The increasing emphasis on outcomes for children in care has prompted much research and drawn attention to the importance of harnessing users’ views on the services they receive. However, this awareness is still limited in some areas, one of which is the loyalty conflict experienced by children in foster care who have to negotiate living with a new family while also retaining their birth family membership. This study assesses the extent to which they experience such conflict and how they cope with the challenges it presents. A qualitative methodology, involving semi-structured interviews with 15 children was employed and grounded theory used to inform the data analysis and construction of a theoretical model. The model comprises five core categories: new realities; considering position; making sense; relating emotionally; and working out loyalties. A sixth category, considering others’ perspectives, emerged from respondent validation and an overarching perspective, self-determination, was found to permeate all other processes and contributed to highlighting complexity. New knowledge is gained through seeking the voices of the children and exploring the position they hold by being within and between two families. Implications for practice and future research are also discussed.

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寄养儿童如何处理忠诚冲突：展示告知忠诚的过程模型

对受照料儿童的结果的日益重视已经引发了大量研究，并引起了人们对利用用户对他们所接受服务的看法的重要性的关注。然而，这种意识在某些领域仍然有限，其中之一是寄养儿童经历的忠诚冲突，他们必须与新家庭协商生活，同时还要保留他们的出生家庭成员身份。本研究评估了他们经历此类冲突的程度以及他们如何应对冲突带来的挑战。采用定性方法，包括对 15 名儿童的半结构化访谈，并使用扎根理论为数据分析和理论模型的构建提供信息。该模型包括五个核心类别：新现实；考虑位置；有道理; 情感相关；并制定忠诚度。第六类，考虑到其他人的观点，来自受访者的确认和一个总体观点，自决，被发现渗透到所有其他过程中，有助于突出复杂性。通过寻找孩子的声音并探索他们在两个家庭内部和之间所处的位置，可以获得新的知识。还讨论了对实践和未来研究的影响。