The value of a safe, connected social climate for adolescents girls in residential care

[en] This article described adolescent girls’ (n = 153) perceptions of the social climate that prevailed in their residential care unit and explored to what extent these perceptions related to their pretreatment individual characteristics. Social climate was examined with a gender-responsive approach and through empathetic interactions with practitioners, healthy connections with the peer group, and just and collaborative practices within the residential care setting. Results indicated that adolescent girls’ configuration of risks and needs impact how they perceive their program environment. We conclude the article with specific recommendations for enhancing gender-responsive programs in residential care setting in regard to non-programmatic features.

Disciplines :

Criminology

Author, co-author :

Lanctôt, Nadine; Université de Sherbrooke > Psychoéducation

Lemieux, Annie; Université de Sherbrooke

Mathys, Cécile ; Université de Liège > Dép. de criminologie : Ecole liégeoise de crimino J.Constant > Délinquance juvénile

Language :

English

Title :

The value of a safe, connected social climate for adolescents girls in residential care

Publication date :

2016

Journal title :

Residential Treatment for Children and Youth

ISSN :

0886-571X

Publisher :

Haworth Press, United States

Volume :

Pages :

247-269

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