Decision-making and goal setting among young people in residential care: Relationships with caregivers and the role of resilience

Children and Youth Services Review, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 108264 - 108264

Опубликована: Март 1, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Quality of Relationships Between Residential Staff and Youth: A Systematic Review

Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 41(4), С. 561 - 576

Опубликована: Дек. 21, 2022

Abstract Regardless of the type residential care context, entering in is an impactful event that involves separation young people from their relatives, as well need to adapt a new context. This adaptation might be facilitated by quality relationships with professionals these settings, which turn may positively impact people’s psychological adjustment. Purpose: The current systematic review aims identify factors associated homes (i.e., generalist care, therapeutic juvenile justice settings) at different ecological levels. Method: A electronic search was conducted eight databases: Academic Search Complete, APA PsycArticles, PsycINFO, Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection, ERIC, MEDLINE, Web Science Scopus, using combination words related relationship, children, adolescent. Based on PRISMA statement, 919 manuscripts were yielded, thirteen studies met inclusion criteria. Results: Child (e.g., gender or age), professionals’ characteristics, behaviors, skills), organizational Ratios children staff) cross-cutting time spent together, length relationship) found between care. Discussion: settings should able provide appropriate resources services address complex needs. Practical implications are discussed.

Язык: Английский

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A Comparative Study of Organizational Grief Support and Burnout among Nursing Home Staff

The Gerontologist, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 64(8)

Опубликована: Июнь 4, 2024

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between dimensions grief support (recognition relationship, acknowledgement loss, and inclusion griever) aspects burnout (emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, personal accomplishment) among nursing home staff.

Язык: Английский

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Burnout Syndrome and COVID-19 Lockdown: Research on Residential Care Workers Who Assume Parental Roles with Youths

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 19(23), С. 16320 - 16320

Опубликована: Дек. 6, 2022

Healthcare professionals are at higher risk of developing and experiencing burnout. Parents may also suffer from prolonged stressful conditions that lead to physical emotional exhaustion. Residential youth care workers assume a caregiving role can persistent affect their relationship with the youth. In addition, COVID-19 lockdown has had negative impact on both organization work, as well lifestyle minors. fact, during pandemic, contact families was not possible due restrictions this increased need for caregivers parental role. This research aims examine burnout in sample 75 healthcare working youths association psychological traits. Then, we aim evaluate these aspects The measurements, conducted February 2019 April 2021, included six questionnaires: MBI assess burnout, TAS_20 explore alexithymic traits, COPE_NVI coping strategies, FDS_R quantify frustration intolerance IRI empathy, FFMQ investigate awareness regulation. Our shows medium-high which worsened pandemic. A worsening skills, paralleled by greater empathic investment required emergency situation, an assumed is observable. Coping strategies correlate risk, avoidance were strongly associated These findings suggest urgent develop targeted timely interventions order prevent long-term consequences.

Язык: Английский

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How Young People Portrayed Their Experiences in Therapeutic Residential Care in Portugal: A Mixed Methods Study

Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Дек. 14, 2024

Язык: Английский

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Youth-caregiver relationship quality in residential youth care: Professionals’ perceptions and experiences

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 41(4), С. 822 - 845

Опубликована: Ноя. 16, 2023

This study aimed to explore the perceptions and experiences of professionals working in residential care (RC) settings (i.e., caregivers directors) about youth-caregiver relationship quality (YCRQ). Method: A qualitative was developed Portugal including 15 (73.3% women, 23–50 years) directors 34–45 18 generalist RC units. Data were collected through six focus groups using a semi-structured interview script. analyzed following content analysis approach NVIVO 12 software. Results: Our findings revealed that concept YCRQ mainly described terms good qualities, organizational determinants relationships most mentioned both by social context, intervention models strategies). Individual characteristics youth staff less as YCRQ. These provide important insights for practice. Conclusions: efforts should be made design interventions aim improve its climate so with necessary support resources enable them enhance positive

Язык: Английский

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Family Support, Resilience, and Life Goals of Young People in Residential Care

Behavioral Sciences, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 14(7), С. 581 - 581

Опубликована: Июль 9, 2024

Establishing goals for young people in residential care (RC) is a gap the literature, especially terms of relationship between family support and resilience. The literature suggests that RC associated with breakdown relationships, so possibility playing positive role establishing life reduced. However, context organization stability can be assumed to protective factor formulation contribute resilient development people. This study aimed analyze process setting RC, as well potential mediating resilience previous association. sample included 124 aged 12 23 years living RC. results point association (autonomy) planning verify total effect this are discussed considering attachment theory adaptive study's findings provide important indications developing future interventions.

Язык: Английский

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‘I just know I am upset, and thats it!’: The role of adolescents’ attachment, emotions, and relationship with caregivers in residential care

Child Abuse Review, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 33(1)

Опубликована: Авг. 19, 2023

Abstract According to the attachment theory, establishment of emotional bonds with significant figures is an important process in human development throughout life. The quality relationships between adolescents and their caregivers residential care (RC) may act as a protective factor for internal reorganisation regulation skills. present study aims analyse effect insecure orientation developed RC settings adolescent emotion regulation. It also assess mediating role association relationship caregivers. sample consisted 249 adolescents, aged 12 18 years old, living facilities Porto (Portugal). results suggest that perceived insecurity has negative on We found differentiating emotions dimension relevant highlight importance close affective developing adolescents' ability regulate particularly impact work care.

Язык: Английский

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Static and dynamic factors underlying placement instability in residential youth care: A scoping review

Children and Youth Services Review, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 155, С. 107298 - 107298

Опубликована: Окт. 31, 2023

Placement instability in residential youth care is an important issue. Youth have the highest number of previous placements compared to other types out-of-home (e.g., foster care), and high can be experienced as traumatic events. associated with negative outcomes for youth, such mental health problems. However, there no review factors placement care. In this study, we reviewed research (qualitative quantitative) on related A search four databases (PsycINFO, ERIC, SocINDEX, Medline) resulted 10,299 hits. After selecting inclusion criteria, included fifteen articles our analysis. We identified several family, decision-making, care, and, organizational general, studies focusing small. Most focused static (i.e., unchangeable) factors, sex age. found some indications that dynamic changeable) poor parenting skills, low staff competence turnover professionals are positively instability. It striking most mainly factors. need more knowledge about reduce Future should focus elements might prevent

Язык: Английский

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Youth in Residential Care: A Cross-Sectional Mediation Analysis of Youth’s Perceptions of Their Social Images, Self-Representations, and Adjustment Outcomes

Frontiers in Psychology, Год журнала: 2021, Номер 12

Опубликована: Ноя. 24, 2021

Individuals’ perceptions of their social images [i.e., meta-representations (MR)] and perceived stereotyping threat create involuntary stress responses that may affect important outcomes, such as self-esteem, academic achievement, mental health. This study aimed to (1) analyze the indirect associations between residential care youth’s MR psychological adjustment (i.e., externalizing internalizing problems) through self-representations (SR) (2) test moderating role age unit size in those associations. A sample 926 youth aged 12 25years old filled out self-report questionnaires regarding representations about how people general perceive them MR) SR. Residential professionals socio-demographic Child Behavior Checklist. Data were analyzed multiple mediation models moderated models. Results showed behavioral indirectly associated with higher behavior levels SR emotional problems SR, but also lower These results emphasize importance stimulating positive by showing they can be a protective factor for care.

Язык: Английский

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