Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Parent Visits to Children in Foster Care and Institutional Care: What Impact do they Make? |
| Authors: |
Chartier, Stéphanie1, Blavier, Adélaïde1 |
| Source: |
Child Welfare. 2023, Vol. 100 Issue 5, p1-31. 31p. |
| Subject Terms: |
*VISITING the sick, *RELATIVE medical risk, *COMPARATIVE studies, *QUALITY of life, *DESCRIPTIVE statistics, *CHI-squared test, *CHILD welfare, *INSTITUTIONAL care, *PARENT-child relationships, *PSYCHOLOGY of foster children, *DATA analysis software, *FOSTER home care, *HOSPITAL care of children |
| Geographic Terms: |
BELGIUM |
| Abstract: |
The article reports on a Belgian study to analyze the effects of parental visitation arrangements, parental presence, and parent-child relationships on the psychological state of children in institutional care and foster families. Based on the results, the quality of birth parents-child relationship has significant effect on children's psychological state. Also cited is the foster care policy of the Belgian government. |
| Database: |
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