Residential Treatment for Children & Youth Pub Date : 2022-07-14 , DOI: 10.1080/0886571x.2022.2097153 Rachna Mishra , Vanita Sondhi
ABSTRACT
Issues related to problems with institutional models of care for at-risk children in India have long been addressed by conversations around de-institutionalization. Researchers, however, believe that despite the benefits of family-based alternative care, there are multiple practical constraints in the stated transition. Fostering resilience among institutionalized children has been considered a worthier goal for intervention. The purpose of this study was to understand the pattern of resilience among adolescents with experience of family disruption due to parental loss and resultant relocation to an institutional set-up. Study 1 utilized semi-structured interviews with eight institutional caretakers in the age range of 28–50 years, and study 2 involved focus groups with 19 resilient adolescents in the age range of 14–19 years. Data from the both studies was thematically analyzed. Findings showed that against the backdrop of pre-admission adversities, resilience was conceptualized as a realization about the need to achieve in life and acquisition of a set of culturally sanctioned behavioral attributes. Resources within the institutional context itself were found to have fostered these resilient outcomes. Our findings suggest that by offering resident children needed resources, institutional care holds the potential to provide a permanent and stable living arrangement when other options are unfeasible.
中文翻译:
印度孤儿和生活在机构照料中的青少年的韧性概念化
摘要
长期以来,围绕非机构化的对话解决了与印度高危儿童的机构护理模式问题相关的问题。然而,研究人员认为,尽管以家庭为基础的替代护理有好处,但在规定的过渡中存在多种实际限制。培养机构化儿童的复原力被认为是一个更有价值的干预目标。本研究的目的是了解因失去父母和随之而来的搬迁到机构设置而经历家庭破裂的青少年的复原力模式。研究 1 利用半结构化访谈对 8 名年龄在 28-50 岁之间的机构看护人进行访谈,而研究 2 涉及焦点小组,其中有 19 名年龄在 14-19 岁之间的适应力强的青少年。对两项研究的数据进行了专题分析。调查结果表明,在入学前逆境的背景下,复原力被概念化为实现生活中取得成就的需要和获得一系列文化认可的行为属性。机构环境本身的资源被发现促进了这些有弹性的结果。我们的研究结果表明,通过为寄宿儿童提供所需的资源,机构照料有可能在其他选择不可行时提供永久和稳定的生活安排。机构环境本身的资源被发现促进了这些有弹性的结果。我们的研究结果表明,通过为寄宿儿童提供所需的资源,机构照料有可能在其他选择不可行时提供永久和稳定的生活安排。机构环境本身的资源被发现促进了这些有弹性的结果。我们的研究结果表明,通过为寄宿儿童提供所需的资源,机构照料有可能在其他选择不可行时提供永久和稳定的生活安排。