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Perceptions of Caring and Mental Health in LGBTQ+ Youth in Foster Care

Year: 2024

Type: preprint

Abstract: We compared the relationship between foster care and psychopathology in LGBTQ+ and cisgender, heterosexual youth. We also compared perceptions of caring, and the relationship between these perceptions and psychopathology, in LGBTQ+ and cisgender, heterosexual youth in foster care. Foster care was more consistently linked to psychopathology among cisgender, heterosexual youth than LGBTQ+ youth, who had more psychopathology overall. Perceptions of caring, which were lower in LGBTQ+ than cisgender heterosexual foster youth, were associated with reduced psychopathology. Even when controlling for perceptions of caring, however, LGBTQ+ identity had a negative effect on psychopathology among youth in foster care.

DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/jfdc7

Authors: Grace Raber, Natalie Markowitz Wittlin, Natalie Gallagher, Erik C Nook, Kristina Olson

Institution: Princeton University

Language: English

Topic: Child Welfare and Adoption

Subfield: Safety Research

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: gold

OpenAlex ID: W4396978128

Cites: 39

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