Being a parent, but not: A grounded theory of home-based care

IF 1.7 3区社会学 Q2 FAMILY STUDIES

Family Relations Pub Date : 2023-11-27 DOI:10.1111/fare.12969

Kimberlea Cooper, Christina Sadowski, Rob Townsend

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Abstract

Objective

This constructivist-grounded-theory study explored how foster and kinship carers conceptualize and experience their role.

Background

Internationally, amid growing emphasis on home-based care for children and young people living outside parental care, issues such as carer shortages, dissatisfied carers, and placement instability present significant challenges.

Method

Sixteen carers (seven foster carers and nine kinship carers) from a regional area in Victoria, Australia, participated in in-depth interviews following constructivist-grounded-theory protocols.

Results

Six categories reveal the central ways carers go about caring for children and young people and the main challenges they face in doing so. The core category of “being a parent, but not” demonstrates tensions that carers experience in trying to establish a sense of belonging and connectedness with a child, within the limits of the Victorian home-based care system.

Conclusion

Home-based carers view their role through a parental lens, but with various limitations that restrict their sense of being a parent.

Implications

The current research acknowledges the role tensions inherent within the Victorian home-based care system and emphasizes the importance of raising the status of foster and kinship carers to provide more recognition of the expertise they hold in the care of children and young people within this complex context.

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为人父母，但不是：家庭护理的基础理论

这项以建构主义为基础的理论研究探讨了寄养照护者和亲属照护者如何构想和体验他们的角色。在国际上，人们越来越重视为生活在父母照料之外的儿童和青少年提供家庭式照护，但照护者短缺、照护者不满意以及安置不稳定等问题带来了巨大挑战。来自澳大利亚维多利亚州一个地区的 16 名照护者（7 名寄养照护者和 9 名亲属照护者）按照建构主义理论参与了深度访谈。核心类别 "为人父母，但不是 "显示了照护者在维多利亚州家庭照护系统的限制下，试图与孩子建立归属感和联系时所经历的紧张关系。目前的研究承认维多利亚州家庭式照护系统中固有的角色紧张关系，并强调提高寄养和亲属照护者地位的重要性，使他们在这一复杂环境中照护儿童和青少年的专业知识得到更多认可。

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Family Relations Multiple-

CiteScore

3.40

自引率

13.60%

发文量

164

期刊介绍： A premier, applied journal of family studies, Family Relations is mandatory reading for family scholars and all professionals who work with families, including: family practitioners, educators, marriage and family therapists, researchers, and social policy specialists. The journal"s content emphasizes family research with implications for intervention, education, and public policy, always publishing original, innovative and interdisciplinary works with specific recommendations for practice.