title: The negative social network: when friends are foes.
abstract: In this study, three factors appear to influence significantly whether a child in foster care would be returned to the parent. The factors proved to be the number of persons in the parent's home, the number of friends in the neighborhood, and the frequency with which the parent saw those friends.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005581:Foster Home Care / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D012931:Social Environment; D012944:Social Support