Sociology Category List
Psychological challenges among Adolescents at Orphanages
Background: Orphaned adolescents at orphanages refer to the adolescents how lose one or both parents and live in orphanages. They are face many psychological challenges…
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Institutionalisation and deinstitutionalisation of children 1: a systematic and integrative review of evidence regarding effects on development
Millions of children worldwide are brought up in institutional care settings rather than in families. These institutions vary greatly both in terms of their organisational…
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Evaluation of physical and mental health status of orphan children living in orphanages in Sonitpur district of Assam: a cross-sectional study
Background Orphan children living in orphanages are often neglected. These children's physical and mental health status is essential as they are highly prone to…
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Schooling and Parental Death
Loss of a parent is one of the most traumatic events a child can face. If loss of a parent reduces investments in children, it can also have long-lasting implications.…
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A meta-analysis of the relationship between parental death in childhood and subsequent psychiatric disorder
Objective To systematically review evidence for an association between parental death in childhood, and the subsequent development of an anxiety, affective or psychotic…
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Bastards and Foundlings: Illegitimacy in Eighteenth-Century England
Demographers and historians refer to the eighteenth century as the “century of illegitimacy,”1 pointing out that “in every city in England and the continent for…
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The Impact of Parental Death in Childhood on Sons’ and Daughters’ Status Attainment in Young Adulthood in the Netherlands, 1850–1952
Previous research on the impact of parental loss on labor market outcomes in adulthood has often suffered from low sample sizes. To generate further insights into…
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Parental Death and the Adjustment of School-Age Children
Findings on the emotional impact of parental death for dependent children have not been consistent due to serious methodological limitations. The Child Bereavement…
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Adverse childhood experiences, psychosocial well-being and cognitive development among orphans and abandoned children in five low income countries
Background Development policymakers and child-care service providers are committed to improving the educational opportunities of the 153 million orphans worldwide.…
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Housing conditions and mental health of orphans in South Africa
Literature from the developed world suggests that poor housing conditions and housing environments contribute to poor mental health outcomes, although research…
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A systematic review on the meaning of the concept ‘AIDS Orphan’: confusion over definitions and implications for care
Global publications on the international AIDS epidemic report on the existence of an ever-increasing number of orphans and vulnerable children. It has been suggested…
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Caring for the orphan in the Philippines:A Policy-Capacity review
Using synthesis and an integrative approach, the article analyzes laws, policies, and institutions that protect the rights and promote the welfare of orphaned children…
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Orphan Status, HIV Risk Behavior, and Mental Health Among Adolescents in Rural Kenya
Objective: To examine orphan status, mental health, social support, and HIV risk among adolescents in rural Kenya. Methods: Randomly selected adolescents aged 10–18…
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The Orphans of Eritrea: Are Orphanages Part of the Problem or Part of the Solution?
Objective: This study compared the mental health and cognitive development of 9- to 12-year-old Eritrean war orphans living in two orphanages that differed qualitatively…
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How Would You Describe a Mentally Healthy Person? A Cross-Cultural Qualitative Study of Caregivers of Orphans and Separated Children
The researcher-driven conceptualizations of mental health that undergird flourishing measures have not been extensively studied qualitatively for acceptance by…
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Factors affecting the psychosocial well-being of orphan and separated children in five low- and middle-income countries: Which is more important, quality of care or care setting?
As millions of children continue to live without parental care in under-resourced societies in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), it is important for policymakers…
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The capacity of the extended family safety net for orphans in Africa
This paper reviews published studies on orphans and describes indicators by which weakened or saturated extended family safety nets can be identified. Most orphans…
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Emotional empathy mediates the relationship between personality traits and coping strategies in orphan and non-orphan students
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to inspect the potential mediation pathways among emotional empathy, personality traits and coping strategies in orphan and…
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Perceived Social Support and Resilience among Orphans: A Systematic Review
The present study is based on a systematic research review. The review of literature is an important component of the research process and should be carried out…
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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
Background: With more than 2 million children living in group homes, or ‘‘institutions’’, worldwide, the extent to which institution-based caregiving negatively…
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A Comparative Study of Wellbeing of Orphan and Non-Orphan Children
The family is the basic social institution in the society. It functions as the basic unit which produces future generations and provides love and affection to the…
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SOCIOCULTURAL METRICS OF THE PERSONAL PARADIGM OF ORPHANS’ UPBRINGING IN PEDAGOGICAL THEORY AND PRACTICE OF UKRAINE
The purpose of the article is to outline and analyze the sociocultural metrics of paradigm of orphans’ upbringing in Ukraine. The philosophical and educational…
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Investigating psychosocial problems of orphan children in primary schools
The purpose of this study was to investigate the psychosocial problems of orphan children in public primary schools. The study is based on a mixed-type research…
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Psychological Characteristics of Adolescents Orphans with Different Experience of Living in a Family
The complexity of settling adolescents-orphans in foster families and significant number of break-downs in these families are the problems which determine the relevance…
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Local Brain Functional Activity Following Early Deprivation: A Study of Postinstitutionalized Romanian Orphans
Early global deprivation of institutionalized children may result in persistent specific cognitive and behavioral deficits. In order to examine brain dysfunction…
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Does the impact of parental death vary by parental socioeconomic status? A study of children's educational and occupational attainment
Objective: We examine whether parental death differentially affects educational and occupational attainment by the socioeconomic status of the parent who dies and…
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Examining longer-term effects of parental death in adolescents and young adults: Evidence from the National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent to Adult Health
Using longitudinal data spanning a 7-year period, we investigated the behavioral and psycho-social effects resulting from a parent’s death during early childhood…
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Parental death in childhood and pathways to increased mortality across the life course in Stockholm, Sweden: A cohort study
Background: Previous studies have shown that the experience of parental death during childhood is associated with increased mortality risk. However, few studies…
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Impact of expected parental death on the health of adolescent and young adult children: A systematic review of the literature
Background:Few studies of health impacts of parental death focus on the developmental stage of adolescence and young adulthood and in particular, expected parental…
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The Effects of parental loss on the psychosocial wellbeing of AIDS-orphaned children living in AIDS-impacted communities: Does gender matter?
