Research Article

A Qualitative Study of Georgian Youth Who Are on the Street or Institutionalized

Table 7

Key informant responses, orphanages ( ).
(a) Missing parents

Sign/symptomNumber reporting

Cry14
Sad faces11
Always misses parents9
Aggressive5
Worried5
Always expecting4
Teary eyes4
Want to be at their homes/misses home4

(b) Relationships with parents

Sign/symptomNumber reporting

Mother says taking them home— happy4
Meet parents—joy4
Parents can’t take them—sad2
Mother beating me—escaping2
Playing with parents—feel good2
When sees mother, forgets how it hurt2

(c) Differentiation

DescriptionNumber reporting

Kids blamed and labeled7
Because from orphanage4
Teachers and guards steal things and blame it on us/blamed for stealing4
Different grading4
They treat us well4

Sign/symptom

Cry6
Justifies him/herself4
Get angry4
Aggressive3
Keep to themselves3
Scared3
Nervous2
Orphanage kids stick together2
Sad2
Verbally offend their family members2
Look miserable2
Blushes2