or foster care experience that are related to specific domains of self-image. Characteristics from foster care history included number of placements and length of time at the current placement. The individual background characteristics included were race, educational achievement and age. Foster care youth had lower family self-image and emotional health and higher social self-image when compared to the normative popUlation. When compared separately to the normative population, white youth had higher than normal moral self-image and sexual attitudes and lower scores on family relations and emotional health. Black youth had higher social self-image scores. Lower scores on several domains of self-image were associated with being younger, being white, having lower academic achievement, having more placements, and staying at the current placement for a longer period of time. The implications of these findings for foster care placement decisions are discussed.en
dc.description.degreePh. D.en
dc.format.extentviii, 95 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-10242005-124102en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10242005-124102/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/40110en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V856_1993.L963.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 29746583en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V856 1993.L963en
dc.subject.lcshFoster children -- Psychologyen
dc.subject.lcshSelf-perception in adolescenceen
dc.subject.lcshTeenage boys -- Psychologyen
dc.titleA closer look at self-image in male foster care adolescentsen
dc.typeDissertationen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineFamily and Child Developmenten
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.namePh. D.en

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