Ecological self-image and behaviours for children living on the streets of Harare

Samson Mhizha, Justin Tandire, Tinashe Muromo and McDonald Matika

Development Southern Africa, 2016, vol. 33, issue 1, 39-52

Abstract: The present study sought to explore the relationship between street childhood and adolescent ecological self-image. The research objectives were to investigate the nature of ecological self-image for street children and to determine the ecological behaviours for street children in Harare. A psycho-ethnographic research design was employed. The participants were 16 street-living adolescent children aged between 12 and 18 years and six key informants, all in Harare, Zimbabwe. A total of 22 participants took part in this study. Snowballing was used to recruit key informant interviewees, while purposive sampling was used to recruit participants for focus group discussions, in-depth interview, and participant and non-participant observations. Thematic content analysis was used for analysing the data. Data analysis revealed that the adolescent street children's ecological self-image is largely negative. These street children seemed to have estranged from their biological families to identify with the streets.

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1080/0376835X.2015.1113124

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