Through a relational lens: reflections about foster care experience in Italian emancipated foster youth.
Italian study
emancipated foster youth
emerging adulthood
qualitative design
relational outcome
Journal
Frontiers in psychology
ISSN: 1664-1078
Titre abrégé: Front Psychol
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101550902
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2023
2023
Historique:
received:
21
03
2023
accepted:
26
06
2023
medline:
3
8
2023
pubmed:
3
8
2023
entrez:
3
8
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The study aimed to investigate relational outcomes of Italian emancipated foster youth across open-ended reflections about their perceptions of their relationships with the biological and foster family, with partner and peers. A total of 26 Italian emancipated foster youth (19-25 years old) recruited by social services completed a single in-depth interview. A qualitative thematic analysis was selected for this study. The results revealed two major themes of foster care experience that emerged often simultaneously from the participants' narration: (1) Positive Relational Outcomes including "Feeling supported," "Sense of belonging," "Good memories," "Relationship with family of choice," and "Staying in touch"; and (2) Negative Relational Outcomes referring "Devaluation," "Refuse," "Bad memories," and "Isolation." Foster care experience leads to complex relational perceptions in emerging adulthood according to different relational outcomes and ways of processing foster care experience. Professionals could work on relational outcomes and memories, especially during a critical transition like emerging adulthood, to support youth in making sense of their past experiences.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37533712
doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1191307
pmc: PMC10393254
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
1191307Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2023 Cardinali, Bizzi and Migliorini.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
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