Typologies of risk and protection in the lives of Filipino street children in Manila

College

College of Liberal Arts

Department/Unit

Psychology

Document Type

Article

Source Title

Youth and Society

Volume

46

Issue

1

First Page

112

Last Page

131

Publication Date

1-1-2014

Abstract

Focus group discussions with the youth living and working in the streets of Manila as well as interviews with key informants involved in intervention programs for these youth reveal several ways by which the youth may be protected from engaging in problem behaviors in and out of the streets. Findings reveal that conditions which promote the feeling of safety and of nurturance within familial relationships provide the children with a sense of protection and stability. The children are also protected when the community provides the child with opportunities to be productive and positively contribute to community life. The efficacy gained from their participation in productive communal life provides the street children with a sense of hope which allows them with an agency to chart their movement out of the streets. © The Author(s) 2011.

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Digitial Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1177/0044118X11426770

Keywords

Street children—Protection—Philippines; Street children—Philippines—Psychology; Street children—Philippines—Social conditions

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