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      Adverse childhood experiences among youth aging out of foster care: A latent class analysis

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      Children and Youth Services Review
      Elsevier BV

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          <p class="first" id="P1">Research has demonstrated that youth who age out, or emancipate, from foster care face deleterious outcomes across a variety of domains in early adulthood. This article builds on this knowledge base by investigating the role of adverse childhood experience accumulation and composition on these outcomes. A latent class analysis was performed to identify three subgroups: Complex Adversity, Environmental Adversity, and Lower Adversity. Differences are found amongst the classes in terms of young adult outcomes in terms of socio-economic outcomes, psychosocial problems, and criminal behaviors. The results indicate that not only does the accumulation of adversity matter, but so does the composition of the adversity. These results have implications for policymakers, the numerous service providers and systems that interact with foster youth, and for future research. </p>

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          Journal
          Children and Youth Services Review
          Children and Youth Services Review
          Elsevier BV
          01907409
          March 2017
          March 2017
          : 74
          : 108-116
          Article
          10.1016/j.childyouth.2017.02.004
          5404688
          28458409
          47ed31f4-f005-4a9d-a763-9a07f688f3b9
          © 2017

          https://www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/

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