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[Growing up as an occupation child of World War II in Germany: Rationale and methods of a study on German occupation children].
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The background, methodological approaches and descriptive information on a sample for the first German-based empirical study on this topic are provided and an instrument to assess the target group was developed through participatory methods.Abstract:
Zusammenfassung Fragestellung: Die Erfahrungen der deutschen Besatzungskinder wurden bisher vorrangig im historischen Kontext beschrieben. Empirische Forschung zu psychosozialen Konsequenzendes Aufwachsens als Besatzungskind fehlte bislang. Die Arbeit stellt Hintergrund, methodisches Vorgehen und Stichprobe der ersten deutschsprachigen empirischenUntersuchung dazu dar; beschreibt methodische Herausforderungen und Losungswege. Methoden: Besatzungskinder stellen eine schwer erreichbare Zielgruppe dar (Hidden Population). Daher bedarf es bei der Untersuchung sowohl des Einbezugs von Personen aus der Zielgruppe als auch wissenschaftlicher Experten (partizipativer Ansatz) und besonderer Zugangswege. Der verwendete Fragebogen enthalt adaptierte etablierte und psychometrisch validierte Instrumente sowie auch angepasste beziehungsweise eigenentwickelte Items. Es wurden N = 146 deutsche Besatzungskinder (mittleres Alter 63.4 Jahre, 63.0%Frauen) uber Presseaufrufe und Kontakt zu Plattformen von Besatzungskindern sc...read more
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