1. Turning points and resilience of academically successful foster youth
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Michael Hass, Quaylan Allen, and Michelle Amoah
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Instrumental support ,Foster care ,Sociology and Political Science ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Developmental and Educational Psychology ,Institution ,Psychological resilience ,Psychology ,Educational program ,Social psychology ,Autonomy ,Education ,media_common - Abstract
In this study, 19 young adults who were removed from their biological parents as children were interviewed about turning points in their lives that led to them to complete a post-secondary educational program or achieve at least junior standing in a four-year institution. The results suggest that a sense of autonomy, social and instrumental support, and access to “safe havens” interacted to facilitate turning-point events in their lives.
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- 2014
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