The natural family and residential care : a study of the psychosocial impact on statutory child removals on the natural parents

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dc.contributor.advisorTshabalala, Mandlaen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorSamakosky, Sidneyen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-11-16T13:21:53Z
dc.date.available2016-11-16T13:21:53Z
dc.date.issued1994en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: pages 136-141.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis study examines the experiences of 12 parents at a Children's Home, whose children were removed from their custody in terms of the Child Care Act. Act 74/83, and placed into residential care. The statutory removal of children from the custody of their parents is defined as a traumatic event with an active shaming component. It is hypothesised that such trauma results in high levels of stress and that the respondents will meet the criteria for a diagnosis of Post-Traumatic Stress syndrome or a Traumatic Stress reaction. An associated hypothesis is that such a trauma leads to a severe blow to the Self of the Parent, resulting in either fragmentation, enfeeblement, or self-depletion. Characteristic affects will be strong feelings of shame and humiliation related to the placement. This blow to the sense of Self will be associated with a rage response to that self-injury which does not necessarily result in the total breakdown of the cohesion of the Self. A second hypothesis is that the psychosocial need pattern of the parents will reflect a high level of concern with self-esteem and social belonging, safety and security and self-actualisation. The experiences of these parents and their responses to the research hypotheses can best be understood and made sense of within a conceptual framework that facilitates an understanding of the Self, and how it responds to the impact of a trauma that is characterised by an active shaming component.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationSamakosky, S. (1994). <i>The natural family and residential care : a study of the psychosocial impact on statutory child removals on the natural parents</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Social Development. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22546en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationSamakosky, Sidney. <i>"The natural family and residential care : a study of the psychosocial impact on statutory child removals on the natural parents."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Social Development, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22546en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationSamakosky, S. 1994. The natural family and residential care : a study of the psychosocial impact on statutory child removals on the natural parents. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Samakosky, Sidney AB - This study examines the experiences of 12 parents at a Children's Home, whose children were removed from their custody in terms of the Child Care Act. Act 74/83, and placed into residential care. The statutory removal of children from the custody of their parents is defined as a traumatic event with an active shaming component. It is hypothesised that such trauma results in high levels of stress and that the respondents will meet the criteria for a diagnosis of Post-Traumatic Stress syndrome or a Traumatic Stress reaction. An associated hypothesis is that such a trauma leads to a severe blow to the Self of the Parent, resulting in either fragmentation, enfeeblement, or self-depletion. Characteristic affects will be strong feelings of shame and humiliation related to the placement. This blow to the sense of Self will be associated with a rage response to that self-injury which does not necessarily result in the total breakdown of the cohesion of the Self. A second hypothesis is that the psychosocial need pattern of the parents will reflect a high level of concern with self-esteem and social belonging, safety and security and self-actualisation. The experiences of these parents and their responses to the research hypotheses can best be understood and made sense of within a conceptual framework that facilitates an understanding of the Self, and how it responds to the impact of a trauma that is characterised by an active shaming component. DA - 1994 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1994 T1 - The natural family and residential care : a study of the psychosocial impact on statutory child removals on the natural parents TI - The natural family and residential care : a study of the psychosocial impact on statutory child removals on the natural parents UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22546 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/22546
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationSamakosky S. The natural family and residential care : a study of the psychosocial impact on statutory child removals on the natural parents. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Social Development, 1994 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22546en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Social Developmenten_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherClinical Social Worken_ZA
dc.titleThe natural family and residential care : a study of the psychosocial impact on statutory child removals on the natural parentsen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMSocScen_ZA
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