Adult’s perceptions after residential care: facilitating and inhibiting factors

Novo, Rosa; Prada, Ana Raquel Russo; Abrunhosa, Fernanda

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Adult’s perceptions after residential care: facilitating and inhibiting factors

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dc.contributor.author	Novo, Rosa
dc.contributor.author	Prada, Ana Raquel Russo
dc.contributor.author	Abrunhosa, Fernanda
dc.date.accessioned	2025-01-03T12:08:34Z
dc.date.available	2025-01-03T12:08:34Z
dc.date.issued	2025
dc.description.abstract	This study explores the perceptions of formerly institutionalized adults in Portugal regarding the challenges they faced after leaving residential care. It aims to understand the feelings experienced upon leaving the institution; to infer the facilitating and inhibiting factors of post-institutionalization transition, and to outline proposals for improving support during this transition. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 18 adults aged 24 to 39. The first and second-order categories were identified within three thematic axes. Results highlighted that the cessation of care was essentially remembered with negative feelings. Facilitating factors included academic commitment, social support, having or going to start a professional activity, and the transition to an independent living apartment emerged as facilitating factors. Poor functional skills, economic struggles, limited reality understanding, lack of formal support during the transition out of institutions, and social stigma emerged as inhibiting factors. Multiple personal and contextual factors influenced coping with transition challenges, emphasizing the need for qualified support and investment in promoting autonomy and self-confidence.	pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citation	Abrunhosa, Fernanda Mónica Trindade; Novo, Rosa; Prada, Ana Raquel Russo (2024). Adult’s perceptions after residential care: facilitating and inhibiting factos = Perceções dos adultos após acolhimento residencial: fatores inibidores e facilitadores. Revista de Estudios e Investigacion en Psicologia y Educacion. eISSN 2386-7418. 11:2, p. 1-11	pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi	10.17979/reipe.2024.11.2.10399	pt_PT
dc.identifier.eissn	2386-7418
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10198/30805
dc.language.iso	eng	pt_PT
dc.peerreviewed	yes	pt_PT
dc.publisher	Publications Service of the University of A Coruna - Elvina Campus	pt_PT
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	pt_PT
dc.subject	Perceptions	pt_PT
dc.subject	Residential care	pt_PT
dc.subject	Adults	pt_PT
dc.subject	Transition	pt_PT
dc.subject	Personal and contextual factors	pt_PT
dc.title	Adult’s perceptions after residential care: facilitating and inhibiting factors	pt_PT
dc.title.alternative	Perceções dos adultos após acolhimento residencial: fatores inibidores e facilitadores	pt_PT
dc.type	journal article
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oaire.citation.endPage	19	pt_PT
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oaire.citation.title	Revista de Estudios e Investigación en Psicología y Educación	pt_PT
oaire.citation.volume	11	pt_PT
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