The effects of spirituality and youth relationships with others on internalizing, externalizing, and adaptive outcomes were examined in a sample of 159 youth between the ages of 8 and 21 in foster or residential care. Indirect effects of direct coping and perceived social support on the relations between these factors and youth outcomes were examined. Preliminary analyses indicated a significant relation between youth spirituality and adaptive outcomes, with a significant indirect effect of perceived social support on these relations. However, these relations were nonsignificant when accounting for youth relationships with others. Final results indicated that youth relationships with others significantly affected youth adaptive functioning through both coping and perceived social support. Youth relationships also significantly affected youth internalizing symptoms, albeit only through youths' perceived levels of social support. These findings suggest that, while spiritual beliefs are potentially an important factor in affecting outcomes for foster youth, the strongest effects likely occur through youths' relationships with others, social support, and coping in relation to adaptive outcomes for these youth.

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灵性及其与心理健康结果的关系：对寄养青年的检查。

对 159 名 8 至 21 岁在寄养或寄宿照料的青年的样本，研究了灵性和青年与他人的关系对内化、外化和适应结果的影响。研究了直接应对和感知社会支持对这些因素与青年成果之间关系的间接影响。初步分析表明，青年精神和适应性结果之间存在显着关系，感知社会支持对这些关系有显着的间接影响。然而，在考虑青年与他人的关系时，这些关系并不显着。最终结果表明，青少年与他人的关系通过应对和感知社会支持显着影响了青少年的适应功能。青年关系也显着影响青年内化症状，尽管只是通过青年感知的社会支持水平。这些发现表明，虽然精神信仰可能是影响寄养青年结果的一个重要因素，但最强烈的影响可能发生在青年与他人的关系、社会支持以及与这些青年的适应结果相关的应对措施中。