Tideman, Eva og Vinnerljung, Bo | Hintze, Kristin | Isaksson, Anna Aldenius
Poor academic performance in primary school seems to be a robust predictor for future psychosocial problems for all children and adolescents. A series of recent national cohort studies by Vinnerljung et al (2010) showed that Swedish children who grow up in foster care had substantially lower performance in primary school than their peers with similar cognitive ability. Foster children in long-term care also displayed higher risks (RR = 6–10) for future suicide attempts, serious criminality, substance misuse, long-term dependence on public welfare and several other negative outcomes. This increase in risk was reduced by roughly half after adjustment for school failure.
s.44-56, utgitt av British Agencies for Adoption & Fostering i 2011.