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Competence and Risk Factors in Norwegian Client and Non-client Children

NOVA Norwegian Social Research mona.sanbak{at}isaf.no

An age cohort of fourth graders was divided into children receiving help from social services (client children) and those who did not receive such help (cohort children). The samples were examined using risk as well as competence-related variables, based on questionnaires filled out by the children, their parents and teachers. The results showed few significant differences between the two subsamples on sociodemographic variables. In other respects the clients scored higher on risk and lower on competence-related variables. Parents' and teachers' responses identified consistent differences between the two groups, whereas the children's answers revealed smaller and inconsistent differences between the client and cohort children.

Key Words: client and cohort children • competence • risk

Childhood, Vol. 5, No. 4, 421-436 (1998)
DOI: 10.1177/0907568298005004005


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