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out-of-home care / placement stability
Among children in out-of-home care, placement instability (frequent placement changes) is associated with worse behavioral and mental-health outcomes — especially externalizing problems and PTSD symptoms — and propensity-adjusted work indicates an effect of instability beyond children's baseline problems; the relationship is partly bidirectional, since behavioral difficulties also drive disruptions.
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