Other-Initiated Interactions That Contribute to Resilient Outcomes Among Young Adults Raised by Caregivers Who Misuse Alcohol

Bibliographic Data

ID21830205
AuthorsSimbai Mushonga (0000-0002-5396-5186, University of Johannesburg), Adrian D Van Breda (0000-0002-9984-9180, University of Johannesburg)
Year2024
Volume14
Issue4
Pages99-124
Publication date2024-01-03
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Child Youth and Family Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1920-7298 • E-ISSN: 1920-7298
PublisherUniversity of Victoria Libraries (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.18357/ijcyfs144202421756
OpenAlexW4392731725
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited19

This study offers an understanding of interactional resilience processes between young adults raised by caregivers who misused alcohol and people in their social-ecology who initiated supportive interactions that enabled them to achieve better-than-expected outcomes. Multiple in-depth face-to-face interviews and a draw-and-write methodology were used with 15 National University of Lesotho undergraduate students raised by caregivers who misused alcohol. An interactional resilience approach, building on person-in-environment and social-ecology perspectives on resilience, informed this study. Using constructivist grounded theory methods of data analysis, three themes were formulated: (a) other-initiated material support that elicits a response of resolve or obligation towards the other; (b) other-initiated sustained emotional support that elicits a response of hope for the future; and (c) other-initiated challenging support that elicits a change in behaviour. Given these findings, the study recommends that child and youth workers and social workers cultivate enabling and support-initiating social environments in key contexts such as schools, churches, and clubs, and develop children and young people’s skills to respond to and receive such support

Alcohol · Developmental psychology · Psychiatry · Clinical Psychology · Family Caregiving in Mental Illness · Homelessness and Social Issues · Medicine · Psychology · Resilience and Mental Health · Gerontology

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