Norwegian Foster Children's Executive Functioning: Associations with School Performance and Adjustment at 8 Years of Age.

Purpose: Foster children may be at risk for challenges in different developmental domains. In this study we investigated 48 Norwegian foster children's executive functioning, school achievement, and adjustment at age 8 years compared with 37 children in a comparison group, as well as associations be...

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Publicado en:Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal Vol. 41; no. 3; pp. 383 - 395
Autores principales: Jacobsen, Heidi, Wentzel-Larsen, Tore, Drozd, Filip
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Publicado: Springer Nature Jun2024
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          Jacobsen, Heidi
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          https://ror.org/042s03372 Section for Infants and Young Children, Regional Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Eastern and Southern Norway, Oslo, Norway
          https://ror.org/01p618c36 Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies, Oslo, Norway
          Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (RBUP), Eastern and Southern Norway, 4623, N-0405, Nydalen, Oslo, Norway
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        Norway
        Elementary schools
        Psychology of school children
        Executive function
        Caregivers
        Teachers
        Academic achievement
        Social adjustment
        Psychology of foster children
        Children
        Research funding
        Descriptive statistics
        Child Behavior Checklist
        Comparative studies
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          Elementary schools
          Psychology of school children
          Executive function
          Caregivers
          Teachers
          Academic achievement
          Social adjustment
          Psychology of foster children
          Children
          Norway
          Elementary and Secondary Schools
          Research funding
          Descriptive statistics
          Child Behavior Checklist
          Comparative studies
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        Executive functioning
        Foster children
        School achievement
        School adjustment
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        Foster children
        School achievement
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      ab: Purpose: Foster children may be at risk for challenges in different developmental domains. In this study we investigated 48 Norwegian foster children's executive functioning, school achievement, and adjustment at age 8 years compared with 37 children in a comparison group, as well as associations between executive functioning and school achievement and adjustment. Method: Using multiple informants, children's executive functioning was investigated by using the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Functioning, and the Child Behavior Checklist was used to investigate school achievement and adjustment. Results: Significant group differences in executive functioning were identified regardless of informant. Children in the foster group were also rated significantly lower on school achievement and adjustment by their caregivers and teachers. In both groups, associations between executive functioning and school achievement and adjustment were mostly moderate to large. Discussion: In line with previous research, foster children in the present study showed more problems with EF than non-foster placed children with, for example, impulse control and emotion regulation. Foster children's struggles with EF, as well as struggles in the school setting is of concern, and early identification of such problems should be prioritized. Implications: The knowledge from this study can help social workers and other practitioners to tailor their help to foster children in the Norwegian child welfare services.
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