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        Resilience and survival : black teenage mothers 'looked after' by the State tell their stories about their experience of care

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        Mantovani, Nadia
        Thomas, Hilary
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        2299/16039
        Abstract
        ‘Looked after’ young people are among the most disadvantaged members of our society. While their disadvantaged status should not be ignored, poor outcomes are often emphasised at the expense of good ones. This paper reports a study that adopts the concept of resilience to understand the narratives of the participants’ experience of care and foster care. A total of 15 young mothers, aged 16-19 and mainly from black African backgrounds, were interviewed. Despite lacking a ‘secure base’, informants invested in a sense of moral identity and a source of self-directedness, which enabled them to move from victim of circumstances to individuals who overcome their circumstances.
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        2015-06-01
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        Children and Society
        Published version
        https://doi.org/10.1111/chso.12028
        Other links
        http://hdl.handle.net/2299/16039
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        School of Health and Social Work
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