Attachment intervention through peer-based interaction: Working with Istanbul's street boys in a university setting

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dc.authorid0000-0002-6116-1786en_US
dc.authorid0000-0001-9530-3749en_US
dc.contributor.authorBademci, H. Ozden
dc.contributor.authorKaradayi, E. Figen
dc.contributor.authorde Zulueta, Felicity
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-12T21:45:37Z
dc.date.available2024-07-12T21:45:37Z
dc.date.issued2015en_US
dc.departmentMaltepe Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractStreet youths are a particularly vulnerable group because of early experiences of emotional and physical neglect and abuse which can make them difficult to approach. Traditional interventions such as 1 h weekly therapy sessions do not meet their needs. This article describes a creative and novel approach to the rehabilitation of street children implemented during the To-Gather with Youth Project (TYP) under the aegis of the Research and Application Center to Support Children/Youth Living and Working in the Streets (SOYA) at Maltepe University in Istanbul, running in collaboration with state-run care institutions for boys since 2010. The approach consists of a peer-based supportive model that provides adolescent boys care with emotional and social security through attachment relationships that they develop with university students. The teaching staff and students of the psychology department constitute the core group running the program, which also includes workshops assisted by teachers and students from humanities departments such as philosophy, drama, and radio. These workshops are organized to promote the psychosocial and cognitive development of the participating street boys as well as to enable their direct access to the public through their art and photography. Based on a qualitative analysis of narrative interviews with boys and detailed observational reports by project volunteers, we identify several mechanisms that we believe contribute to change in the boys, including the development of secure attachment relationships with a trusted adult, a child-centered approach, and a socially safe environment created by peer-support in a university setting. The boys and volunteers also reported incidents and feelings that seem to suggest that the boys' have increased their capacity to regulate their emotions, sense of self-esteem and resilience, and desire to develop their lives in the future. This paper offers this intervention as a feasible service model for the rehabilitation of street boys in other cities. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.childyouth.2014.12.019
dc.identifier.endpage31en_US
dc.identifier.issn0190-7409
dc.identifier.issn1873-7765
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84954439565en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1en_US
dc.identifier.startpage20en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2014.12.019
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12415/7846
dc.identifier.volume49en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000350076200003en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ2en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherPERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTDen_US
dc.relation.ispartofCHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES REVIEWen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.snmzKY00495
dc.subjectStreet boysen_US
dc.subjectDevelopmental traumaen_US
dc.subjectAttachment relationshipsen_US
dc.subjectPeer-based supporten_US
dc.subjectResiliency and self-esteemen_US
dc.subjectUniversityen_US
dc.titleAttachment intervention through peer-based interaction: Working with Istanbul's street boys in a university settingen_US
dc.typeArticle
dspace.entity.typePublication

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