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Foster Care Involvement

Foster Care Involvement is a structural pathway variable within the broader category of childhood system entanglements, differentially characterized by the placement of youth in state-supervised caregiving arrangements due to maltreatment or family disruption, thereby increasing vulnerability to housing instability in early adulthood.

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2017–2026

403

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Cognitive Recovery in Socially Deprived Young Children: The Bucharest Early Intervention Project

Charles A. Nelson, Charles H. Zeanah, Nathan A. Fox et al. · Science · 2007 · 956 citations

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Children and youth in foster care: disentangling the relationship between problem behaviors and number of placements

Rae R. Newton, Alan J. Litrownik, John Landsverk · Child Abuse & Neglect · 2000 · 811 citations

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Child Protection and Child Outcomes: Measuring the Effects of Foster Care

Joseph Doyle · American Economic Review · 2007 · 612 citations · Full text

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Early outcomes for young adults transitioning from out‐of‐home care in the USA

Mark E. Courtney, Amy Dworsky · Child & Family Social Work · 2006 · 587 citations

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“What doesn't kill you makes you stronger”: Survivalist self-reliance as resilience and risk among young adults aging out of foster care

Gina Miranda Samuels, Julia Pryce · Children and Youth Services Review · 2008 · 479 citations

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Authors

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  1. CH
    Charles H. Zeanah

    Tulane University, United States

    45 publications · 4.5K citations

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  2. NA
    Nathan A. Fox

    University of Maryland, College Park, United States

    44 publications · 4.5K citations

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  3. CA
    Charles A. Nelson

    Boston Children's Hospital, United States

    43 publications · 4.4K citations

    30

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  4. ME
    Mark E. Courtney

    University of Chicago, United States

    35 publications · 3.6K citations

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  5. PJ
    Peter J. Pecora

    University of Washington, United States

    23 publications · 1.8K citations

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Institutions

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  1. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    35 h-index

    110 publications

    7.5K citations

  2. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    35 h-index

    59 publications

    6.9K citations

  3. Tulane University

    New Orleans, United States

    33 h-index

    80 publications

    11.5K citations

  4. Oregon Social Learning Center

    Eugene, United States

    32 h-index

    97 publications

    7.7K citations

  5. University of Maryland, College Park

    College Park, United States

    32 h-index

    97 publications

    11.8K citations

  6. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    30 h-index

    72 publications

    5.6K citations

  7. Boston Children's Hospital

    Boston, United States

    30 h-index

    61 publications

    9.7K citations

  8. Portland State University

    Portland, United States

    22 h-index

    88 publications

    6.2K citations

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Venues

  1. Children and Youth Services Review

    236 publications · 12.1K citations

    61

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  2. PubMed

    Repository · 98 publications · 3.8K citations

    36

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  3. Child & Family Social Work

    71 publications · 3.7K citations

    33

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  4. Child Abuse & Neglect

    50 publications · 4.3K citations

    32

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  5. PEDIATRICS

    38 publications · 3.2K citations

    29

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