‘It can never be as perfect as home’
| Autor: | Margrite Kalverboer, Wendy Post, Jet Rip, Erik J. Knorth, Elianne Zijlstra |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Developmental and behavioural disorders in education and care: assessment and intervention |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Sociology and Political Science
Social work Refugee media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences education Unaccompanied refugee children 050301 education Cultural similarity Education Developmental psychology Foster care Successful placement Similarity (psychology) Developmental and Educational Psychology 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Quality (business) Qualitative study Psychology 0503 education Cultural placement 050104 developmental & child psychology Qualitative research media_common |
| Zdroj: | Children and Youth Services Review, 112:35, 1-10. PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD |
| ISSN: | 0190-7409 |
| Popis: | Research shows that highly supportive living arrangements, such as foster care, can provide an environment that meets the needs of unaccompanied children (i.e. fewer internalizing problems, higher quality of the child-rearing environment). However, there is limited research into the experiences of these children in (cultural) foster care. The aim of this study is to explore the experiences of former unaccompanied refugee children and unaccompanied refugee children, their carers and social workers with regard to the foster placement. This cross-sectional qualitative study combined semi-structured interviews with questionnaires. In general, participants were satisfied with the foster placement. However, some children also reported negative experiences during their foster placement or felt somewhat uncomfortable, but they still rated the placement as successful. Children and carers valued the cultural similarity of the foster placement. Former unaccompanied children appreciated cultural similarity less. Overall, participants valued similarity of language the most. Several children did not feel at home in their foster placement. In most foster families, the caregiving environment offered to children seemed adequate. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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