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## Background The emergence of a large population of orphaned youth in sub-Saharan Africa is due to the natural maturity of orphaned children. Research indicates that orphaned youth face more negative psychosocial challenges than their younger counterparts do. Furthermore, these challenges are intensified for early school leavers. This paper describes how experiencing maternal death affects the psychosocial wellbeing of orphaned youth who left school before completing high school. ## Methods An exploratory qualitative study was undertaken among purposively sampled orphaned youth using in-depth interviews with open-ended questions. Fifty participants were recruited through social workers, community based organisations, and tribal authorities in a rural local municipality of Mpumalanga Province, South Africa. All data analyses were performed using NVivo10, following an inductive thematic approach. ## Results The narratives with the participants revealed that they live in a socially depressed environment and are subjected to extreme poverty characterised by frequent hunger. Furthermore, they do not enjoy family support and when they live with their extended families, they experience i

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Author

Ntuli, Busisiwe; Mokgatle, Mathildah; Madiba, Sphiwe; Mughal, Muhammad A. Z.

Publisher

Public Library of Science; San Francisco CA: Public Library of Science; Publons; ScienceOpen; Public Library of Science (PLoS) (ISSN 1932-6203)

Published

2020

Language

EN

Field

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Life Sciences)