INTERACTIVE ASPECTS IN THE ADAPTATION PROCESS BETWEEN DISPLACED CHILDREN AND THEIR NEW SURROUNDINGS

Authors

  • Venur Marina Morales López
  • Yamile Guzmán Valencia
  • Henry Granada Echeverry

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7322/jhgd.39765

Keywords:

ecological transition, ecology and development, displaced children, adaptation.

Abstract

This article describes the perception of a group of displaced children concerning their relationship to their current environment and the factors that favor or disfavor it. This is an exploratory study that analyzes the participating children’s self-perception, their relationship to their previous and current environments and the roles that family and school play in this relationship, taking into
account our observations, cognitive maps, life stories and interviews with their parents and teachers. Not all children consider homelessness and the adaptation process as negative factors. Finally, we conclude that it is not possible to set a fixed attitude for children with respect to their homelessness and their new social context.

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Published

2003-06-19

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Vol. 13 No. 1 (2003)

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