IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/cysrev/v177y2025ics0190740925003342.html

Caregiver and child perceptions of play in a refugee context in Uganda

Author

Listed:
  • Meyer, Sarah R.
  • Kasujja, Roscoe
  • Namukwaya, Sarah
  • Upadhaya, Nawaraj
  • Smallegange, Eva S.

Abstract

Play can strengthen child-caregiver relationships and mitigate toxic stress that refugee children experience. In this multi-method qualitative study, in-depth interviews, focus groups discussions, household observation and Photovoice methodologies were used to explore how children and caregivers describe and perceive play in refugee settings in Uganda. A total of n = 155 caregivers (60 men and 95 women, age range 19–76) and n = 75 children (33 boys and 42 girls, age range 8–14) participated in the study. Findings indicate that there are significant similarities between how children and caregivers perceive the important and role of play, as well as who can engage in play, yet there are barriers, including caregiver stress, which prevent and interrupt child-caregiver interactions in the context of play.

Suggested Citation

  • Meyer, Sarah R. & Kasujja, Roscoe & Namukwaya, Sarah & Upadhaya, Nawaraj & Smallegange, Eva S., 2025. "Caregiver and child perceptions of play in a refugee context in Uganda," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 177(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:cysrev:v:177:y:2025:i:c:s0190740925003342
    DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108451
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0190740925003342
    Download Restriction: Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108451?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to

    for a different version of it.

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Esteban Baus & Majo Carrasco-Tenezaca & Molly Frey & Venus Medina-Maldonado, 2023. "Risk Factors for the Mental Health of Adolescents from the Parental Perspective: Photo-Voice in Rural Communities of Ecuador," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(3), pages 1-13, January.
    2. Meyer, Sarah R. & Meyer, Elizabeth & Bangirana, Clare & Mangen, Patrick Onyango & Stark, Lindsay, 2019. "Protection and well-being of adolescent refugees in the context of a humanitarian crisis: Perceptions from South Sudanese refugees in Uganda," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 221(C), pages 79-86.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Christie, Hope & Hamilton-Giachritsis, Catherine & Alves-Costa, Filipa & Tomlinson, Mark & Stewart, Jackie & Skeen, Sarah & Notholi, Vuyolwethu & Gqwaka, Phumza & Sambudla, Akhona & Halligan, Sarah, 2020. "Associations between parental trauma, mental health, and parenting: A qualitative study in a high-adversity South African community," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 265(C).
    2. Govindasamy, Darshini & Ferrari, Giulia & Maruping, Kealeboga & Bodzo, Paidamoyo & Mathews, Catherine & Seeley, Janet, 2020. "A qualitative enquiry into the meaning and experiences of wellbeing among young people living with and without HIV in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 258(C).
    3. Ram Gudovitch & Gumisiriza Alex & Elly Kiyingi & Ezra Barigye & Maureen Zawedde & Aziizah Namu-Gambe & Flavia Mutesi & Lea Forshtat & Vered Slonim-Nevo, 2021. "Teachers’ Perspectives: Challenges in the Integration of Refugee Children Deported from Israel to Uganda," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 10(3), pages 1-15, March.
    4. Venus Medina-Maldonado & Majo Carrasco-Tenezaca & Molly Frey & Esteban Baus-Carrera, 2025. "Understanding Family Functioning as a Protective Factor for Adolescents’ Mental Health from the Parental Perspective: Photovoice in Rural Communities of Ecuador," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 22(10), pages 1-15, September.
    5. Bukola Salami & Higinio Fernandez-Sanchez & Christa Fouche & Catrin Evans & Lindiwe Sibeko & Mia Tulli & Ashley Bulaong & Stephen Owusu Kwankye & Mary Ani-Amponsah & Philomina Okeke-Ihejirika & Hayat , 2021. "A Scoping Review of the Health of African Immigrant and Refugee Children," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(7), pages 1-21, March.

    More about this item

    Keywords

    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eee:cysrev:v:177:y:2025:i:c:s0190740925003342. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Catherine Liu (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/childyouth .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.