Résumés
Résumé
Cadre de la recherche : Les enfants d’âge préscolaire sont moins susceptibles de retourner dans leur milieu d’origine suite à une mesure de placement et ont généralement des trajectoires de placement plus stables. Or, nous en connaissons peu sur les facteurs associés à la stabilité du placement chez les enfants d’âge préscolaire et plus particulièrement, sur le rôle des contacts parent-enfant sur la trajectoire de placement de ces enfants.
Objectifs : La présente étude examine les liens entre les contacts parent-enfant et trois indices de stabilité de la trajectoire de placement : les perspectives de réunification familiale, la survenue d’un échec de la réunification et le nombre de milieux substituts où l’enfant a été hébergé suite à son placement.
Méthodologie : Cinquante-quatre parents biologiques et 43 parents substituts responsables de jeunes enfants âgés entre 12 et 43 mois sont rencontrés. Les informations liées au contexte socio-démographique et aux modalités de contacts sont recueillies lors d’une entrevue individuelle avec le parent biologique et l’engagement parental est évalué à partir d’une grille d’observation.
Résultats : Les résultats indiquent que les contacts parent-enfant sont associés ou tendent à être associés aux perspectives de réunification familiale et ce, même après avoir contrôlé pour des caractéristiques écologiques potentiellement confondantes. Ces résultats indiquent également qu’au-delà des modalités de contacts, l’engagement du parent biologique envers son enfant contribue aux perspectives de réunification familiale.
Conclusions : Ainsi, les résultats de cette étude confirment le rôle de l’engagement parental suite au placement en famille d’accueil et soutiennent l’élaboration d’interventions favorisant cette composante de la parentalité.
Contribution : Cette étude offre un éclairage pertinent sur les rôles distincts de l’engagement parental et du maintien des contacts parent-enfant sur les perspectives de réunification familiale et soutient les travaux de recherche futurs dans ce domaine.
Mots-clés :
- famille d’accueil,
- engagement parental,
- protection de la jeunesse,
- contact parent-enfant
Abstract
Research Framework : Preschool children are less likely to be reunified to their biological parents after being in foster care and generally have more stable foster placement. However, little is known about the factors associated with stable placement in preschool children and, in particular, the role of parent-child contact on placement trajectories of these children.
Objectives : This study examines the relation between parent-child contacts after foster placement and three aspects related to foster placement stability : the prospect of parent-child reunification, the occurrence of family reunification failure, and the number of placement changes experienced by the child.
Methodology : Fifty-four biological parents and 43 foster parents responsible for young children aged between 12 and 43 months were met. Socio-demographic and contact arrangements information were collected during individual interviews and biological parents’ commitment to their child placed in a foster home was measured.
Results : Results show that parent-child contact is positively and significantly or marginally associated with prognosis for family reunification, even after controlling for potentially confounding ecological characteristics. Beyond contact arrangements, biological parental commitment to their child is associated with the prospect of family reunification.
Conclusions : Thus, results of this study confirm the role of parental commitment following foster care and support the development of interventions that promote this component of parenthood.
Contribution : This study sheds light on the distinct roles of parental commitment and parent-child contact on the prospect of family reunification and supports future research in this area.
Keywords:
- foster family,
- parental commitment,
- youth protection,
- parent-child contact
Parties annexes
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