The Online Attachment Aspect in Increasing the Resiliency of Children at the Child Welfare Institutions

Anna Sakreti Nawangsari; Fentiny Nugroho; Isbandi Rukminto Adi

doi:10.47814/ijssrr.v7i10.2368

Anna Sakreti Nawangsari University of Indonesia, Indonesia
Fentiny Nugroho Department of Social Welfare, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia
Isbandi Rukminto Adi Department of Social Welfare, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.47814/ijssrr.v7i10.2368

Keywords: Attachment; Online Attachment; Protective Factors; Resilience; Risk Factors

Abstract

Institutional care is a place in which children are exposed to a variety of risk factors that can affect their well-being and development. One of the risk factors experienced by children in institutional care is attachment problems. Attachment has a significant role in children's psychological development and mental health. In resilience studies, exploring protective factors for children in institutional care is very significant to increase children's resilience in facing challenges and risk factors. Using qualitative methods and direct observation as well as purposive sample selection of children in institutional care, this research analyzes protective factors against attachment problem for children in institutional care using Bowlby's theory. The informants for this research were children who lived in institutions with a minimum stay of 1 year. The study result identify online attachment as a protective factor for children in post covid institutional care because children are given access to online means of communication with family. Online communication and interaction with biological parents and biological family is carried out intensively so that they gain motivation and can release the longing caused by separation from family and parents. In the future, this reserach will open up opportunities for online communication training for children, families, and caregivers.

Author Biographies

Fentiny Nugroho, Department of Social Welfare, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia

Fentiny Nugroho is Profesor in Social Welfare and Poverty in Social Welfare Dept, University of Indonesia.

Isbandi Rukminto Adi, Department of Social Welfare, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia

Isbandi Rukminto Adi is a professor at Social Welfare and Poverty, Dept of Social Welfare, University of Indonesia. He is currently head of Social Welfare Department of University of Indonesia

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