Perceptions of Learned Helplessness Among Emerging Adults Aging Out of Foster Care

Gomez, Rebecca; Ryan, Tiffany N.; Norton, Christine Lynn; Jones, Courtney; Galán-Cisneros, Patricia

doi:10.1007/s10560-015-0389-1

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“…This researcher was part of the research team involved in the original project (Gomez et al, 2015) and following completion of the project this researcher independently collected additional data about the impact of youth led research on the peer researchers themselves. To explore their experience as part of youth led research with homeless youth, additional data came from ten interviews with the peer researchers from the original project…”

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“…This paper built off the desire to evaluate the use of youth led research in a larger project (Gomez, Ryan, Norton, Jones, & Galán-Cisneros, 2015). Full details of that project can be found in a previous publication.…”

Section: Exploring the Impact Of The Project On The Peer Researchersmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…When youth lead a research project, there is a real concern that the researchers' experiences may be very similar to the study participant's and therefore allow researcher bias to infiltrate findings. To mitigate this issue, the original project did not use peer researchers as data analysts, but rather used them to help elicit open and honest responses from study participants and ensured their voice was reflected through member checking (Gomez et al, 2015). Additionally, this study is exploratory and much more research needs to be done using this approach with homeless youth.…”

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Speaking Out: Youth Led Research as a Methodology Used with Homeless Youth

Gomez

Ryan

2015

Child Adolesc Soc Work J

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Participatory action research is well documented with marginalized groups, but less is known about participatory action research with homeless youth. The use of youth led research as a methodology was examined among a population of homeless youth. Peer researchers (n = 10) reported on their experience utilizing youth led research methodology. Results indicate that youth led research is a promising methodology for use among homeless youth. Participants reported that the approach positively impacted the quality and quantity of data that could be collected from participants. Further, peer researchers reported individual benefits of feeling that participating in the project mattered, that people listened to them and that they had a voice.

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Speaking Out: Youth Led Research as a Methodology Used with Homeless Youth

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Ryan

2015

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“…The research was designed to collect detailed information over a period of one year and involves three data collection points, conducted six months apart. In-depth interviewing was selected as the primary data collection method 9 because of its ability to yield a rich picture by eliciting deep information on respondents' feelings, perspectives, and experiences (Charmaz, 2014;Fransson & Storø, 2011;Gilligan & Arnau-Sabatés, 2016;Gomez et al, 2015;Quest et al, 2012;Saldaña, 2003).…”

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“I’ve changed so much within a year”: care leavers' perspectives on the aftercare planning process

Glynn

Mayock

2018

Child Care in Practice

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Since the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child's assertion that the child 'be heard' in matters affecting them, international best practice in child welfare has been to increase engagement and participation of children and young people in affairs related to their care. Research has demonstrated that children and young people benefit from being included in care related processesyet this continues to be a struggle in social work practice. To date, research has focused primarily on children's engagement while in care; thus, very little is known about the experience of young people ageing out of care as it relates to their engagement in and experience of the planning-to-leave-care process. This paper examines young people's experiences of the aftercare planning process in Ireland based on data drawn from the first phase of a qualitative longitudinal study of young people leaving care. Sixteen young people were recruited nationally and interviewed in depth. Baseline interviews were open-ended and encouraged young people to talk about their experiences of care, aftercare planning and their broader life circumstances (e.g. experiences of education, employment, housing, and their peer and family relationships). This investigation is timely since legislation mandating aftercare planning for young people ageing out of care was recently implemented in Ireland, creating a need to reflect on and develop practice knowledge in this area. The findings indicate considerable diversity in how young people 'make sense' of and attach meaning to the transition out of care. The accounts also reveal complexities surrounding youth participation in the leaving care planning process and uncover a number of distinct barriers and facilitators to participation. The paper concludes with learnings and suggestions for practice.

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“…The framework of such informative and active approach to formation of a person's future prospects is established in the person's family, under the influence of the closest people (Maier, & Seligman, 2016;Gomez, Ryan, Norton, Jones, & Galán-Cisneros, 2015).…”

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Proceedings of the Iii International Scientific and Practical Conference “Psychological Health of the Person: Life Resource and Life Potential”

2017

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The Proceedings cover different aspects of mental health research concerned with human life resource and life potential, as well as applied aspects of health psychology.The editorial policy was based on the principles of selection and reviewing of all submitted manuscripts. At the first stage all the manuscripts underwent an initial review by the Editor-in-Chief and the Editorial Board before peer-review in order to assess whether their content complied with the Conference theme. The manuscripts which did not comply with the subject matter of the Conference have been rejected. At the second stage all the manuscripts underwent a double blind review process: each work was reviewed by two experts from the Board of Reviewers; reviewing procedure was anonymous both for the experts and authors.In case of positive review results provided by both experts the contributions were included in the Editor-in-Chief Portfolio. At the third stage manuscripts underwent scientific style as well as language literacy assessment and language editing. This work was carried out by the team of Language Editors. Based on the results of the three stages of reviewing the list of the manuscripts recommended for the publication in the Conference Proceedings has been defined.The problem of assessment, prophylaxis and preserving human psychological health is of utmost importance today. Its relevance is determined, first, by the fact that both a person and his / her development as a healthy and autonomous personality represent a subject of a psychological research. Second, recent global transformations impose special requirements to the person seeking for health preservation, self-development, and self-actualisation. Among these requirements there is readiness to act in new, unpredictable conditions, to make decisions in unstable situations and to bear responsibility for one's decisions. To meet these requirements, a person should be able to see opportunities for self-development and self-fulfillment in the surrounding world, finding new meanings of his / her life activity.Existence of life resource and life potential expands the scope of any person's activities, turning the person's significant life purposes into more achievable ones. Resources are known to subjectively increase the value of a person both in his / her self-perception and in the eyes of others, making the person stronger, more prominent and proactive.Among various human resources health is a fundamental one. At the same time, life potential is not a less important characteristic, since it ensures human capacity to create, develop and use life conditions, factors and circumstances which are beneficial for an organism.Considering human health through the prism of life potential, it is necessary that the value of health within culture of its formation should be the highest, being defined not so much by the need for self-preservation but for self-improvement.The presented Proceedings are the result of both scientific studies in Psychology and fruitful and prospective long-term inte...

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Perceptions of Learned Helplessness Among Emerging Adults Aging Out of Foster Care

Cited by 33 publications

References 26 publications

Speaking Out: Youth Led Research as a Methodology Used with Homeless Youth

Speaking Out: Youth Led Research as a Methodology Used with Homeless Youth

“I’ve changed so much within a year”: care leavers' perspectives on the aftercare planning process

Proceedings of the Iii International Scientific and Practical Conference “Psychological Health of the Person: Life Resource and Life Potential”

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