We compared the relationship between foster care and psychopathology in LGBTQ+ and cisgender, heterosexual youth. We also compared perceptions of caring, and the relationship between these perceptions and psychopathology, in LGBTQ+ and cisgender, heterosexual youth in foster care. Foster care was more consistently linked to psychopathology among cisgender, heterosexual youth than LGBTQ+ youth, who had more psychopathology overall. Perceptions of caring, which were lower in LGBTQ+ than cisgender heterosexual foster youth, were associated with reduced psychopathology. Even when controlling for perceptions of caring, however, LGBTQ+ identity had a negative effect on psychopathology among youth in foster care.
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