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Zimbabwean adolescents’ experience of their parents’ absence due to Diaspora

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dc.contributor.advisor Cronje, E.
dc.contributor.advisor Ferns, J.
dc.contributor.author Filippa, Olga Maddalena
dc.date.accessioned 2011-07-29T06:36:46Z
dc.date.available 2011-07-29T06:36:46Z
dc.date.issued 2011-03
dc.identifier.citation Filippa, Olga Maddalena (2011) Zimbabwean adolescents’ experience of their parents’ absence due to Diaspora, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/4656> en
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10500/4656
dc.description.abstract As a result of the Zimbabwean socio-economic and political crisis many have joined the Diaspora leaving their children behind in the care of others. Qualitative research in the form of in-depth semi-structured interviews carried out with seventeen adolescent Zimbabwean Diaspora orphans evidenced a number of emerging themes that illuminate how these adolescents view their situation, such as symptomology of depression, feelings of abandonment and rejection, conflicting feelings, lack of social support, the importance of communication, role changes and additions, materialism, challenges presented by relationships with caregivers, and vulnerability to sexual abuse and molestation. Most of the themes do not appear to be country specific but are shared by adolescent Diaspora orphans world-wide. Defence and coping mechanisms employed by these adolescents to cope with parental absence were also identified. Recommendations aimed at optimising their integration in society and suggestions for further research in this field conclude this study. en
dc.format.extent 1 online resource (viii, 137 p.)
dc.language.iso en en
dc.subject Adolescence en
dc.subject Diaspora en
dc.subject Diaspora orphans en
dc.subject Coping mechanisms en
dc.subject Defence en
dc.subject.ddc 305.23086945096891
dc.subject.lcsh Abandoned children -- Zimbabwe en
dc.subject.lcsh Orphans -- Zimbabwe en
dc.subject.lcsh Attachment behavior in adolescence -- Zimbabwe en
dc.subject.lcsh Adjustment (Psychology) in adolescence -- Zimbabwe en
dc.subject.lcsh Adolescent psychology -- Zimbabwe en
dc.subject.lcsh Life change events -- Zimbabwe en
dc.subject.lcsh Social work with teenagers -- Zimbabwe en
dc.subject.lcsh Emmigration and immigration -- Zimbabwe en
dc.subject.lcsh Emigrant remittances -- Zimbabwe en
dc.title Zimbabwean adolescents’ experience of their parents’ absence due to Diaspora en
dc.type Dissertation en
dc.description.department Psychology en
dc.description.degree M.A. (Psychology) en


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