Beyond institutional boundaries: the relationship between the personal networks of young people in residential care and their sense of belonging
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Autor:in (Körperschaft)
Publikationsdatum
18.08.2025
Typ der Arbeit
Studiengang
Sammlung
Typ
01A - Beitrag in wissenschaftlicher Zeitschrift
Herausgeber:innen
Herausgeber:in (Körperschaft)
Betreuer:in
Übergeordnetes Werk
Child & Family Social Work
Themenheft
DOI der Originalpublikation
Link
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Reihe / Serie
Reihennummer
Jahrgang / Band
31
Ausgabe / Nummer
2
Seiten / Dauer
1150-1160
Patentnummer
Verlag / Herausgebende Institution
Wiley
Verlagsort / Veranstaltungsort
Auflage
Version
Programmiersprache
Abtretungsempfänger:in
Praxispartner:in/Auftraggeber:in
Zusammenfassung
A sense of belonging is a basic human need that relates to the feeling of social connectedness and closeness one has in one's social world. Moving to a residential care facility can have far‐reaching effects on young people's sense of belonging, as it usually causes a reconfiguration of their personal network. Therefore, this study examined how the personal networks of young people in residential care are associated with their sense of belonging. The sample of this cross‐sectional study consists of 393 young people from 94 residential care facilities in the German‐speaking part of Switzerland. The descriptive results indicate that a large share of the members of their network live outside the residential care facility. Random intercept model analysis showed that the network size, the number of supportive relationships and the frequency of contact with network members significantly predicted young people's sense of belonging. It can be concluded from the results that residential care staff should support young people in maintaining their personal network beyond the boundaries of the institution to ensure their sense of belonging.
Schlagwörter
Fachgebiet (DDC)
Veranstaltung
Startdatum der Ausstellung
Enddatum der Ausstellung
Startdatum der Konferenz
Enddatum der Konferenz
Datum der letzten Prüfung
ISBN
ISSN
1356-7500
1365-2206
1365-2206
Sprache
Englisch
Während FHNW Zugehörigkeit erstellt
Ja
Zukunftsfelder FHNW
Publikationsstatus
Veröffentlicht
Begutachtung
Peer-Review der ganzen Publikation
Open Access-Status
Hybrid
Lizenz
Zitation
Fellmann, L., Zellner, C., Kindler, T., Köngeter, S., Osswald, J., Schaffner, D., & Schmid, T. (2025). Beyond institutional boundaries: the relationship between the personal networks of young people in residential care and their sense of belonging. Child & Family Social Work, 31(2), 1150–1160. https://doi.org/doi.org/10.1111/cfs.70045