The child welfare system has focused on kinship placements, which have been found to protect against disruption. However, the existing literature has primarily studied time to disruption for a single disruption despite the fact that many children have multiple placements while in care. The current study used survival analysis to investigate whether the type of placement (kin versus non-kin) related to time to placement disruption across up to four placements. Participants included 447 youth aged 5–15 years (M = 9.94, SD = 2.40; 50.8% female) from a larger project examining the outcomes of a family finding intervention. Using survival analysis, we examined the role of a kinship placement on placement disruptions across up to four placements while controlling for demographics, externalizing behaviors upon entry into care, treatment group (family finding versus control), and kin involvement outside of the placement. Results revealed that kin placements contributed to fewer disruptions across the first three placements. Findings align with policies prioritizing kin placements and suggest that the benefits of kinship care hold even for later disruptions. Thus, caseworkers should continue to consider kinship care, even if prior kin placements have disrupted.

儿童福利制度侧重于亲属安置，已发现这种亲属安置可以防止破坏。然而，尽管许多孩子在照料时有多个位置，但现有文献主要研究了一次破裂的破裂时间。当前的研究使用生存分析来研究放置类型（亲属与非亲属）是否与最多四个放置中的放置时间中断有关。参与者包括447位5-15岁的年轻人（M  = 9.94，SD = 2.40; 50.8％的女性）来自一个较大的项目，该项目研究了寻找家庭干预的结果。使用生存分析，我们检查了亲属安置在多达四个安置中的安置中断中的作用，同时控制了人口统计学，进入护理时的行为外部化，治疗组（家庭发现与对照）以及安置以外的亲属参与。结果显示，在前三个安置中，亲属安置有助于减少干扰。研究结果与优先考虑亲属安置的政策相吻合，表明亲属照料的好处甚至对于以后的中断也同样有效。因此，即使以前的亲属安置受到干扰，个案工作者也应继续考虑亲属关系照料。