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Outcomes of Group Care for Youth: A Review of Comparative Studies

Published:2010-11-08 Issue:2 Volume:21 Page:177-189
ISSN:1049-7315
Container-title:Research on Social Work Practice
language:en
Short-container-title:Research on Social Work Practice

Author:

Lee Bethany R.¹,Bright Charlotte L.²,Svoboda Deborah V.²,Fakunmoju Sunday³,Barth Richard P.²

Affiliation:

1. School of Social Work, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA,

2. School of Social Work, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA

3. Westfield State University, Department of Social Work, Westfield, MA, USA

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this study was to review empirical evidence of the effects of placement in group care compared to other interventions. Method: Two-group empirical studies were identified and effect sizes for all reported outcomes were calculated. Results: Nineteen two-group studies were found that compared group care with family foster care, treatment foster care, no placement, and different group care models. Most effects were small to moderate, with strongest effects for shorter lengths of stay for family-centered group care models and decreased delinquency for Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care (MTFC) compared to group care. Conclusion: Based on the limited number of two-group studies of varying quality, outcomes of group care are often worse than alternative interventions. However, some group care models seem more promising than others.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

General Psychology,Sociology and Political Science,Social Sciences (miscellaneous)

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1049731510386243

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