An Exploration of identity and need from the narratives of young parents who are, or have been, looked after.

越来越多的证据表明，在苏格兰接受和离开护理中心的年轻人的结果比同龄人差，这方面的一个指标是年轻父母的风险增加（Munro & Stein, 2008; Dixon & Stein, 1995）。然而，我们对这一群体的经历的理解存在差距，特别是在他们的身份和需求的构建方面。本研究试图通过使用Goffman（1959）的自我概念和自我呈现来检查父母表达的需求来解决这一差距。这一理论框架将被应用于探索父母在有被照顾的经历和作为年轻父母的双重地位下对自我的理解。以及这个自我在他们需求的表现和专业人士对此的解释。研究目的：扩大对年轻父母与被照顾的年轻人或离开照顾者的经历的理解。研究问题:1。被照顾或照顾离开父母的年轻父母如何建构和呈现他们的身份？被照顾或离开照顾者的年轻父母表达了什么需求，这些需求在多大程度上与他们的身份相关？专业人士认为这个群体的需求是什么？4.年轻父母对需求的表达与专业人士对需求的看法在多大程度上重叠？表达需求和感知需求的概念是否有助于对专业决策的理解？

Increasingly there is evidence to suggest that young people in and leaving care in Scotland have poorer outcomes than their peer's one indicator of this is an increased risk of younger parenthood (Munro & Stein, 2008; Dixon & Stein, 1995). However, there is a gap in our understanding of the experiences of this group, particularly in relation to the construction of their identity and needs. This research seeks to address this gap by examining the expressed needs of parents using Goffman's (1959) concept of self and the presentation of self. This theoretical framework will be applied to explore parents' understanding of self within the dual position of having had experience of being looked after and being a young parent. As well as the performance of this self in the presentation of their needs and the interpretation of this by professionals.Research Aim:To expand understanding of the experience of being a young parent alongside being a looked after young person or care leaver. Research Questions:1.How do young parents who are looked after or care leavers construct and present their identities?2.What needs are expressed by young parents who are looked after or care leavers and to what extent are these needs interrelated with their identity?3.What do professionals perceive the needs of this group to be? 4.To what extent does the expression of need from young parents' overlap with professionals' perception of need?5.Do the concepts of expressed and perceived need assist understandings of professional decision making?