The Outcomes of Late Permanent Placements: The Adolescent Years
Researchers followed 133 late permanent family placements into adolescence, using interviews and questionnaires six years after placement. Ninety-two per cent remained with their families at one year and 71 per cent at six years; disruptions occurred after an average of 34 months. The study also examined young people’s behaviour and adjustment.
Limitations: Adoption and permanent foster placements were combined, so these percentages are not adoption-only disruption rates. Parent interviews and questionnaires do not constitute direct adoptee testimony. The historical observational cohort overlaps with related Maudsley placement publications. Publication relationship: this research was published by BAAF or in its Adoption & Fostering journal, now associated with CoramBAAF, an adoption-sector organisation. Publication does not establish that the organisation conducted the research; readers may take the institutional relationship into account.
- Research type
- Longitudinal study
- Source reviewed
- Abstract
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Age group
- Adolescents
Study context and review
Age group as recorded: Adolescents
Adoption context: Adoption from care
Programme: Rushton–Dance adoption from public care cohort
Institutional context: Adoption-sector advocacy/service organisation
Publication relationship: this research was published by BAAF or in its Adoption & Fostering journal, now associated with CoramBAAF, an adoption-sector organisation. Publication does not establish that the organisation conducted the research; readers may take the institutional relationship into account.
Relationship identified. Bibliographic relationships are not a bias or safety rating.
Topics: adolescence, adoption disruption, longitudinal research, Placement stability
Review scope: Source checked: Abstract. This does not imply full-text or independent human verification.
Country as recorded: United Kingdom
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