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Youth in foster care with adult mentors during adolescence have improved adult outcomesKym R Ahrens
Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Box 354920, Seattle, WA 98195 4920, USA
Pediatrics 121:e246-52. 2008..The goal of this study was to determine whether youth in foster care with natural mentors during adolescence have improved young adult outcomes...
Association between childhood sexual abuse and transactional sex in youth aging out of foster careKym R Ahrens
Department of Pediatrics, Seattle Children s Research Institute University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98121, USA
Child Abuse Negl 36:75-80. 2012..To evaluate the association between history of childhood sexual abuse (CSA) and having transactional sex among adolescents who have been in foster care...
Associations between adult attachment style and health risk behaviors in an adult female primary care populationKym R Ahrens
Department of Pediatrics, Seattle Children s Research Institute University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
J Psychosom Res 72:364-70. 2012..To examine the relationship between adult attachment style and health risk behaviors among adult women in a primary care setting...
Laboratory-diagnosed sexually transmitted infections in former foster youth compared with peersKym R Ahrens
Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington Seattle Children s Hospital, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
Pediatrics 126:e97-e103. 2010..The objective of this study was to evaluate the association between having resided in foster care and risk for sexually transmitted infection (STI) during young adulthood...
