<![CDATA[Introduction: Children in child care institutions are one of the most vulnerable groups in society. In manycountries, they are living in orphanages or children’s home for reasons, such as parent’s death, abandonment,neglect, born with some medical conditions, poverty. Many nations are facing a struggle to care for thesevulnerable group. Child care institutions provide children’s home aid programmes, foster care, adoption andfamily reunification programmes. Research work related to children in child care institutions shed light intotheir wellbeing.Aim: This study aimed to know the level of perceived social support and locus of control among children inchild care institutions and relations of independent variables (age, gender etc.) on perceived social supportand locus of control. This study was a survey design in nature. Census method was used for the study. 222children between the age group of 10-18, from 5 children homes run by the Kerala government was selectedfor the study. Kerala. Result: This study reveals that there is no significant relationship between perceivedsocial support and locus of control. Perceived social support is high among the children those who have aninternal locus of control. It is seen that 53% of children have an internal locus of control and 47% of childrenhave an external locus of control. Conclusion: It can be concluded that the children in child care institutionsshow average level of perceived social support and there is no relationship between locus of control. Internallocus of control in children is higher than external locus of control. The caretakers, parents and relativesneed to support the children in a better way so that they feel cared and loved. It is important to train thechildren to have internal locus of control so that they take responsibility for the outcome of their lives.]]>
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