Zoe's Story: Exploring the Complexity of "Help-Providing" and "Help-Receiving" Relationships on the "Front-Line" of Family Support

Autor/in	Leese, Maggie
Titel	Zoe's Story: Exploring the Complexity of "Help-Providing" and "Help-Receiving" Relationships on the "Front-Line" of Family Support
Quelle	In: Child Care in Practice, 19 (2013) 4, S.340-354 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1357-5279
DOI	10.1080/13575279.2013.799456
Schlagwörter	Mothers; Helping Relationship; Family Programs; Parent Participation; Resistance (Psychology); Interpersonal Relationship; Interaction; Help Seeking; Early Intervention; Family Involvement; Case Studies; Foreign Countries; Parenting Skills; Program Effectiveness; Personal Narratives; Ethnography; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Helfende Beziehung; Family program; Familienprogramm; Elternmitwirkung; Resistenz; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Interaktion; Help-seeking behavior; Help-seeking behaviour; Hilfe suchendes Verhalten; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Ausland; Erlebniserzählung; Ethnografie; Großbritannien
Abstract	The subject of engaging mothers in appropriate family support continues to be debated and this paper explores the complex factors that influenced one mother's willingness to accept support. In addition, it captures how her family support worker built and sustained a "help-providing" and "help-receiving" relationship despite the mother's resistance. This paper reports on data that were gathered as part of a larger research study based in two Sure Start Children's Centres and draws on one case study as an exemplar that illustrates the nature of family support. By presenting Zoe's story, this paper draws on personal construct theory to examine the reasons why one mother refused to engage in support services based on her negative self-construct. The findings identify that the building and sustaining of relationships with vulnerable and excluded mothers is complex and requires workers to manage and negotiate their everyday interactions and adapt the support offered. In addition, they identify how these "help-providing" and "help-receiving" relationships enable mothers to access the support that they need and refine their negative self-constructs and predict more positive outcomes for their family. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 325 Chestnut Street Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Fax: 215-625-2940; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10