청소년동반자의 문화다양성 경험에 대한 내러티브 연구

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to understand the cultural diversity experiences of youth companions. To this end, personal in-depth interviews were conducted with three study participants with more than 5 years of experience while serving as a youth companions, and the results were analyzed in a narrative way. The data collection period was from January to April 2023. As a result of the study, the cultural diversity experience of the participants consisted of three domains: the youth companion's own cultural diversity experience, discovery of the cultural characteristics of at-risk youth, and response to cultural diversity in youth counseling practice. It was found that these cultural diversity experiences of the study participants were integrated into forming an identity as a 'companions of adolescents who understand, care for, and grow cultural diversity of themselves and adolescents'. The results of this study suggest that understanding and reflection on youth companions' own cultural diversity experiences can be positively integrated into understanding and advocating the problems of crisis youth in terms of cultural diversity.