Leaving Care with “Cultural Baggage”
The Development of an Identity within a Transnational Space
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11957230 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Åsa Söderqvist (Jönköping University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 67 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 39-54 |
| Publication date | 2013-12-17 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Social Work (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0312-407X • E-ISSN: 1447-0748 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0312407x.2013.863955 |
| OpenAlex | W2146204558 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
| References cited | 22 |
The transition from care is a critical phase for care leavers in general, and even more complex for those who have arrived in Sweden as unaccompanied minors and belong to an ethnic minority group. The aim of this article is to examine unaccompanied minors' experiences of leaving care, and to explore the experience in relation to perceptions about ethnicity and culture within a transnational space. Interviews were completed with 11 care leavers who had been received in Sweden as unaccompanied minors. The results show that these young people have to deal with multiple adjustments. Conquering obstacles as care leavers involves not only resolving general issues such as reintegration into society, but also adjustment to perceived and created views of how to become Swedish. From the young people's point of view, this seems to be necessary to make a successful transition from care into adulthood
Ethnic group · Health care · Identity (music · Perception · Political science · Sociology · Child Welfare and Adoption · Family Support in Illness · Gender Studies · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology
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Crossing Countries and Crossing Ages
Unaccompanied, but not alone
Young people transitioning from out-of-home care
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Conflicts and contradictions in Sweden's temporary residence law for unaccompanied youth
Home sweet home? Professionals' understanding of ‘home’ within residential care for unaccompanied youths in S weden
Korean Migrants’ Transnational Activism in Australia
Refugee Youth in Sweden Who Arrived as Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children
Young People Transitioning from Out-of-home Care
Building and utilising resilience
Unaccompanied minors and court mandated institutional care
Swedish Reception of Unaccompanied Refugee Children-Promoting Integration
Content analysis
Qualitative content analysis in nursing research
Ethnicity and Nationalism
Nations Unbound
Constructing and Reconstructing Childhood
Preparation and transition planning for unaccompanied asylum-seeking and refugee young people
Theorizing transnational immigration
The experiences of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in and leaving the out-of-home care system in the UK and Australia
What Works for Young People Leaving Care
Young people leaving care in Sweden
Life after Care
Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children
Unaccompanied Young Adult Refugees in Sweden, Experiences of their Life Situation and Well-being
Looking back, looking forward
Alternative forms of care for unaccompanied refugee minors
Transnationalism and identity
From Immigrant to Transmigrant
The Disruption of Social and Geographic Space
Methodological nationalism and beyond
The study of transnationalism
Care leavers and social capital
| Citations per year | 1.17 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2014 - 2025 (12) |
| Highly cited | No |