Forgiveness in Children Placed in Children's Homes: Understanding, Process and Motivation for Forgiveness

Autor/inn/en	Salifu Yendork, Joana; Boadu, Selina Owusu; Amankwah-Poku, Margaret; Osei-Tutu, Annabella
Titel	Forgiveness in Children Placed in Children's Homes: Understanding, Process and Motivation for Forgiveness
Quelle	In: Child Care in Practice, 28 (2022) 1, S.20-42 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Salifu Yendork, Joana)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1357-5279
DOI	10.1080/13575279.2019.1681362
Schlagwörter	Altruism; Conflict Resolution; Interpersonal Relationship; Children; Adolescents; Bullying; Foreign Countries; Child Abuse; Victims; Residential Institutions; Institutionalized Persons; Child Welfare; Christianity; Religious Factors; Ghana + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Altruistic behavior; Altruismus; Conflict solving; Konfliktlösung; Konfliktregelung; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Mobbing; Ausland; Abuse of children; Abuse; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Victim; Opfer; Wohnumgebung; Kindeswohl; Christentum
Abstract	Children placed in children's homes encounter negative experiences in the form of abuse from caregivers, interpersonal conflicts with peers and victimizations from community members. How these children negotiate forgiveness of these negative experiences is unknown due to limited studies on the subject. The present study explored the nature of negative experiences reported by children in residential care, their understanding of forgiveness, as well as the process and motivations for extending forgiveness. Participants were 10 children in residential care, aged between 9 and 18 years, resident in two Children's Homes in Accra. Results from these interviews show that while participants have cordial relationships with their peers and caregivers, they experience daily relational problems in the form of insults, bullying, being lied about, teasing and denial of gift items. Their knowledge of the meaning of forgiveness is largely different from all the three existing conceptualizations of the concept, and is influenced by religious, contextual factors in their relationships and the perceived benefits of forgiveness. Forgiveness process involved deferral to God, educating or confronting the offender on the impact of their behavior and reporting the offender to an authority. Implications of the findings are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01