Research Article
A Qualitative Study of Georgian Youth Who Are on the Street or Institutionalized
Table 7
Key informant responses, orphanages (
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(a) Missing parents |
| Sign/symptom | Number reporting |
| Cry | 14 | Sad faces | 11 | Always misses parents | 9 | Aggressive | 5 | Worried | 5 | Always expecting | 4 | Teary eyes | 4 | Want to be at their homes/misses home | 4 |
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(b) Relationships with parents |
| Sign/symptom | Number reporting |
| Mother says taking them home— happy | 4 | Meet parents—joy | 4 | Parents can’t take them—sad | 2 | Mother beating me—escaping | 2 | Playing with parents—feel good | 2 | When sees mother, forgets how it hurt | 2 |
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(c) Differentiation |
| Description | Number reporting |
| Kids blamed and labeled | 7 | Because from orphanage | 4 | Teachers and guards steal things and blame it on us/blamed for stealing | 4 | Different grading | 4 | They treat us well | 4 |
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| Cry | 6 | Justifies him/herself | 4 | Get angry | 4 | Aggressive | 3 | Keep to themselves | 3 | Scared | 3 | Nervous | 2 | Orphanage kids stick together | 2 | Sad | 2 | Verbally offend their family members | 2 | Look miserable | 2 | Blushes | 2 |
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