Informal kin caregivers raising children left behind in rural China: Experiences, feelings, and support
Informal kin caregivers raising children left behind in rural China: Experiences, feelings, and support
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DOI：
10.1111/cfs.12712
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发表时间：
2019-11-04
影响因子：
1.7
通讯作者：
Lonne, Bob
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作者：
Hu, Yang;Burton, Judith;Lonne, Bob
接受非正式亲属关系照料的儿童及其照顾者的福祉是全球日益关注的问题。本研究考察了东北农村23名农村留守儿童养育者中国在城市打工生活期间的生活经历。研究结果表明，照顾者所承担的预期权力和责任有时与他们作为孩子祖父母的社会角色相冲突。护理者对这些角色的感受和理解是通过他们在当地社区的社会互动来形成的。鉴于他们的情况和照顾者对利用当地资源的自觉态度，未来正式的服务提供和社会支持应考虑到照顾者的观点。这些观点根植于他们的农村生活背景和与社区成员的关系中，并受到这些背景和关系的影响，这些社区成员影响着照顾者的看法和养育子女的做法。
The well-being of children in informal kinship care and their caregivers is a growing concern globally. This study explored the lived experiences of 23 kin caregivers raising children left behind in rural Northeast China while their migrant parents worked and lived in cities. The findings show that the expected authority and responsibility caregivers carry sometimes conflict with their social role of being children's grandparents. Caregivers' feelings about and understandings of these roles are shaped through their social interactions in local communities. In view of their situation and caregivers' self-conscious attitudes towards utilizing local resources, future formal service provision and social support should take caregivers' viewpoints into account. These views are embedded in and shaped by their rural living context and relationships with community members who influence caregivers' perceptions and child rearing practices.