TY - JOUR
T1 - Attachment style, home-leaving age and behavioral problems among residential care children
AU - Shechory, Mally
AU - Sommerfeld, Eliane
PY - 2007/4
Y1 - 2007/4
N2 - In a prospective study, the attachment style, home-leaving age, length of time in residential care, and behavioral problems among Israeli residential care children (N = 68), were studied. Data analyses showed that children removed from their homes at a later age suffered from higher levels of anxiety, depression and social problems compared to children taken from their homes at the age of 7 or less. It was also found that a prolonged stay (over 2 years) in residential care was related to higher levels of anxiety and depression. An interaction effect of a child's attachment style and home-leaving age was found in the child's level of aggressive behavior.
AB - In a prospective study, the attachment style, home-leaving age, length of time in residential care, and behavioral problems among Israeli residential care children (N = 68), were studied. Data analyses showed that children removed from their homes at a later age suffered from higher levels of anxiety, depression and social problems compared to children taken from their homes at the age of 7 or less. It was also found that a prolonged stay (over 2 years) in residential care was related to higher levels of anxiety and depression. An interaction effect of a child's attachment style and home-leaving age was found in the child's level of aggressive behavior.
KW - Age out of home
KW - Attachment
KW - Behavioral problems children
KW - Residential care
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=34247163203&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s10578-007-0051-z
DO - 10.1007/s10578-007-0051-z
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C2 - 17401644
AN - SCOPUS:34247163203
SN - 0009-398X
VL - 37
SP - 361
EP - 373
JO - Child Psychiatry and Human Development
JF - Child Psychiatry and Human Development
IS - 4
ER -