“And then I was back home again…” lived experiences of young people returning to their families from residential care
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Autor:innen
Autor:in (Körperschaft)
Publikationsdatum
11.2026
Typ der Arbeit
Studiengang
Sammlung
Typ
01A - Beitrag in wissenschaftlicher Zeitschrift
Herausgeber:innen
Herausgeber:in (Körperschaft)
Betreuer:in
Übergeordnetes Werk
Children and Youth Services Review
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DOI der Originalpublikation
Link
Zugehörige Forschungsdaten
Reihe / Serie
Reihennummer
Jahrgang / Band
190
Ausgabe / Nummer
Seiten / Dauer
109237
Patentnummer
Verlag / Herausgebende Institution
Elsevier
Verlagsort / Veranstaltungsort
Auflage
Version
Programmiersprache
Abtretungsempfänger:in
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Zusammenfassung
Returning to the family from out-of-home care is a critical life event with profound implications for young people’s social and personal development. Yet, their voices and lived experiences are rarely represented in research on this transition. Drawing on biographical-narrative interviews with 18 young people (aged 14–18) who have returned to their families from residential care in Switzerland, this study explores how the young people experienced their return. Data analysis employed Reconstructive Grounded Theory, integrating narrative analysis and Grounded Theory to develop a nuanced understanding of young people’s return experiences. An empirically grounded typology of six experience types is presented, based on young people’s Agency in the decision to return, their sense of Belonging to the residential care facility and their families, and their Post-Return Trajectory. It captures the diversity of return experiences, from straightforward transitions to crises following return. Building on this typology, recommendations for policy and practice are provided. By centering young people’s perspectives, the study contributes to a more differentiated understanding of return experiences from residential care and to a growing body of research that emphasizes the voices of young people within child welfare.
Schlagwörter
Fachgebiet (DDC)
Veranstaltung
Startdatum der Ausstellung
Enddatum der Ausstellung
Startdatum der Konferenz
Enddatum der Konferenz
Datum der letzten Prüfung
ISBN
ISSN
0190-7409
1873-7765
1873-7765
Sprache
Englisch
Während FHNW Zugehörigkeit erstellt
Ja
Zukunftsfelder FHNW
Publikationsstatus
Veröffentlicht
Begutachtung
peer-reviewed
Open Access-Status
Hybrid
Lizenz
Zitation
Osswald, J. (2026). “And then I was back home again…” lived experiences of young people returning to their families from residential care. Children and Youth Services Review, 190, 109237. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2026.109237