La résilience chez les jeunes hébergés en milieu substitut1

Abstract

L’objectif général de cette recherche qualitative est de mettre en lumière les facteurs de protection, mais aussi les facteurs de vulnérabilité, présents chez des adolescents hébergés en milieu substitut, considérés comme étant résilients. Douze jeunes (six garçons et six filles) âgés de 14 à 17 ans et placés pour des problèmes de comportement ont participé à cette étude. Ces jeunes, placés depuis en moyenne 5,6 ans, ont été identifiés comme étant résilients (à partir d’une grille soumise aux intervenants et d’une discussion clinique). Deux entrevues ont été menées avec chaque jeune. Les résultats mettent en évidence les facteurs de protection environnementaux (présence de liens significatifs avec des adultes, notamment des intervenants, services de qualité et sources de valorisation) et individuels (confiance en soi, perception de contrôle, stratégies d’adaptation) qui ont favorisé la résilience de ces jeunes.The main goal of this qualitative research is to shed light on the protection and vulnerability factors in teenagers who are living in foster care and considered to be resilient. Twelve young people (6 boys and 6 girls), who were from 14 to 17 years old and who had been placed in homes because of behavioural problems, participated in this study. These young people, who had been in placements for an average of 5.6 years, were identified as being resilient based on a grid filled out by practitioners and on a clinical discussion. Two interviews were held with each teenager. The results point to environmental protection factors (significant relationships with adults, particularly practitioners, quality services, and sources of approval) as well as individual factors (will to succeed in life, perception of control, adaptation strategies) that fostered these young people’s resilience

Leading protective factors for children living out of home: A literature review

“…The book chapter and two of the articles pertained to the same study, although they presented the results from different angles (Drapeau, Université Laval, & Centre de recherche sur l'adaptation des jeunes et des familles à risque, ; Drapeau, Saint‐Jacques, Lépine, Bégin, & Bernard, , ). The results of which were therefore merged into a single source of data.…”

“…This method consists in extracting findings from each study and then calculating their frequency effect sizes in order to assess their relative magnitude. Frequency was calculated by dividing the number of articles reporting the factor by the total number of studies "minus any reports derived from a common parent study and representing a duplication of the same finding" (Sandelowski et al, 2007, p. 107) The book chapter and two of the articles pertained to the same study, although they presented the results from different angles (Drapeau, Université Laval, & Centre de recherche sur l'adaptation des jeunes et des familles à risque, 2003; Drapeau, Saint-Jacques, Lépine, Bégin, & Bernard, 2004. The results of which were therefore merged into a single source of data.…”

“…First, whereas some studies were based solely on measures conducted among the young people themselves (Davidson-Arad & Navaro-Bitton, 2015; Drapeau et al, 2004Drapeau et al, , 2007Drapeau et al, , 2003Hass & Graydon, 2009;Maurović, 2015;McRae, 2008;Mota & Matos, 2015), some relied entirely on measures completed by the families and/or social workers (Barber & Delfabbro, 2003;Bell et al, 2013Bell et al, , 2015Mateos Inchaurrondo et al, 2015;Taylor, 2009), whereas others used a combination of the two (Barnsley, 2011;Legault et al, 2006;McWey et al, 2010;Metzger, 2008;Rousseau et al, 2016;Schofield & Beek, 2009).…”