Latent classes of older foster youth: Prospective associations with outcomes and exits from the foster care system during the transition to adulthood.
Youth in the foster care system face considerable challenges during the transition to adulthood. However, there is significant variability within this population. This study uses person-oriented methods and a longitudinal dataset of youth aging out of foster care to examine differences in how subgro...
| Publicado en: | Children & Youth Services Review Vol. 79; pp. 495 - 506 |
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Elsevier B.V.
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