Research Article
A Qualitative Study of Georgian Youth Who Are on the Street or Institutionalized
Table 8
Key informant responses, centers (
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| (a) Toxicomania |
| | Sign/symptom | Number reporting |
| | Have hallucinations | 10 | | Aggressive | 10 | | Forget their problems | 9 | | Wear dirty clothes | 9 | | Cannot think/mentally, their mind is not working | 8 | | Imitate | 8 | | Sick/sick lungs/fall ill | 8 | | Steal | 7 | | Can’t give it up/addicted | 7 | | Smell glue strongly | 7 | | Inadequate behavior | 6 | | May violate others physically/beat others | 6 | | Killed someone accidentally/might kill someone | 5 | | Begging | 5 | | Have red eyes, eyes are wet, messed up, widened | 5 | | Sniff/get high | 5 | | Cannot stay still | 4 | | Don’t think/care of anything else | 4 | | Create another world for themselves | 4 | | Like drunk people | 4 | | Burst into laughter | 4 |
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| (b) Differentiation |
| | Description | Number reporting |
| | Others have no close relations with them | 9 | | Others make fun of them/talk about them | 8 | | Not made friends with | 5 | | Others who have experienced hardship feel pity for them | 4 | | Others treat them badly | 3 | | Teacher/others pays less attention to them | 3 | | Stigma in reference to these kids/labeling | 3 |
| | Sign/symptom | |
| | Cry | 11 | | Try to justify themselves | 6 | | Get angry | 6 | | Oppressed | 5 | | Heart aches/heart broken | 4 | | Nervous | 4 | | Closed and won’t open/don’t trust | 4 | | Sad | 4 | | Don’t enjoy talking/playing with kids | 4 | | Alone/lonely | 4 |
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| (c) Lack of parental warmth |
| | Sign/symptom | Number reporting |
| | Sad | 9 | | Aggressive | 8 | | Closed | 6 | | Cry | 6 | | Sorrowful | 5 | | Rude | 5 | | Oppressed | 5 | | Go away from home/to streets | 5 | | Does not communicate with anyone | 5 | | Do not make friends with others | 4 | | Eyes are sad | 4 | | In bad mood/not happy | 4 | | Are beggars | 4 | | Needs caressing | 4 | | Downtrodden | 4 | | Don’t want to play | 4 |
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| (d) Relationship between parents and kids |
| | Description | Number reporting |
| | Parent forces the kid to beg | 13 | | Parent beats the kid | 12 | | Parent doesn’t love her kid | 6 | | Some have bad/tense relationships | 4 | | Some have good relationships | 4 | | Parent wants to let the kid in | 4 | | Parent fights with kid | 3 | | Child fights with his/her mother | 3 | | Parents didn’t want to have this kid | 3 |
| | Sign/symptom | |
| | Kid is strict (if parent is strict) | 4 | | Cry | 4 | | Child revenges against family | 4 | | Aggressive | 4 | | Children feel bad | 3 | | Smoke cigarettes | 3 | | Sad | 3 |
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