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This article reports on a qualitative study of adolescents living in residential care in Sweden. Six adolescents, three girls and three boys, who were the first to live in a newly opened treatment home, were interviewed about their experiences 2–3 years after they had left the home. Their experiences were in retrospect very different from each other. The results are discussed from the perspectives of individual differences, the special situation in an institution, relationships and gender. It is concluded that in spite of the fact that youth who live in a residential care institution live in the same environment, the individuals perceive it in their own unique ways.
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Johansson, J., Andersson, B. Living in Residential Care: Experiences in a Treatment Home for Adolescents in Sweden. Child Youth Care Forum 35, 305–318 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10566-006-9018-7
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