En självständig del av samhället : En kvalitativ studie om föräldrarnas beskrivning av deras psykiskt funktionsnedsatta unga vuxna barns självständighet och delaktighet i samhället.
(2015) SOPA63 20151School of Social Work
- Abstract
- The essay's overall purpose was to study the parents 'interpretation of their young adults' independence and participation in society. The study has been performed on a qualitative approach in the form of unstructured interview in the form of a focus group with five parents of young adults aged 21-22 years with a mental disability. The data consists of a sound recording. The empirical results have been analyzed from Goffman's role theory, the concept of empowerment and social capital. The study results show that young adults with a mental disability who live in the parental home is largely dependent on their parents' help to cope with everyday life. This can affect them negatively as some of the parents admit that sometimes limits their... (More)
- The essay's overall purpose was to study the parents 'interpretation of their young adults' independence and participation in society. The study has been performed on a qualitative approach in the form of unstructured interview in the form of a focus group with five parents of young adults aged 21-22 years with a mental disability. The data consists of a sound recording. The empirical results have been analyzed from Goffman's role theory, the concept of empowerment and social capital. The study results show that young adults with a mental disability who live in the parental home is largely dependent on their parents' help to cope with everyday life. This can affect them negatively as some of the parents admit that sometimes limits their independence. The study also shows that parents of young adults with mental disabilities do not feel that they get the support and information they need from the community. The study contributes to increasing knowledge about how parents of young adults with mental disabilities perceive their independence and participation in society. It also provides new perspectives on the young adults' situation when it comes to the environment, membership, participation and independence. (Less)
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- author
- Daoud Salibi, Simone LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- SOPA63 20151
- year
- 2015
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Young adults, Disability, Mental impairment, Participation, Independence
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 7368727
- date added to LUP
- 2015-06-18 13:16:07
- date last changed
- 2015-06-18 13:16:07
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abstract = {{The essay's overall purpose was to study the parents 'interpretation of their young adults' independence and participation in society. The study has been performed on a qualitative approach in the form of unstructured interview in the form of a focus group with five parents of young adults aged 21-22 years with a mental disability. The data consists of a sound recording. The empirical results have been analyzed from Goffman's role theory, the concept of empowerment and social capital. The study results show that young adults with a mental disability who live in the parental home is largely dependent on their parents' help to cope with everyday life. This can affect them negatively as some of the parents admit that sometimes limits their independence. The study also shows that parents of young adults with mental disabilities do not feel that they get the support and information they need from the community. The study contributes to increasing knowledge about how parents of young adults with mental disabilities perceive their independence and participation in society. It also provides new perspectives on the young adults' situation when it comes to the environment, membership, participation and independence.}},
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title = {{En självständig del av samhället : En kvalitativ studie om föräldrarnas beskrivning av deras psykiskt funktionsnedsatta unga vuxna barns självständighet och delaktighet i samhället.}},
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