• The child's place in the foster family: Use of conventional names and adoption intentions throughout childhood 

      Kaiser, Sabine; Mabille, Geraldine; Thørnblad, Renee; Skoglund, Jeanette (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-08-13)
      This longitudinal study examines the child's place in the foster family through the use of conventional names for familial figures (e.g., ‘mum/dad’) and through the foster parents' intention to adopt the child. Data were collected at two time points during childhood and adolescence, among children placed in kinship and non-kinship foster care in Norway. Children placed at a younger age and children ...
    • Contact with parents from childhood to adulthood – a longitudinal study of children in kinship care and non-kinship care 

      Skoglund, Jeanette; Mabille, Geraldine; Thørnblad, Renee (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-05-12)
      Previous research on parental contact for children in foster care shows that contact frequency is significantly related to parent’s gender and placement type. Yet very few studies have explored the impact of gender and type of placement on parental contact over time. Based on longitudinal quantitative data from kinship care and non-kinship care placements in Norway, we analyse contact between children ...
    • Gender differences in alcohol onset and drinking frequency in adolescents: an application of the theory of planned behavior 

      Kyrrestad, Henriette; Mabille, Geraldine; Adolfsen, Frode; Koposov, Roman A; Martinussen, Monica (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-12-28)
      The Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) is a model utilized to predict human behavior that was used to examine adolescents’ alcohol drinking behavior (onset and frequency of drinking). Longitudinal data collected over a 2 year period from Norwegian junior high school students (N ¼ 1,563) was used. Multilevel structural equation models was used to examine the utility of the TPB to explain variance ...
    • Placement stability and satisfaction with foster home as predictors of life satisfaction for young adults raised in foster care 

      Mabille, Geraldine; Skoglund, Jeanette; Thørnblad, Renee; Holtan, Amy (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-10-24)
      This study examines how history of care, on one hand, and social support, on the other hand, predict satisfaction with life after leaving care by focusing on a sample of young adults raised in foster care in Norway. When aged between 19 and 29, youths answered questionnaires that mapped their past history of care, living conditions, social relationships and life satisfaction. Results show that the ...