A comparison of youth resilience across seven <scp>S</scp>outh <scp>A</scp>frican sites

Breda, Adrian D. van

doi:10.1111/cfs.12222

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“…Studies have observed that in spite of difficult situations, some young care‐leavers are able to overcome such barriers and lead a successful life. They are able to recover from their vulnerabilities and are more resilient (Stein, ; Van Breda, a). Cases have been documented of similar stable environments for growth and development, in which some were unable to adjust and suffered from unresolved trauma, feelings of isolation, and emotional instability, while others performed much better (Mendes, Pinkerton & Munro, ).…”

Section: Factors Affecting Transition Out Of Carementioning

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Experiences of Young Indian Girls Transiting out of Residential Care Homes

Dutta

2016

Asian Soc Wrk & Pol Rev

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Leaving the residential care home is one of the most significant occurrence in the life of every care-leaver. It encompasses vast changes which has a long term impact on the care-leavers future. This study captures the lived experiences of twenty-four young Indian girls who have left care in the past four years. It addresses their journey of moving out of care at two levels -their preparation to leave care and their present experience. The primary focus of the study is to explore the interpretation and meanings attributed by these girls to the phenomena of transition out of care; identifying the uniqueness and commonalities that emerges from their experiences. The results exposes a plethora of emotions and episodes the girls have encountered at each step of their path. It also emphasises on the role played by multiple environmental factors -support network (friends, peer group, family, social workers, etc.), residential care home, state and other social processes -operating at different systemic levels, highlighting the interface between the 'self' and the 'environment', based on the Ecological Framework.

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Section: Factors Affecting Transition Out Of Carementioning

confidence: 99%

Experiences of Young Indian Girls Transiting out of Residential Care Homes

Dutta

2016

Asian Soc Wrk & Pol Rev

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“…A growing number of resilience researchers from countries in the Northern Hemisphere (e.g., the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States) endorse an ecological systems approach to explain how and why young people adjust well to chronic or acute stressors that predict negative life outcomes (Cicchetti, 2013;Masten, 2001;Panter-Brick, 2015;Rutter, 2013;Ungar, 2011;Wright & Masten, 2015). There is a similar tendency among resilience-focused researchers from countries in the Southern Hemisphere (e.g., South Africa, Colombia, New Zealand; e.g., Bottrell, 2009;Montoya, Restrepo, Duque, & Ungar, 2011;Sanders & Munford, 2014;Theron, 2015;van Breda, 2015). Implicit in this global endorsement is recognition that resilience is a process that (i) shows variation across developmental stages and historic time, sociocultural contexts, type of adversity, and demographic factors and (ii) draws on multiple systems, from molecular through to family, community, and even the physical environment.…”

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Using the CYRM-28 With South African Young People: A Factor Structure Analysis

Rensburg

Theron

Ungar

2017

Research on Social Work Practice

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The factor structure of the Child and Youth Resilience Measure (CYRM-28) was originally established using a Canadian sample. This factor structure was not confirmed in a study with New Zealand youth. Given such variability, the current study investigated the factor structure of the CYRM-28 in a sample of Sesotho-speaking South African youth who participated in Pathways to Resilience Study. Method: Using latent variable modeling, we tested six varied models in two randomly selected samples (n 1 ¼ 559; n 2 ¼ 578). Results: Fit statistics indicated that a three-factor variation of the New Zealand model, namely, individual, family/relational, and composite context, fitted best. The contextual composite synthesizes the CYRM-28 clusters that measure social skills, educational, spiritual, community, and cultural resources. Conclusion: The contextual composite reflects traditional African ways of being. Accordingly, understanding the factor structure of the CYRM-28 precedes practitioner capacity to promote resilience in an evidence-informed way.

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“…Luthar, Cicchetti, and Becker define resilience as "a dynamic process encompassing adaptation within the context of significant adversity" (Luthar, Cicchetti, & Becker, 2000, p. 1). "In studies of disadvantaged children, resilience is typically present when (a) children living in conditions of risk (b) show better-than-predicted outcomes (c) presumably due to some intervening process" (Breda, 2017;Smokowski, Reynolds, & Bezruczko, 1999, p. 426). The American Psychological Association emphasizes resilience as a trait anyone can learn and develop (American Psychological Association, 2018).…”

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Increasing Resilience in Youth and Families: YAP’s Wraparound Advocate Service Model

Silva¹,

Petrilla²,

Matteson³

et al. 2019

Child & Youth Services

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Youth in marginalized situations worldwide face similar challenges threatening their wellbeing. Strength-based, individually tailored community-based services that wrap around youth and families aid in promoting resilience, that is, the ability to thrive in the face of adversity. For more than 40 years, Youth Advocate Programs, Inc. (YAP) has provided such services to empower youth with complex challenges to live productively within their home environments by utilizing a blended Wraparound Advocate Service Model. In this article, a team of practitioners explores the basis, implementation, research base, and future application of YAP's dual-prong service model in building resilience.

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A comparison of youth resilience across seven South African sites

Abstract: Child and Family Social Work 201 , 2 , pp -22 7 2 226 235 5 8 A comparison of youth resilience in South Africa A D van Breda Child and Family Social Work 201 , 2 , pp -22 7 2 226 235 5 9 A comparison of youth resilience in South Africa A D van Breda

Cited by 42 publications

References 22 publications

Experiences of Young Indian Girls Transiting out of Residential Care Homes

Experiences of Young Indian Girls Transiting out of Residential Care Homes

Using the CYRM-28 With South African Young People: A Factor Structure Analysis

Increasing Resilience in Youth and Families: YAP’s Wraparound Advocate Service Model

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