Children in Residential Group Care with No Family Ties: Facing Existential Aloneness

Autor/inn/en	Dvir, Orly; Weiner, Anita; Kupermintz, Hagai
Titel	Children in Residential Group Care with No Family Ties: Facing Existential Aloneness
Quelle	In: Residential Treatment for Children & Youth, 29 (2012) 4, S.282-304 (23 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0886-571X
DOI	10.1080/0886571X.2012.725368
Schlagwörter	Child Welfare; Foreign Countries; Focus Groups; Residential Programs; Foster Care; Individual Characteristics; Questionnaires; Psychological Patterns; Emotional Response; Caregivers; Adults; Interpersonal Relationship; Adjustment (to Environment); Coping; Children; Adolescents; Child Development; Childhood Attitudes; Group Homes; Self Concept; Israel + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kindeswohl; Ausland; Sozialer Wohnungsbau; Pflegehilfe; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Fragebogen; Emotionales Verhalten; Caregiver; Carer; Betreuungsperson; Pfleger; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Bewältigung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Kindesentwicklung; Gruppenheim; Selbstkonzept
Abstract	The issue of children living in residential group care in Israel completely without family ties is studied in order to explore the feelings of staff and uncover possible characteristics of these children. Data were collected through focus groups, questionnaires, and life stories of children who left group care at 18 years of age. Results reveal that the children's aloneness is central in their lives and arouses painful and powerful emotions that staff members tend to avoid. Facing the future alone without support and guidance led to major crisis during adolescence. Those who had formed a long-term, significant relationship with an adult fared better. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10