Teenagers' emotional symptoms and antisocial behavior in group home care: A myth or reality?

IF 3.4 2区 心理学 Q1 FAMILY STUDIES Child Abuse & Neglect Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI:10.1016/j.chiabu.2024.107172
Gershon K. Osei
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Abstract

Background

Child advocates, group home and child protection workers report high levels of emotional symptoms and antisocial behavior among teenagers living in group homes. Extant studies is, however, silent on the prevalence of emotional symptoms and its association with teenagers' antisocial behavior in group homes.

Objective

The study aims at examining the association between emotional symptoms and teenagers' antisocial behavior and how prevalent emotional symptoms are among teenagers living in group homes.

Participants and setting

A total of 875 teenagers living in group homes in Ontario, Canada were included in the study.

Method

Ontario Looking After Children data of cohorts surveyed in 2010–2015 was used for analysis. The data included participants' gender, age, ethnicity, general health status, academic challenges, conduct problems, group home size and emotional symptoms.

Result

Teenagers' emotional symptoms was found to be associated with their antisocial behavior (OR = 2.49, 95 % CI 1.83, 3.39). Sixty-three percent (63 %) of the teenagers experience emotional symptoms of anxiety on regular basis, four out of every 10 of them show depressive symptoms. Majority of them (73.7 %) get nervous when faced with new situations and can lose confidence in such instances and 54.5 % of them could easily get scared in such situations.

Conclusion

Findings suggest that there is a significant association between teenagers' emotional symptoms and their antisocial behavior. Findings also show that there is significant prevalence of emotional symptoms among teenagers in group homes in Ontario. The social and clinical implications make future research into the issue important.
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青少年的情绪症状和反社会行为:神话还是现实?
背景:儿童倡导者、集体之家和儿童保护工作者报告说,在集体之家生活的青少年中,情绪症状和反社会行为水平很高。然而,现有的研究对情绪症状的普遍性及其与集体家庭中青少年反社会行为的关系保持沉默。目的:探讨情绪症状与青少年反社会行为的关系,以及情绪症状在集体之家青少年中的普遍程度。参与者和环境:共有875名住在加拿大安大略省集体之家的青少年参与了这项研究。方法:采用2010-2015年安大略省照看儿童调查队列数据进行分析。数据包括参与者的性别、年龄、种族、一般健康状况、学业挑战、行为问题、团体家庭规模和情绪症状。结果:青少年情绪症状与反社会行为相关(OR = 2.49, 95% CI 1.83, 3.39)。63%(63%)的青少年经常出现焦虑情绪症状,每10人中就有4人出现抑郁症状。他们中的大多数(73.7%)在面对新情况时会感到紧张,在这种情况下会失去信心,54.5%的人在这种情况下很容易感到害怕。结论:青少年情绪症状与反社会行为之间存在显著关联。研究结果还表明,安大略省集体之家的青少年中情绪症状的发生率很高。社会和临床意义使得未来对该问题的研究变得重要。
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期刊介绍: Official Publication of the International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect. Child Abuse & Neglect The International Journal, provides an international, multidisciplinary forum on all aspects of child abuse and neglect, with special emphasis on prevention and treatment; the scope extends further to all those aspects of life which either favor or hinder child development. While contributions will primarily be from the fields of psychology, psychiatry, social work, medicine, nursing, law enforcement, legislature, education, and anthropology, the Journal encourages the concerned lay individual and child-oriented advocate organizations to contribute.
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