Gabrielle Douieb, PhD Student, Paris Descartes University, France Marion Feldman, Researcher, Paris Descartes University, France In France, according to an ONED study(2014), 9,8‰ of children under 18 are in foster care. A lot of these children have grown up in dysfunctional families and suffered from mistreatments. It has been decided to put them in foster […]
Pascal Rudin, PhD student, University of Edinburgh, Switzerland Literature highlights that the prevalence of mental health diagnoses amongst foster children is significantly higher than in the general population of children (McMillenet al. 2005; Schmid et al. 2008). Amongst all these diagnoses, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common to be found (Abraham, 2010). Although non-pharmacological […]
Pauline Simon Herrera, PhD student, Université Paris 8 – Université Paris Lumière, France Nathalie Duriez, Researcher, Université Paris 8 – Université Paris Lumière, France Alain Blanchet, Researcher Université Paris 8 – Université Paris Lumière, France The objective of our study is to understand how a child is building its Emotion Regulation (ER) strategies within the context of foster care. Preschool children learn ER strategies from infancy. Parental […]