Communities in sub-Saharan Africa continue to bear the biggest share of the global HIV/AIDS burden compared to the rest of the world. In 2012, an estimated 23.5…
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Behavioral problems among children living in orphanage facilities of Karachi, Pakistan: comparison of children in an SOS Village with those in conventional orphanages
Purpose: This study compared the behavioral problems of children living in an SOS Village, which attempts to provide a family setup for its children, with those…
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Problems of Orphan Children in State-Sponsored Orphanages of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
The present study is conducted in two sweet homes of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan i.e. Sweet Home of Peshawar and Sweet Home of Abbottabad. The nature of the study…
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A Descriptive Study on Behavioral and Emotional Problems in Orphans and Other Vulnerable Children Staying in Institutional Homes
Introduction: Orphans and the other vulnerable children and adolescents (OVCA) living in institutional homes are more prone to behavioral and emotional problems…
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Psychological and Social Issues Affecting Orphans and Vulnerable Children
Orphan-hood is a natural occurrence event of life and not a personal choice. It is a natural life event of losing a parent or a primary caregiver in the life of…
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Psychological well-being and socio-economic hardship among AIDS orphans and other vulnerable children in Guinea
Over the past decade, the effects of AIDS-related parental death on children’s socioeconomic, educational and psychological well-being have become apparent. Most…
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Psychosocial wellbeing of orphan and vulnerable children at orphanages in Gondar Town, North West Ethiopia
The aim of this study was to explore the psychosocial problems and coping strategies of orphan and vulnerable children living in two orphanages, namely Yenege Tesfa…
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The role of culture in psychosocial development of orphans and vulnerable children
Orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) remain a pressing challenge for many countries in sub-Saharan Africa due to HIV/AIDS. In the face of the HIV/AIDS pandemic…
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Psychosocial wellbeing of orphaned children in selected primary schools in Tanzania
Psychosocial wellbeing is among the important components of the general wellbeing of an individual and crucial for children's survival and development. The current…
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Orphan Status, HIV Risk Behavior, and Mental Health Among Adolescents in Rural Kenya
Objective To examine orphan status, mental health, social support, and HIV risk among adolescents in rural Kenya. Methods Randomly selected adolescents aged 10–18…
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Psychosocial disadvantage: preparation, grieving, remembrance and recovery for orphans in eastern Zimbabwe
Few programmes for sub-Saharan Africa's 12.3 million children orphaned by AIDS have focused on their high risk for psychosocial problems. As groundwork for supporting…
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Child Detachment as a Correlate of Social Well-Being of Orphaned Children in Ibadan and Abeokuta, Nigeria
This study investigated child detachment as a correlate of social well-being among orphaned children from selected orphanages in Ibadan and Abeokuta. The study…
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Children’s psychosocial wellbeing in the context of HIV/AIDS and poverty: a comparative investigation of orphaned and non-orphaned children living in South Africa
Background: Recent studies have questioned whether orphanhood is primarily associated with key dimensions of psycho-social wellbeing in children living in circumstances…
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Multi-informant perspective on psychological distress among Ghanaian orphans and vulnerable children within the context of HIV/AIDS
Background: There is little knowledge about the psychosocial distress of children affected by human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immune deficiency…
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Psychosocial and health risk outcomes among orphans and non-orphans in mixed households in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
A growing body of research warns of the social challenges facing orphans. We examined this issue focusing on differences between orphans and non-orphans from mixed…
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Comparison between Orphans and Non orphans on the dimension of Resilience
“Children are one third of our population and all of our future” (Select Panel for the promotion of Child health, 1981). They are the most valuable natural resource…
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A qualitative study examining psychosocial distress and coping mechanisms among orphan and vulnerable children living in institutional care in New Delhi, India
Introduction: India is home to the largest population of orphaned children in the South Asia, who are at increased risk of poor psychosocial well-being. In the…
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Vulnerability of street-involved children and youth in semi-rural Kenya: does orphan status matter?
