När barnen övertar ansvaret: En kvalitativ studie om socialsekreterares syn på ansvar i familjer där föräldrarna har narkotikamissbruk
(2023) SOPB63 20222School of Social Work
- Abstract
- In families where parents abuse narcotics, children can be prone to in some aspects taking on their parent's responsibilities. The aim of this study is to explore social workers’ perceptions and experiences of how responsibilities can shift from parents to children in families where the parents abuse narcotics. A qualitative method consisting of semi-structured interviews with six social workers working with children under the age of 18 is used to gather empirical data. Ralph Linton's (1936) structural role theory, Bronfenbrenner's (1979) development theory, and Böszörményi-Nagy and Sparks's (1973) definition of the theoretical concept of parentification are applied to analyse the empirical data. The results of this study show that the... (More)
- In families where parents abuse narcotics, children can be prone to in some aspects taking on their parent's responsibilities. The aim of this study is to explore social workers’ perceptions and experiences of how responsibilities can shift from parents to children in families where the parents abuse narcotics. A qualitative method consisting of semi-structured interviews with six social workers working with children under the age of 18 is used to gather empirical data. Ralph Linton's (1936) structural role theory, Bronfenbrenner's (1979) development theory, and Böszörményi-Nagy and Sparks's (1973) definition of the theoretical concept of parentification are applied to analyse the empirical data. The results of this study show that the participating social workers express that children with narcotic-abusing parents could be more prone to taking on a “parental responsibility” in the family structure. This could imply that they take on the responsibility of being a caregiver to younger siblings, themselves, and to their parents. The results also show that abuse of narcotics negatively impacts parents' ability to take responsibility for their children. Furthermore, the social workers find that narcotic-abusing parents lack a certain ability to take responsibility for their children in several areas, such as creating a structure for the children in their daily lives. However, the participating social workers also find that children in these families aren’t always solely reliant on their parents to take responsibility for them, due to protective factors such as a non-drug abusing parent in the household, a social network, and the children’s school providing support. The children in these households can therefore rely on other sources to compensate for their parent’s lack of responsibility and in turn, don´t necessarily take on their parents' responsibilities. In conclusion, children in families where the parents' abuse narcotics can be more prone to taking on certain parental responsibilities from their parents. To which degree and if the children take the responsibility for themselves is shown to be dependent on factors related to the specific child and family in question. (Less)
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- author
- Goldberg, Judith LU and Gültekin, Sultan LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- SOPB63 20222
- year
- 2023
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Social worker, shifting responsibilities in families, risk factors, protective factors, children of narcotic abusing parents, parentification, structural role theory, development theory
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9107495
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- 2023-01-23 10:49:27
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abstract = {{In families where parents abuse narcotics, children can be prone to in some aspects taking on their parent's responsibilities. The aim of this study is to explore social workers’ perceptions and experiences of how responsibilities can shift from parents to children in families where the parents abuse narcotics. A qualitative method consisting of semi-structured interviews with six social workers working with children under the age of 18 is used to gather empirical data. Ralph Linton's (1936) structural role theory, Bronfenbrenner's (1979) development theory, and Böszörményi-Nagy and Sparks's (1973) definition of the theoretical concept of parentification are applied to analyse the empirical data. The results of this study show that the participating social workers express that children with narcotic-abusing parents could be more prone to taking on a “parental responsibility” in the family structure. This could imply that they take on the responsibility of being a caregiver to younger siblings, themselves, and to their parents. The results also show that abuse of narcotics negatively impacts parents' ability to take responsibility for their children. Furthermore, the social workers find that narcotic-abusing parents lack a certain ability to take responsibility for their children in several areas, such as creating a structure for the children in their daily lives. However, the participating social workers also find that children in these families aren’t always solely reliant on their parents to take responsibility for them, due to protective factors such as a non-drug abusing parent in the household, a social network, and the children’s school providing support. The children in these households can therefore rely on other sources to compensate for their parent’s lack of responsibility and in turn, don´t necessarily take on their parents' responsibilities. In conclusion, children in families where the parents' abuse narcotics can be more prone to taking on certain parental responsibilities from their parents. To which degree and if the children take the responsibility for themselves is shown to be dependent on factors related to the specific child and family in question.}},
author = {{Goldberg, Judith and Gültekin, Sultan}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{När barnen övertar ansvaret: En kvalitativ studie om socialsekreterares syn på ansvar i familjer där föräldrarna har narkotikamissbruk}},
year = {{2023}},
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