| Abstract [eng] |
SUMMARY The theme of the conception of family of children being grown in social risk families is slightly studied at scientific level. There are some surveys of the youth attitude towards family, preparation for family making performed, as well as surveys of children of the risk group, children of alcoholic families and foster home attitude towards their parents‘ family. Though, there are very few surveys, which could reveal the conception of family of the children being grown in social risk families. The demand for going deep into this theme is a very low decrease of the number of social risk families. Besides, it has been noticed that young families of people having grown in dysfunctional families and having their own children, become families of social risk very often. That‘s why preventive activity is very necessary. In order to create concrete methodology of preventive activity, firstly, it is essential to see how children of social risk families understand family, how their conception of the family develops. There are three presumptions made after analysing the literature: 1) children of social risk families form the conception of family, analogous to their parents‘ family model; 2) in order to avoid pain felt in family, they form the contrary conception of family, comparing with their parents‘ family model; 3) in order to avoid stigmatisation, they form the opposite conception of family, comparing with their parents‘ family model. The qualitative study, the object of which was family conceptions of children of social risk families, has been performed for confirmation or denial of these presumptions. Method of the study – biographical narrative interview. Five youngsters of the age of 18-25 participated in the study. The objective for gathering comprehensive information determined the selection of respondents. As a result, five different cases has been chosen: 1) incomplete family and the only child; 2) complete and large family; 3) family, where one of the parents often changes partners; 4) family, from which one child has been given to foster home; 5) family, included to social risk families account because of non-typical problem – mental illness of one of the parents. The deep analysis of narrative biographical study has revealed that the conception of family of children being grown in social risk families is contrary to their parents‘ family model. The qualitative study has shown that reasons of such conception are the result of painful experience in family as well as stigmatisation because of family dysfunction. Referring to these reasons, the device of conception of harmonious family forming has been determined: trying to avoid recurrence of painful experience and stigmatisation, the behaviour must be opposite to parents‘ behaviour in family. Also, the deep analysis of interview has displayed that implementation of harmonious family conception for young people is rather difficult, as there is a lack of proper skills and possibilities to live separately from dysfunctional family. Consequently, politicians, social workers, schoolteachers and other specialists pay atttention to the demand of intensive preparation of children of social risk families to an effective family life functioning and the need of having individual accommodation. Furthermore, the attention has been fixed on bureaucracy reduction in the system of assistance of social risk families. In other words, bureaucracy makes activity of social workers like a control of those families, but not the real assistance, that stimulates inner motivation to change and become the example for the future generations. |
