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Relationships of young adults with foster care backgrounds : tensions and management strategies (2021)
Tahkola, E., Metsäpelto, R., Ruohotie‐Lyhty, M., & Poikkeus, A. (2021). Relationships of young adults with foster care backgrounds : tensions and management strategies. Child and Family Social Work, 26(3), 358-369. https://doi.org/10.1111/cfs.12816
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Julkaisun tiedot
Julkaisun kaikki tekijät tai toimittajat: Tahkola, Elli‐Maria; Metsäpelto, Riitta‐Leena; Ruohotie‐Lyhty, Maria; Poikkeus, Anna‐Maija
Lehti tai sarja: Child and Family Social Work
ISSN: 1356-7500
eISSN: 1365-2206
Julkaisuvuosi: 2021
Ilmestymispäivä: 08.12.2020
Volyymi: 26
Lehden numero: 3
Artikkelin sivunumerot: 358-369
Kustantaja: Wiley
Julkaisumaa: Britannia
Julkaisun kieli: englanti
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/cfs.12816
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Julkaisu on rinnakkaistallennettu (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/73214
Tiivistelmä
The present study focuses on experiences of relational tensions and management strategies in family relationships among 18 young adults with foster care backgrounds who participated in interviews. In the analysis drawing from relational dialectics, three main tensions were revealed in the participants' relationships with birth and foster family members or in their romantic relationships: the dialectics of emotional distance‐closeness, integration‐separation and sameness‐otherness. In addition, the tension of the childhood dialectic of responsibility was identified in this study. The tensions were managed utilizing eight strategies. The findings highlight the importance of giving a voice to young adults who have experienced the complex web of relationships in at least two families and of sensitizing both birth and foster parents and other adults working with foster children and youth to these tensions in relationships.
YSO-asiasanat: nuoret aikuiset; ihmissuhteet; perhesuhteet; perhetausta; sijaishuolto; dialektiikka
Vapaat asiasanat: close relationship; foster care; management strategy; relational dialectics; tension; young adult
Liittyvät organisaatiot
OKM-raportointi: Kyllä
Raportointivuosi: 2021
JUFO-taso: 2
