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Transition within transition: how young people learn to leave behind institutional care whilst their carers are stuck in neutral
- Author:
- ANGHEL Roxana
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Youth Services Review, 33(12), December 2011, pp.2526-2531.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
This paper presents findings from a qualitative study which explored the process of leaving long-stay institutional state care in Romania during 2002-4, a period at the heart of accelerated EU-enforced childcare reform. Participants included 28 young people who were interviewed before leaving care and 17 that were tracked 8 months after discharge. 18 practitioners were also interviewed. Findings revealed that, when lacking family support, formal carers were the young people's main transition guides. However, they suggested that their transition also needed management from a professional perspective. Because of European-led, accelerated childcare reforms, the Romanian carers' transitions appeared stuck in the neutral zone, affecting preparation for leaving care. Yet, the availability of learning opportunities after discharge changed the nature of the neutral zone for most of the sample who did better than expected at follow-up. Implications for practitioners are discussed.
Youth prostitution in the new Europe: the growth in sex work
- Editor:
- BARRETT David
- Publisher:
- Russell House
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 176p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Lyme Regis
Collection of papers on the escalating problem of child and youth prostitution in Europe. Each chapter looks at the scope and rate of change of the problem, demography, geography, history, sociological and psychological issues, political and economic contexts, and public perceptions. Also looks at initiatives and their outcomes in: England, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Romania, Russia, and Scotland.
Making sense of leaving care: the contribution of Bridges model of transition to understanding the psycho-social process
- Authors:
- DIMA Gabriela, SKEHILL Caroline
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Youth Services Review, 33(12), December 2011, pp.2532-2539.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
This study investigated the transition of young people leaving public care in Romania. It aimed to increase understanding of the psycho-social transition of young people from care to independent living. Data were drawn from semi-structured interviews with 34 care leavers, aged 20 to 25 years, focus groups with 32 professionals, and a professional-service user working group. Findings confirmed that young people experience two different, but interconnected transitions, social and psychological, which take place at different paces. A number of theoretical perspectives are explored to make sense of this transition including attachment theory, focal theory and identity. In addition, a new model for understanding the complex process of transitions was adapted to capture the clear complexity of transition which the findings demonstrated in terms of their psycho-social transition. The authors conclude by emphasising management of the psycho-social transition from care to independent living in the study sample.
“It’s a Dog’s Life”: culture, empathy, gender, and domestic violence predict animal abuse in adolescents - implications for societal health
- Authors:
- PLANT Malcolm, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 34(10), 2019, p.2110–2137.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Whereas the majority of previous research conducted on animal abuse has been in environments where animal abuse is rarely evidenced, the current study investigated the ramifications of animal abuse in an environment wherein the national culture creates an ethos of the “social acceptability” of animal abuse in society. Two survey studies were conducted with adolescent participants, to investigate the role played by several factors in the prediction of animal abuse in this age group. In Study 1, with samples from two different national cultures (101 from Germany and 169 from Romania; 143 boys/135 girls; age 13 to 17), animal abuse was negatively associated with affective empathy and national culture; more frequent animal abuse was found in Romania. Affective empathy fully mediated the association between gender and animal abuse. Specifically, girls were found to be higher in affective empathy; in turn, participants who were higher in affective empathy committed less animal abuse. Witnessing animal abuse was also predictive of engaging in animal abuse, but not independent of national culture. In Study 2, 15-year-old males (n = 21) and females (n = 39) took part, 29 from rural and 31 from urban locations in Romania. Rural adolescents were more likely to abuse animals and had higher exposure to domestic violence, which (in turn) was associated with more animal abuse. The implications of these findings in a society where animal abuse is encouraged and enacted on a national scale are discussed. (Edited publisher abstract)
Adolescents cannabis use intention: validating a theory of planned behavior questionnaire in four European countries
- Authors:
- MORELL-GOMIS Ramon, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Substance Use, 24(1), 2019, pp.66-72.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Cannabis use remains an important concern in modern societies, adolescence being the critical period when the adolescents start to use cannabis. This study is aimed at extending and validating the Cannabis Use Intention Questionnaire (CUIQ), which was previously developed in Spain and based on the Theory of Planned Behaviour, in Italy, Portugal, and Romania. There are existing questionnaires which assess cannabis use problems and several risk factors; however, there is a need for a questionnaire based on a proven theory to assess interventions. A total of 3447 adolescents aged between 14 and 18 years old from Italy (43.14%), Portugal (23.90%), and Romania (32.96%) participated in this study. The data were analyzed using structural equation modelling. The scores were validated against cannabis use and the risk of experiencing problems related to cannabis use. The cut-off points were calculated using Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curve analysis. The reliability index, α ordinal, indicated good reliability on the scales of attitudes, perceived behavioural control and intention. The results confirmed the four dimension structure of CUIQ. The invariance tests indicated that the structure and measurement of the scales were equivalent in all countries. The cut-off points showed good classification capability, especially for intention and attitudes. The CUIQ allows comparative studies addressed to study underlying psychological processes in adolescents’ decisions to use cannabis as well as to assess interventions aimed to reduce the problem of cannabis use. (Edited publisher abstract)
A description of attachment in adoptive parents and adoptees in Romania during early adolescence
- Authors:
- GROZA Victor, MUNTEAN Ana
- Journal article citation:
- Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 33(2), 2016, pp.163-174.
