Development,Social-Emotional Behavior and Resilience of Orphaned Children in a Family-Oriented Setting |
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| Authors: | Berhanu N. Worku Teklu G. Abessa Evelien Franssen Marleen Vanvuchelen Patrick Kolsteren Marita Granitzer |
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| Affiliation: | 1.Department of Psychology,Jimma University,Jimma,Ethiopia;2.REVAL Rehabilitation Research Centre, Biomedical Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine & Life Sciences, Hasselt University,Hasselt,Belgium;3.Department of Special Needs and Inclusive Education,Jimma University,Jimma,Ethiopia;4.Department of Healthcare,PHL University College,Hasselt,Belgium;5.Department of Food Safety and Food Quality,Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University,Ghent,Belgium |
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| Abstract: | SOS children’s villages take care of orphaned or abandoned children who are likely to suffer from multiple psychosocial problems. Nevertheless, much is not known about the developmental, social-emotional, nutritional and resilience status of young SOS children (SOSc) living in poor settings of developing countries such as Ethiopia. The present study examined the developmental, social-emotional, nutritional and resilience status of SOSc in Jimma town of Ethiopia. In total, we selected 62 children (3.5–71.8 months of age; 32 boys and 30 girls) and tested for their personal-social, language, fine and gross motor development with the culturally adapted and standardized developmental screening tool, Denver II-Jimma; and their social-emotional behavior with the ages and stages questionnaire: social-emotional (ASQ:SE). We compared their outcomes to 62 age- and sex- matched family-reared children. To estimate the nutritional status of all children, we followed the WHO child growth standards. We used an interview guide to investigate resilience of the children. SOSc performed significantly poorer on language (p?p?p?
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