The vulnerability of street-involved children and youth (SICY) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) to adverse childhood events is well documented. Associations between…
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AIDS-Affected Orphans in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Scoping Review on Outcome Differences in Rural and Urban Environments
Currently, there are more than 11 million AIDS-affected orphans that suffer from various adverse effects, most of whom reside in sub-Saharan Africa. The difference…
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Developing The Comprehensive Social Well-Being Index For Orphans In Malaysian Orphanages
Tragically, millions of children all over the globe have become orphaned for many reasons for example famine, displacement, disease or poverty. With a desire to…
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Enhancing Psychosocial Support through Positive Youth Development: Narratives from Orphans in Zimbabwe
Due to the AIDS pandemic more and more youths are losing their parents. They are usually left with caregivers and in Zimbabwe these are usually people from the…
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THE MODERATING ROLE OF PERCEIVED SOCIAL SUPPORT IN THE RELATI ONSHIP BETWEEN ADVERSITIES AND MENTAL HEALTH OF HIV/AIDS- RELA TED ORPHANS IN MAFIKENG
Aim: The study aimed at exploring the moderating role of perceived social support in the rela tionship between mental health and adversities of HIV/AIDS- related…
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Subjective Well-Being of Orphans
This study aims to examine the differences of life satisfaction and happines of orphans raised in Islamic orphanages based on their sosiodemographic status. The…
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IMPACT OF THE MEDIATIONAL INTERVENTION FOR SENSITIZING CAREGIVERS ON SOCIAL COGNITION IN ORPHANS AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN IN SOUTH AFRICA
Orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) in South Africa have high rates of attachment trauma and are at increased risk of a multitude of adverse psychosocial outcomes,…
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Care arrangements, grief and psychological problems among children orphaned by AIDS in China
The China Ministry of Health has estimated that there are at least 100,000 AIDS orphans in China. The UNICEF China Office estimates that between 150,000 and 250,000…
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Facilitating HIV testing, care and treatment for orphans and vulnerable children aged five years and younger through community-based early childhood development playcentres in rural Zimbabwe
Introduction: Early diagnosis of children living with HIV is a prerequisite for accessing timely paediatric HIV care and treatment services and for optimizing treatment…
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The Effects of Childhood Parental Death and Divorce on Six-Month History of Anxiety Disorders
Duke Epidemiologic Catchment Area (ECA) data were used to examine the relationships between: (a) early childhood maternal death, paternal death, and parental separation/divorce,…
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Femicide and murdered women’s children: which future for these children orphans of a living parent?
Background: To assess the prevalence of femicides in Italy over the last three years and the potential long lasting effects of these traumatic events for the children…
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Adult Psychosocial Functioning of Children Raised in an Orphanage
Recently there has been a resurgence of interest among policy-makers regarding the feasibility of using orphanage care for some of society's dependent children.…
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Opportunities for the Development of Communicative Competence for Children in an Orphanage in South Africa
Orphanage life places children at risk of developmental delay, particularly with regard to speech and language acquisition. The aim of this study was to evaluate…
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Children of A Lesser God? Orphans, Vulnerable Children (OVCs) And Poverty In Zambia: Implications For Social Work Practice
This paper attempts to present a conceptual linkage between a model of intervention of social protection and community practice model specifically locality development…
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Empowering caregivers of orphans and vulnerable children in Swaziland
This paper reports on the health and psychosocial impacts of a programme designed to economically empower female caregivers of orphans and vulnerable children (OVC).…
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The use of metaphors in narrative research in exploring and describing experiences of adolescent male orphans affected by HIV and AIDS : original research
This article relates to the primary study which aimed at addressing uncertainties about the type and nature of the relationship between the human immunodeficiency…
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Emotions and Belonging: Constructing Individual Experience and Organizational Functioning in the Context of an Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) Program
The analytical approach of this article is inspired by C. Wright Mills’ (1959) notion of “the sociological imagination.” Individual experience is viewed through…
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Psychosocial Effects of Traumatic Experiences in Children Living In Orphanages: A Selected Case of Kings Kid Village and Our Home Child Care Center in Nairobi County, Kenya
This study explored the psychosocial effects of traumatic experiences in children living in two orphanages: Kings Kid Village and Our Home Child Care Center in…
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Development, Social-Emotional Behavior and Resilience of Orphaned Children in a Family-Oriented Setting
SOS children’s villages take care of orphaned or abandoned children who are likely to suffer from multiple psychosocial problems. Nevertheless, much is not known…
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Effects of Group Activity Play Therapy on Problem Behaviors of Preadolescent Ugandan Orphans
This randomized controlled study examined the effectiveness of group activity play therapy (GAPT) with 60 displaced Ugandan orphans, ages 10 to 12 years, exhibiting…
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BULLYING BEHAVIOR IN ORPHANAGE CHILDREN JUDGING FROM THE PSYCHOANALYTIC THERAPY APPROACH
Bullying behavior is a scourge that has not been completed at this time; bullying behavior is almost experienced by children considered weak by the perpetrators,…