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Coping with the challenges of living in an Indonesian residential institution

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  • Wanat, Stanley
  • Whisnant, Jill
  • Reicherter, Daryn
  • Solvason, Brent
  • Juul, Sarah
  • Penrose, Brian
  • Koopman, Cheryl

Abstract

Objective The aim of this study was to describe challenges and strategies for coping with these challenges among individuals living in an institutional setting.Method This study used a qualitative approach to analyze the interviews of fourteen participants (11 males and 3 females) ages 10-24 residing in an Indonesian residential institution (orphanage and Muslim boarding school).Results Insufficient access to educational resources and basic necessities were major concerns of the participants, as was the residential institution's unresponsiveness and the lack of connection experienced by residents. Individuals coped with these challenges by turning to others for social support and by trying to change the focus of their thoughts, such as to more pleasant thoughts or simply to mentally disengage.Conclusions Some youths and young adults residing in institutions such as a residential institution demonstrate resilience at the individual level by utilizing coping strategies to address problems in obtaining adequate educational, material and psychological support. However, because inadequacies in these kinds of support ultimately impede psychosocial development, it is imperative to develop solutions for addressing these problems at the institutional and societal level rather than at the level of individual youths and young adults.

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  • Wanat, Stanley & Whisnant, Jill & Reicherter, Daryn & Solvason, Brent & Juul, Sarah & Penrose, Brian & Koopman, Cheryl, 2010. "Coping with the challenges of living in an Indonesian residential institution," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 96(1), pages 45-50, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:hepoli:v:96:y:2010:i:1:p:45-50
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    1. Kathryn Whetten & Jan Ostermann & Brian W Pence & Rachel A Whetten & Lynne C Messer & Sumedha Ariely & Karen O'Donnell & Augustine I Wasonga & Vanroth Vann & Dafrosa Itemba & Misganaw Eticha & Ira Mad, 2014. "Three-Year Change in the Wellbeing of Orphaned and Separated Children in Institutional and Family-Based Care Settings in Five Low- and Middle-Income Countries," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 9(8), pages 1-10, August.
    2. Eunice Magalhães & Maria Manuela Calheiros & Carla Antunes, 2018. "‘I Always Say What I Think’: a Rights-Based Approach of Young People’s Psychosocial Functioning in Residential Care," Child Indicators Research, Springer;The International Society of Child Indicators (ISCI), vol. 11(6), pages 1801-1816, December.
    3. Salifu Yendork, J. & Somhlaba, Nceba Z., 2014. "Stress, coping and quality of life: An exploratory study of the psychological well-being of Ghanaian orphans placed in orphanages," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 46(C), pages 28-37.

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