Resilience and survival : black teenage mothers 'looked after' by the State tell their stories about their experience of care
Mantovani, Nadia and Thomas, Hilary
(2015)
Resilience and survival : black teenage mothers 'looked after' by the State tell their stories about their experience of care.
Children and Society, 29 (4).
pp. 299-309.
ISSN 0951-0605
‘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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Additional information | This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Nadia Mantonavi, and Hilary Thomas, 'Resilience and Survival: Black Teenage Mothers ‘Looked After’ by the State Tell their Stories About their Experience of Care', Children & Society, Vol. 29 (4): 299-309, July 2015, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/chso.12028. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving. |
Keywords | asylum seeking, black teenage mothers, 'looked after', resilience, unaccompanied minors |
Date Deposited | 15 May 2025 12:37 |
Last Modified | 07 Jun 2025 01:28 |
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