We Left One War and Came to Another: Resource Loss, Acculturative Stress, and Caregiver-Child Relationships in Somali Refugee Families
We Left One War and Came to Another: Resource Loss, Acculturative Stress, and Caregiver-Child Relationships in Somali Refugee Families
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DOI：
10.1037/a0037538
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发表时间：
2015-01-01
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
Ellis, Heidi
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作者：
Betancourt, Theresa S.;Abdi, Saida;Ellis, Heidi
难民家庭在东道国谋生时，往往会遇到一些文化适应和重新安置的压力。这些困难可能因过去的创伤和暴力暴露而加剧，增加了精神健康问题的风险。需要更多地了解有助于难民家庭不顾风险积极发展和调整的保护程序（例如，弹性）。这项研究的目的是确定和审查的优势和资源，利用索马里难民儿童和家庭在波士顿地区克服重新安置和适应文化的压力。我们使用最大变异抽样进行共9个重点小组：5个重点小组（总参与者N = 30）在索马里难民青少年和青年，捕捉性别和年龄范围（15至25岁），以及4个重点小组的索马里难民母亲和父亲在组（总参与者N = 32）按性别分层。根据资源保护理论（COR），我们确定了5种形式的资源，包括个人，家庭和集体/社区的优势：宗教信仰，健康的家庭沟通，支持网络和同伴支持。“社区谈话”被认为是一种社区动态，对家庭运作既有消极影响，也有积极影响。索马里难民儿童和家庭的保护资源可以帮助抵消文化适应和重新安置的压力因素。许多这些当地产生的保护性资源有可能被家庭和社区干预措施所利用。这些调查结果正被用于设计预防性干预措施，以利用波士顿地区索马里难民的当地优势。
Refugee families often encounter a number of acculturative and resettlement stressors as they make lives for themselves in host countries. These difficulties may be compounded by past trauma and violence exposure, posing increased risk for mental health problems. Greater knowledge is needed about protective processes contributing to positive development and adjustment in refugee families despite risk (e.g., resilience). The aims of this research were to identify and examine strengths and resources utilized by Somali refugee children and families in the Boston area to overcome resettlement and acculturative stressors. We used maximum variation sampling to conduct a total of 9 focus groups: 5 focus groups (total participants N = 30) among Somali refugee adolescents and youth, capturing gender and a range of ages (15 to 25 years), as well as 4 focus groups of Somali refugee mothers and fathers in groups (total participants N = 32) stratified by gender. Drawing from conservation of resources theory (COR), we identified 5 forms of resources comprising individual, family, and collective/community strengths: religious faith, healthy family communication, support networks, and peer support. "Community talk" was identified as a community dynamic having both negative and positive implications for family functioning. Protective resources among Somali refugee children and families can help to offset acculturative and resettlement stressors. Many of these locally occurring protective resources have the potential to be leveraged by family and community-based interventions. These findings are being used to design preventative interventions that build on local strengths among Somali refugees in the Boston area.