TY - JOUR
T1 - Out-of-Home Care Experiences and Their Influence on the Journey to Adulthood
T2 - Insights From Care Leavers in Israel
AU - Sulimani-Aidan, Yafit
AU - Kovach, Ilay
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood and SAGE Publishing.
PY - 2024/8
Y1 - 2024/8
N2 - In the current qualitative study we explored care leavers’ perceptions of the influence of their out-of-home placement experiences in shaping their lives during the transition to adulthood. Forty-seven care leavers aged 18 to 29, who had been in residential care facilities or foster care, participated in semi-structured interviews. Thematic analysis revealed two major themes – (1) participants’ perception of care as an environment that fostered self-improvement and the development of skills including interpersonal skills, and (2) care as a place of belonging and regaining of trust and self-worth – and five sub-themes. In the discussion we address the role of out-of-home placements in relation to life course theory and the developmental tasks of emerging adulthood. Implications for practice include the importance of engaging youth who are in care with future-oriented activities that enhance their readiness for young adulthood.
AB - In the current qualitative study we explored care leavers’ perceptions of the influence of their out-of-home placement experiences in shaping their lives during the transition to adulthood. Forty-seven care leavers aged 18 to 29, who had been in residential care facilities or foster care, participated in semi-structured interviews. Thematic analysis revealed two major themes – (1) participants’ perception of care as an environment that fostered self-improvement and the development of skills including interpersonal skills, and (2) care as a place of belonging and regaining of trust and self-worth – and five sub-themes. In the discussion we address the role of out-of-home placements in relation to life course theory and the developmental tasks of emerging adulthood. Implications for practice include the importance of engaging youth who are in care with future-oriented activities that enhance their readiness for young adulthood.
KW - emerging adulthood
KW - life course perspective
KW - out-of-home placements
KW - resilience
KW - young adults with care experience
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85190468453&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/21676968241245458
DO - 10.1177/21676968241245458
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AN - SCOPUS:85190468453
SN - 2167-6968
VL - 12
SP - 597
EP - 606
JO - Emerging Adulthood
JF - Emerging Adulthood
IS - 4
ER -