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The psychological experiences of foster mothers in fostering adolescents
Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2017.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/60397 The psychological experiences of foster mothers in fostering adolescents Snyders, Rick mosimk@health.gov.za Mosimege, Keolebogile Betty Foster care Positive Psychology Foster parent Spirituality UCTD Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2017. Unfavourable socio-economic and psychosocial changes, globally and locally, have forced communities to place an increasing number of adolescents in foster care, or take the necessary steps to accommodate them in orphanages. The drastic interventions had many unsettling consequences. South African orphanages were inundated with orphaned and removed children, and foster care was a constructive alternative. Research results have shown that, for children to develop normally, they have to be cared for in cordial and constructive family structures (Republic of South Africa, Department of Social Development, 2009). The present study was exploratory and aimed to explore the challenges faced by foster mothers who were fostering the adolescents at the time of interviewing, as well as coping strategies employed by foster mothers in their task of fostering. The target areas were Mamelodi and Atteridgeville Townships in the Tshwane/Pretoria Region. Twenty foster mothers were selected from a list of foster mothers received from social workers and semi-structured interviews were conducted with these 20 respondents. Respondents? narratives were translated from Setswana and North Sotho to English. Data was transcribed and analysed by means of Thematic Network Analysis. Four core themes were extracted, namely Crisis, Structure, Relationships, and Resilience and Spirituality. These themes were discussed and linked to the tenets of Positive Psychology and literature sources, and communicated to social workers, foster mothers and legislators. Psychology PhD Unrestricted 2017-05-12T11:38:50Z 2017-05-12T11:38:50Z 2017-04-24 2017 Thesis Mosimege, KB 2017, The psychological experiences of foster mothers in fostering adolescents, PhD Thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/60397> A2017 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/60397 en © 2017 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 | Foster care Positive Psychology Foster parent Spirituality UCTD The psychological experiences of foster mothers in fostering adolescents |
| title | The psychological experiences of foster mothers in fostering adolescents |
| title_full | The psychological experiences of foster mothers in fostering adolescents |
| title_fullStr | The psychological experiences of foster mothers in fostering adolescents |
| title_full_unstemmed | The psychological experiences of foster mothers in fostering adolescents |
| title_short | The psychological experiences of foster mothers in fostering adolescents |
| title_sort | psychological experiences of foster mothers in fostering adolescents |
| topic | Foster care Positive Psychology Foster parent Spirituality UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/60397 |