Full Text Available
Note: Clicking the button above will open the full text document at the original institutional repository in a new window.
A psychosocial description of young orphans living in child-headed homes
Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2010.
Saved in:
| Other Authors: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Thesis |
| Published: |
University of Pretoria
2013
|
| Subjects: | |
| Tags: |
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1867613611491328000 |
|---|---|
| access_status_str | Open Access |
| author2 | Ruane, Ilse |
| author_browse | Ruane, Ilse |
| author_facet | Ruane, Ilse |
| collection | Thesis |
| dc_rights_str_mv | © 2009, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. |
| description | Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2010. |
| format | Thesis |
| id | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/27812 |
| institution | University of Pretoria (South Africa) |
| last_indexed | 2026-06-10T12:38:54.079Z |
| license_str | Other — see source repository |
| provenance_str_mv | Harvested via OAI-PMH from UPSpace — University of Pretoria Institutional Repository |
| publishDate | 2013 |
| publishDateRange | 2013 |
| publishDateSort | 2013 |
| publisher | University of Pretoria |
| publisherStr | University of Pretoria |
| record_format | dspace |
| source_str | UPSpace — University of Pretoria Institutional Repository |
| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/27812 A psychosocial description of young orphans living in child-headed homes Ruane, Ilse korevaar@webmail.co.za Korevaar, Kim Hiv/aids Early childhood development Orphans Child-headed household Psychosocial Ecosystemic epistemology Poverty South Africa (SA) Orphans and vulnerable children Non-governmental organisation (NGO) UCTD Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2010. By 2010, it is projected that there will be 25 million orphans worldwide. It is anticipated that 2.3 million children will be orphaned due to AIDS in South Africa by 2020. Traditionally, the extended family has absorbed most people affected by the disease but there is a growing concern that families are finding it increasingly difficult to cope, perhaps reaching saturation point. In the absence of alternatives, some children end up living alone in child-headed households (CHHs), the numbers of which are rising at an alarming rate. Despite the increase in this living arrangement research is scarce on the psychosocial consequences of AIDS related orphanhood. This is more evident concerning very young orphans living in CHHs. This qualitative study explores psychosocial issues pertaining to young orphans living in CHHs from an ecosystemic perspective. Four participants, who worked in various capacities for two non-governmental organisations, were interviewed in-depth about their experiences of working with young orphans. The conversations were subjected to an interpretive analysis where, in collaboration with the participants, central themes and sub-themes were identified. Eleven main themes emerged from the analysis: why children live in child-headed households; issues surrounding the death of a parent; experiences of a young child living in a child-headed household; the experience of living in a child-headed household; stigma; relationships with relatives; relationships with peers; relationships with crèches and teachers; relationships with the community; relationships with non-governmental organisations; and relationship to government and essential services. Based on an integration of the findings, a model was presented depicting the ecosytemic factors affecting the very young child living in a CHH. Copyright Psychology unrestricted 2013-09-07T12:25:37Z 2010-09-07 2013-09-07T12:25:37Z 2010-04-22 2010-09-07 2010-09-07 Dissertation Korevaar, K 2009, A psychosocial description of young orphans living in child-headed homes, MA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27812 > F10/562/gm http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27812 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-09072010-162745/ © 2009, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Hiv/aids Early childhood development Orphans Child-headed household Psychosocial Ecosystemic epistemology Poverty South Africa (SA) Orphans and vulnerable children Non-governmental organisation (NGO) UCTD A psychosocial description of young orphans living in child-headed homes |
| title | A psychosocial description of young orphans living in child-headed homes |
| title_full | A psychosocial description of young orphans living in child-headed homes |
| title_fullStr | A psychosocial description of young orphans living in child-headed homes |
| title_full_unstemmed | A psychosocial description of young orphans living in child-headed homes |
| title_short | A psychosocial description of young orphans living in child-headed homes |
| title_sort | psychosocial description of young orphans living in child headed homes |
| topic | Hiv/aids Early childhood development Orphans Child-headed household Psychosocial Ecosystemic epistemology Poverty South Africa (SA) Orphans and vulnerable children Non-governmental organisation (NGO) UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27812 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-09072010-162745/ |