Transitioning to adulthood from a gender perspective: young care leavers after 25 years of age

Youngsters who leave the Child Protection System (CPS) have to deal with an accelerating process transitioning to the adult life, without the support that other youngsters have. The studies that explore this topic in Spain, and which are focused on the first years of this transition –mainly between...

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Autores: Martín Cabrera, Eduardo, Montserrat Boada, Maria Carme, Crous Parcerisas, Gemma
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de La Laguna (ULL)
Repositorio:RIULL. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de La Laguna
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Palavra-chave:Child protection
Care leavers
Transitioning to the adult life
Social working integration
Gender
Satisfaction
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spelling Transitioning to adulthood from a gender perspective: young care leavers after 25 years of ageLa transición a la vida adulta en perspectiva de género: jóvenes extutelados después de los 25 añosMartín Cabrera, EduardoMontserrat Boada, Maria CarmeCrous Parcerisas, GemmaChild protectionCare leaversTransitioning to the adult lifeSocial working integrationGenderSatisfactionYoungsters who leave the Child Protection System (CPS) have to deal with an accelerating process transitioning to the adult life, without the support that other youngsters have. The studies that explore this topic in Spain, and which are focused on the first years of this transition –mainly between 18 and 24 years old- highlight that it is a group of people with a lack of training, and this makes it difficult to be included in the working life. However, there are no studies that analyse their situation with a perspective over the time. An online ad hoc questionnaire was designed for care leavers between 25 and 35 years of age. Using the snowball technique, a total of 81 questionnaires were collected. The main findings are signifying that care leavers who are of this age are in a better situation academically and working wise, compared to those who just left the CPS. Moreover, these care leavers have a higher satisfaction with their years at in the CPS compared to the support that they received when they left the CPS, and they explained that they suffered psychosocial complex adversities. Some gender differences were found. Girls seem to go for the maternity option and for building a family project instead of a professional one, and they mention being less satisfied with their life compared to the boys. To conclude, the situation of the care leavers improves over time, but they also had to deal with some adversities that place them in vulnerable situations with regards to social inclusion. It is necessary to place more attention on those care leavers to help them face at least their emancipation process with a guarantee of success. Moreover, it is important to do this within a gender perspective, because of the fact that lots of those girls live this process through the maternity.Psicología Evolutiva y de la EducaciónGrupo de Investigación en Protección Infantil GIPI202420242023info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/38926reponame:RIULL. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de La Lagunainstname:Universidad de La Laguna (ULL)InglésRevista de educación: v. 399 (2023)Licencia Creative Commons (Reconocimiento-No comercial-Sin obras derivadas 4.0 Internacional)info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es_ESoai:riull.ull.es:915/389262026-06-22T13:13:57Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Transitioning to adulthood from a gender perspective: young care leavers after 25 years of age
La transición a la vida adulta en perspectiva de género: jóvenes extutelados después de los 25 años
title Transitioning to adulthood from a gender perspective: young care leavers after 25 years of age
spellingShingle Transitioning to adulthood from a gender perspective: young care leavers after 25 years of age
Martín Cabrera, Eduardo
Child protection
Care leavers
Transitioning to the adult life
Social working integration
Gender
Satisfaction
title_short Transitioning to adulthood from a gender perspective: young care leavers after 25 years of age
title_full Transitioning to adulthood from a gender perspective: young care leavers after 25 years of age
title_fullStr Transitioning to adulthood from a gender perspective: young care leavers after 25 years of age
title_full_unstemmed Transitioning to adulthood from a gender perspective: young care leavers after 25 years of age
title_sort Transitioning to adulthood from a gender perspective: young care leavers after 25 years of age
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Martín Cabrera, Eduardo
Montserrat Boada, Maria Carme
Crous Parcerisas, Gemma
author Martín Cabrera, Eduardo
author_facet Martín Cabrera, Eduardo
Montserrat Boada, Maria Carme
Crous Parcerisas, Gemma
author_role author
author2 Montserrat Boada, Maria Carme
Crous Parcerisas, Gemma
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Psicología Evolutiva y de la Educación
Grupo de Investigación en Protección Infantil GIPI
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Child protection
Care leavers
Transitioning to the adult life
Social working integration
Gender
Satisfaction
topic Child protection
Care leavers
Transitioning to the adult life
Social working integration
Gender
Satisfaction
description Youngsters who leave the Child Protection System (CPS) have to deal with an accelerating process transitioning to the adult life, without the support that other youngsters have. The studies that explore this topic in Spain, and which are focused on the first years of this transition –mainly between 18 and 24 years old- highlight that it is a group of people with a lack of training, and this makes it difficult to be included in the working life. However, there are no studies that analyse their situation with a perspective over the time. An online ad hoc questionnaire was designed for care leavers between 25 and 35 years of age. Using the snowball technique, a total of 81 questionnaires were collected. The main findings are signifying that care leavers who are of this age are in a better situation academically and working wise, compared to those who just left the CPS. Moreover, these care leavers have a higher satisfaction with their years at in the CPS compared to the support that they received when they left the CPS, and they explained that they suffered psychosocial complex adversities. Some gender differences were found. Girls seem to go for the maternity option and for building a family project instead of a professional one, and they mention being less satisfied with their life compared to the boys. To conclude, the situation of the care leavers improves over time, but they also had to deal with some adversities that place them in vulnerable situations with regards to social inclusion. It is necessary to place more attention on those care leavers to help them face at least their emancipation process with a guarantee of success. Moreover, it is important to do this within a gender perspective, because of the fact that lots of those girls live this process through the maternity.
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