- Publisher:
- Springer
This study is an assessment of different components of attachment for a sample of Romanian adoptees and their parents, both who participated in the project (n = 63). Results suggest that various aspects of the parent–child relationship in early adolescence is quite positive from both the adoptee and adoptive parent perspective. However, almost half (46 %) of the adoptees were assessed as having insecure attachment. There are differences between all components of parental attachment and adoptee attachment security. Also, insecure attachment is more likely to occur with less optimal parenting style. Implications for social work practice and research are discussed (Publisher abstract)
Challenging dominant representations of residential childcare in Romania: an exploration of the views of children and young people living in the care system
- Authors:
- BEJENARU Anca, TUCKER Stanley
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Youth Studies, 17(10), 2014, pp.1292-1305.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This study explores perceptions of risk commonly shared by children and young people living in care system in Romania. The original data, reported here, were gathered through direct interviews with children and young people living in public and private care. In undertaking the research, the authors wanted to challenge dominant, largely media created, representations of the care system in Romania. The aim was to explore the real risks that young people face arising out of their daily experiences. Research data were gathered using a narrative interview approach. Specific forms of risk are identified including: risks arising out of peer and staff relationships, care system policy and practice, external perceptions and beliefs and young people's fear of the future (Publisher abstract)
I have a child and a garden’: young people's experiences of care giving in transnational families
- Author:
- PANTEA Maria-Carmen
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Youth Studies, 15(2), March 2012, pp.241-256.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This article explores young people's experiences with care giving of family members when their parents migrate. The research took place in Romania, which is home to 350,000 children with migrant parents. The study is based on 23 in-depth interviews with 21 young people aged between 13 and 21 years who are currently experiencing parental migration. The aim of the interviews was to examine the young people’s perspectives on how the care giving experience intersects their transitions to adulthood, and the tensions involved when trying to balance personal needs and the need to care for others. The article argues that care giving relationships are more complex than the previous literature on ‘care drain’ and ‘transnational care giving’ has shown. The young people do act as caregivers, despite traditionally being incorporated in the category of ‘children left behind’, and contribute, together with their migrant parents, to the global dynamics of care giving. The article argues that gendered approaches to care provision help to create an adultocratic vision of the position of young people in transnational families. It calls for discourses on care giving to incorporate the generational dimension in ways that recognise young people's care giving roles.
The contribution of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child to understanding and promoting the interests of young people making the transition from care to adulthood
- Authors:
- MUNRO Emily R., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Youth Services Review, 33(12), December 2011, pp.2417-2423.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) recognises that young people without parental care are entitled to special support from the State. This article examines how the UNCRC guidelines outlining how States should promote the rights of young people making the transition from care to adulthood can be used as an instrument to track global patterns of change in policy and practice. Observations from 15 countries shows that there has been limited engagement with understanding and promoting the needs of this group in the reporting process; although where a government is committed to developing legislation and practice then this does find its way into their national reports. Documents reveal that national concerns, political ideology, public awareness, attitudes and knowledge of the vulnerability of care leavers influence service responses to protect the rights of this group. The authors conclude that future work is needed on both promoting and monitoring of the impact of the UNCRC.
The situation of Romanian HIV-positive adolescents: results from the first national representative survey
- Authors:
- BUZDUCEA D., LAZĂR F., MARDARE E. I.
- Journal article citation:
- AIDS Care, 22(5), May 2010, pp.562-569.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Young people worldwide are one of the groups most affected by HIV/AIDS, and in Eastern Europe the transmission is mainly accounted for through intravenous drug use. For over a decade after the fall of the Communism, Romania accounted for over 50% of the total paediatric cases in Europe with an estimated 10,000 children infected in hospital settings between 1986 and 1992. Although about 3000 of these children died of AIDS, many of them have survived the intervening 20 years. This paper describes the results of the first representative research on 534 adolescents living with HIV/AIDS registered with medical services in Romania attending the nine Regional Centres for HIV/AIDS Surveillance from August to October 2006. The main aim of the research was to assess the situation of 15-19 year-old young people living with HIV/AIDS from Romania and the dynamics of their risk behaviours in respect to virus transmission. Findings showed a high predominance of 17 to 18 years-olds (73% of the total, 55% female), mostly from urban areas. Generally, these young people had poor education levels, with 41% not enrolled in schools. Frequency of attending regional centres for medical check-ups was also low. The authors conclude that programmes aimed at increasing the self-esteem of HIV young people, and the provision of condoms, are desirable, as are social programmes designed to increase social integration increasing the chances of finding employment.