Children’s routes to participation in support groups: motives, barriers, and benefits from children’s and parent’s perspectives
(2024) In European Journal of Social Work- Abstract
- In Sweden, preventive support groups for children exposed to domestic violence, substance abuse, or mental illness in the home are provided by local child welfare services. The stigma associated with parental problems and the involvement of child welfare services are barriers to children’s participation in support groups. This article examines the motives, barriers, and benefits according to children and parents by exploring children’s routes into such support groups. The analysis uses individual interviews with children with recent experience of support groups and their parents, guided by health belief and help-seeking models. The results show that children’s routes into child welfare services’ support groups depend on their parent’s... (More)
- In Sweden, preventive support groups for children exposed to domestic violence, substance abuse, or mental illness in the home are provided by local child welfare services. The stigma associated with parental problems and the involvement of child welfare services are barriers to children’s participation in support groups. This article examines the motives, barriers, and benefits according to children and parents by exploring children’s routes into such support groups. The analysis uses individual interviews with children with recent experience of support groups and their parents, guided by health belief and help-seeking models. The results show that children’s routes into child welfare services’ support groups depend on their parent’s motives and help-seeking actions and are linked to access to the broader support system. There are perceived barriers to participation such as stigma and the unwanted involvement from child welfare services, but there are also perceived benefits to be gained from talking to others and sharing experiences. The need to reframe our understanding of people’s engagement in preventive interventions in the context of child and family social work is examined (Less)
- Abstract (Swedish)
- I Sverige erbjuds förebyggande stödgrupper av socialtjänsten för barn som växer upp i familjer där det förekommer våld, missbruk eller psykisk ohälsa. Stigma som är kopplad till föräldrars problem och till socialtjänstens inblandning utgör hinder för barns deltagande i stödgrupper. I denna artikel undersöks barns och föräldrars upplevda motiv, hinder och fördelar med deltagandet genom att utforska barns vägar in i stödgrupper. Analysen bygger på individuella intervjuer med barn som nyligen har deltagit i stödgrupper och deras föräldrar, och vägleds av Health Belief Model och help-seeking model. Resultaten visar att barns vägar till socialtjänstens stödgrupper beror på föräldrarnas motiv och hjälpsökande handlingar och är sammankopplade med... (More)
- I Sverige erbjuds förebyggande stödgrupper av socialtjänsten för barn som växer upp i familjer där det förekommer våld, missbruk eller psykisk ohälsa. Stigma som är kopplad till föräldrars problem och till socialtjänstens inblandning utgör hinder för barns deltagande i stödgrupper. I denna artikel undersöks barns och föräldrars upplevda motiv, hinder och fördelar med deltagandet genom att utforska barns vägar in i stödgrupper. Analysen bygger på individuella intervjuer med barn som nyligen har deltagit i stödgrupper och deras föräldrar, och vägleds av Health Belief Model och help-seeking model. Resultaten visar att barns vägar till socialtjänstens stödgrupper beror på föräldrarnas motiv och hjälpsökande handlingar och är sammankopplade med ingångar i det bredare stödsystemet. Det finns upplevda hinder för deltagande, såsom stigma och oönskad inblandning från socialtjänsten, men det finns också upplevda fördelar med att prata med andra och dela erfarenheter. Behovet av att omformulera vår förståelse av människors engagemang i förebyggande insatser inom ramen för socialt arbete med barn och familjer undersöks. (Less)
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- Svensson, Maria LU
- organization
- alternative title
- Barns vägar till deltagande i stödgrupper: Motiv, hinder och fördelar ur barns och föräldrars perspektiv
- publishing date
- 2024-09-27
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
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- European Journal of Social Work
- publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85205034173
- ISSN
- 1369-1457
- DOI
- 10.1080/13691457.2024.2405846
- project
- Child welfare services' support groups for children
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
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- b92b2209-4659-435b-8fa2-07257b4a6cb3
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