Young People's Lived Experiences of Care Relationships in Finnish Out‐Of‐Home Care
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21692129 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Susanna Riekkoniemi (0009-0009-4194-3922, Department of Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies University of Eastern Finland Joensuu Finland, corresponding author), Taru Kekoni (0000-0002-3167-0758, Department of Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies University of Eastern Finland Joensuu Finland), Riitta Vornanen (0000-0002-1600-3893, Department of Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies University of Eastern Finland Joensuu Finland) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Publication date | 2026-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Child & Family Social Work (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1356-7500 • E-ISSN: 1365-2206 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/cfs.70240 |
| OpenAlex | W7166873794 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 21 |
This study explores how young people who have lived in out‐of‐home care in Finland experience their relationships with caregivers and how these experiences can be interpreted through the lens of care ethics. The focus is on everyday practices in out‐of‐home care, where relational care and professional responsibilities intersect. The research is grounded in a hermeneutic‐phenomenological approach, and the data were analysed using interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA). Ten young adults who experienced out‐of‐home care participated in the research. The findings identify five elements of ethical care: relational continuity, consistency, attentiveness, responsibility and relationality, which reveal both enabling and vulnerable aspects of care. A model of ethical care in out‐of‐home care was developed based on this to define the moral and relational principles required for ethical out‐of‐home care. The model offers practical guidance for developing relationally grounded practices that strengthen the ethical quality of care work in out‐of‐home care
Ethics of care · Focus group · Grounded theory · Interpretative phenomenological analysis · Lived experience · Qualitative research · Child Abuse and Trauma · Child Welfare and Adoption · Family Support in Illness
Interpretative phenomenological analysis and social work
Tunnustaminen ja osallistumisen ehdot sijoitettujen nuorten kertomuksissa
Researching the Vulnerable
Care Ethics in Residential Child Care
Participants and researchers searching for meaning
Child development in foster family care – what really counts
A Sense of Belonging
Looked After Children and the Ethic of Care
Serial Interviews
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |