Former foster youth remember multiple placement moves: A journey of loss and hope

By Yvonne A. Unrau, J. Seita, Kristin S. Putney. 2008

245 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: General Health Professions, Safety Research, Sociology and Political Science

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In General Health Professions

1. T. Stott
2. G. Samuels

In Safety Research

1. T. Stott
2. Monique B. Mitchell
3. Yvonne A. Unrau
4. G. Samuels

In Sociology and Political Science

1. T. Stott
2. Monique B. Mitchell
3. Yvonne A. Unrau
4. G. Samuels

Citations in the corpus

• Placement Instability and Risky Behaviors of Youth Aging Out of Foster Care (2012, background): “Many youth note the loss of a sense of normalcy (Kools 1997; Unrau et al. 2008) as a result of being in foster care.”
• “No One Acknowledged My Loss and Hurt”: Non-death Loss, Grief, and Trauma in Foster Care (2018, background): “The experience of placement instability is not an uncommon experience for youth in foster care (Blakey et al., 2012; Leathers, 2006; Unrau et al., 2008).”
• Readiness for college engagement among students who have aged out of foster care (2012, background): “Unrau, Seita, and Putney (2008) learned that adults who had grown up in foster care and experienced multiple placements developed a guarded optimism about their futures that seemed to reflect a sense of hopefulness more so than a sense of confidence that their life circumstances would improve.”