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2014-05-01
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Scientific and Technologic Research Articles
RELATIONAL EXPERIENCE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL REPAIR OF INSTITUTIONALIZED CHILDREN
https://doi.org/10.22383/ri.v14i1.8

Authors

Jorge Humberto Vanegas Osorio Leidy Carolina Castrillón Osorio

Objective: this paper presents the results of the research “Establishment of the repairing link among deprived children and the institutions of social protection”, which makes emphasis on two dimensional concepts: a first point of analysis referring to the relational dynamics of children, and a second one that analyzes the psychological repair in the context of institutionalization. Methodology: the research was directed from a qualitative methodological approach. Semi-structured interviews and the application of projective tests were carried out. Participants included 20 children and adolescents who experienced a loss situation in the early childhood and the team of caregivers of two child protection institutions. Conclusions: it was found that, although the caregivers of children serve as emotional containers in their institutions, the repair of the relational system requires a specific figure with whom the child could reactivate the good aspects of the internal object.

Keywords: child psychology, child abandonment, deprivation, institutionalization, reparation
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RELATIONAL EXPERIENCE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL REPAIR OF INSTITUTIONALIZED CHILDREN

Authors

  • Jorge Humberto Vanegas Osorio Universidad de Antioquia
  • Leidy Carolina Castrillón Osorio Universidad de Antioquia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22383/ri.v14i1.8

Keywords:

child psychology, child abandonment, deprivation, institutionalization, reparation

Abstract

Objective: this paper presents the results of the research “Establishment of the repairing link among deprived children and the institutions of social protection”, which makes emphasis on two dimensional concepts: a first point of analysis referring to the relational dynamics of children, and a second one that analyzes the psychological repair in the context of institutionalization. Methodology: the research was directed from a qualitative methodological approach. Semi-structured interviews and the application of projective tests were carried out. Participants included 20 children and adolescents who experienced a loss situation in the early childhood and the team of caregivers of two child protection institutions. Conclusions: it was found that, although the caregivers of children serve as emotional containers in their institutions, the repair of the relational system requires a specific figure with whom the child could reactivate the good aspects of the internal object.

Author Biographies

Jorge Humberto Vanegas Osorio, Universidad de Antioquia

Investigador Principal. Doctor en Psicología Clínica y de la Salud por la Universidad de Salamanca. Especialista en Psicología Clínica. Profesor de la Universidad de Antioquia. Coordinador del grupo de investigación de Psicología Dinámica UdeA.

Leidy Carolina Castrillón Osorio, Universidad de Antioquia

Coinvestigadora. Psicóloga. Magistra en Psicología. Especialista en Psicología Clínica. Candidata a Doctora en Ciencias Sociales. Profesora de la Universidad de Antioquia.

Published

2014-05-01

How to Cite

Vanegas Osorio, J. H., & Castrillón Osorio, L. C. (2014). RELATIONAL EXPERIENCE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL REPAIR OF INSTITUTIONALIZED CHILDREN. Revista De Investigaciones, 14(23), 66–77. https://doi.org/10.22383/ri.v14i1.8

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