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When carers end foster placements : exploring foster carers’ experience of adolescent foster placement breakdown
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MacCallum, Fiona, Valentine, Daniella and Knibbs, Jacky (2019) When carers end foster placements : exploring foster carers’ experience of adolescent foster placement breakdown. Adoption and Fostering, 43 (4). pp. 445-460. doi:10.1177/0308575919884884 ISSN 0308-5759.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/0308575919884884
Abstract
Aims: Foster carers experience the rewards and challenges of parenting vulnerable and complex adolescents, but some of these foster placements break down. Compared to research into the impact of placement breakdown on looked after children (LAC), there are relatively limited reports on foster carer experience. The aim of the present study was to provide an exploratory account of foster carers’ lived experience of ending adolescent foster placements. Methods. Nine participants from seven foster families in the United Kingdom were recruited. Semi-structured interviews were conducted and analysed within an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) framework. Results. Exploration of foster carer lived experience identified four superordinate themes, two of which are relevant here: ‘emotional aftermath’ and ‘“we’re only human’”. Conclusions. Following ending a placement, foster carers identified varied emotions including joy, relief and sadness. A grieving process was also identified which involved coming to terms with loss and accepting the termination of the relationship. This study suggests foster carers are likely to experience shame and guilt as a consequence of placement breakdown.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare | ||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Psychology | ||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Foster children , Foster parents , Foster home care | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Adoption and Fostering | ||||||
Publisher: | Sage Publications Ltd. | ||||||
ISSN: | 0308-5759 | ||||||
Official Date: | 1 December 2019 | ||||||
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Volume: | 43 | ||||||
Number: | 4 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 445-460 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1177/0308575919884884 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | Posted ahead of print. MacCallum, Fiona (2019) When carers end foster placements : exploring foster carers’ experience of adolescent foster placement breakdown. Adoption and Fostering. Copyright ©2020 (The Author). Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications. https://doi.org/10.1177/0308575919884884 | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 22 August 2019 | ||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 27 August 2019 | ||||||
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