Exploring Fit for the Cultural Adaptation of a Self-determination Model for Youth Transitioning from Out-of-home Care: A Comparison of a Sample of Swedish Youth with Two Samples of American youth in out-of-home care

Authors

Tina M. Olsson, University of Gothenburg
Jennifer E. Blakeslee, Portland State UniversityFollow
Martin Bergström, Lund University
Therése Skoog, University of Gothenburg

Published In

Children and Youth Services Review

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2020

Subjects

Social work with youth, Youth -- Mental health services, Young adults -- Mental health services, Social work with children

Abstract

Background

Prior research has established evidence for self-determination enhancement as a promising intervention for youth transitioning from out-of-home care. Understanding how participants in these prior trials compare to adolescents in target contexts may inform practice by highlighting the extent to which such models are expected to benefit young people.

Objective

To assess the extent to which self-determination enhancement is a promising strategy for the Swedish context.

Design

Cross-sectional study comparing a sample of Swedish youth (n = 104) in out-of-home care aged 15+ on a range of outcomes with two archival data sets (My Life; Better Futures) of youth placed in out-of-home care in the U.S. (n = 295; n = 66).

Results

Swedish sample youth report: (1) having come further in their concrete planning for transition to independent living, (2) being less prepared to enter post-secondary education and being more negative toward the school environment in general, and (3) lower scores on a range of general protective factors than youth in U.S. samples.

Conclusions

The self-determination model of intervention may be a promising model to adapt and pilot in the Swedish setting due to the tentative findings that Swedish youth placed in out-of-home care perceive themselves as lacking the assets and resources necessary to address challenges during the transition from out-of-home care.

Rights

© 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Locate the Document

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105484

DOI

10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105484

Persistent Identifier

https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/34658

Citation Details

Olsson, T. M., Blakeslee, J., Bergström, M., & Skoog, T. (2020). Exploring fit for the cultural adaptation of a self-determination model for youth transitioning from out-of-home care: A comparison of a sample of Swedish youth with two samples of American youth in out-of-home care. Children and Youth Services Review, 119, 105484.