The importance of family at work with non accompanied foreign minors. A Pilot study

Abstract

The migration of people from places with huge economical or security problems to areas with broader guarantees has become a relevant topic of our age. The difficulties of the migration process itself raise when the migrating subjects are underage non accompanied children. The present study wants to show the results obtained in a pilot project where 12 Moroccan minors took part in a group treatment focused on family. From each participant, pretest and posttest measures were obtained in variables such as depression, self steem, alexythimia and family relationship. The statistical analysis show significative pretest-postest differences on each studied variable, as well as high effect sizes. These results suggest that when working with non accompanied foreign children the family of origin of the minor is a relevant factor that must be taken into account.

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Ochoa De Alda Martínez De Apelániz, I., Antón Romero, J., Rodríguez Nieto, A. & Atabi Sakia, H. (2009). La importancia del trabajo con la familia en la atención a menores extranjeros no acompañados. Un estudio piloto. Apuntes de Psicología, 27, 427-439.