Abstract
This article presents the development and preliminary validation of the Youth Connections Scale, a measure of youth connectedness as a component of relational permanence for youth in out-of-home placement. The instrument measures different domains of youth's connectedness, including the number and strength of connections to caring adults and the types of support perceived by youth. Results of a pilot validation study of the instrument, with a sample of 53 adolescents in out-of-home care, indicate good concurrent validity and high test-retest reliability. Child welfare and youth-serving agencies can use this instrument in their efforts to strengthen and measure the connectedness and relational permanence of youth.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 509-517 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Children and Youth Services Review |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Mar 2013 |
Keywords
- Development of a measuring instrument
- Out-of-home care
- Permanency
- Relational permanence
- Youth connections
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