An Endeavour for Autonomy
| Autor: | Maria Andersson Vogel |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
Health (social science)
Sociology and Political Science Social work Lived experience media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Opposition (politics) Social Welfare Gender studies Mental health 050903 gender studies Developmental and Educational Psychology 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences 0509 other social sciences Psychology Autonomy 050104 developmental & child psychology media_common |
| Zdroj: | YOUNG. 26:70-85 |
| ISSN: | 1741-3222 1103-3088 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1103308817705258 |
| Popis: | In discussion of troubled adolescent girls, their mental health often is in focus and a discourse constructing girls as vulnerable victims therefore dominates Swedish social services and secure care. This article is an investigation of how the girls themselves are navigating the discursive terrain where understandings of troubled adolescent girls in secure care are regulated. The results show that even though the girls’ stories show considerable similarities with what is previously known about troubled adolescent girls, their understandings of their lived experiences differ. The girls resist the dominating discourses that view them as victims by emphasizing their autonomy and own responsibility. However, in trying to distance themselves from devaluing interpretations, they take an attitude that ultimately obstructs their possibilities of getting help, since it inevitably puts them in opposition to the care system. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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