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Ecologies of Resilience for Australian High School Students from Refugee Backgrounds: Quantitative Study
Forced displacement of refugees, currently at record levels, leads to increased cultural diversity in many countries with benefits and challenges for individuals, communities, and societies. Refugees often face significant stressors both pre- and post-migration, and hence are at increased risk of po...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8775447/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35055569 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19020748 |
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author | Miller, Emily Ziaian, Tahereh de Anstiss, Helena Baak, Melanie |
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description | Forced displacement of refugees, currently at record levels, leads to increased cultural diversity in many countries with benefits and challenges for individuals, communities, and societies. Refugees often face significant stressors both pre- and post-migration, and hence are at increased risk of poor mental health and wellbeing. Children and adolescents make up a significant proportion of refugees globally, and hence mental health supports for these young people are crucial. Current mental health research often uses pathologized approaches that focus on trauma, although there is growing literature highlighting the importance of a sense of belonging and the reduction in discrimination and social exclusion, emphasizing strengths and agency of individuals and communities. Resilience is often noted for its positive influence on mental health and wellbeing; however, research regarding how mechanisms of resilience function is still developing. This study investigated mental health and wellbeing of refugee-background Australian youth to better understand the role and function of resilience. Findings suggest that intersecting social ecologies, such as those within family, school, or community networks, contribute to development of identity and a sense of belonging for youth, which together form a resilient system that provides resources for wellbeing. Adaptations of school policy and practice can support positive mental health and wellbeing outcomes by contributing to and developing resilient environments, such as through building connections to family, improving positive recognition of cultural identity for individuals and across the whole school community, and actively working to minimize discrimination. |
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spelling | pubmed-87754472022-01-21 Ecologies of Resilience for Australian High School Students from Refugee Backgrounds: Quantitative Study Miller, Emily Ziaian, Tahereh de Anstiss, Helena Baak, Melanie Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Forced displacement of refugees, currently at record levels, leads to increased cultural diversity in many countries with benefits and challenges for individuals, communities, and societies. Refugees often face significant stressors both pre- and post-migration, and hence are at increased risk of poor mental health and wellbeing. Children and adolescents make up a significant proportion of refugees globally, and hence mental health supports for these young people are crucial. Current mental health research often uses pathologized approaches that focus on trauma, although there is growing literature highlighting the importance of a sense of belonging and the reduction in discrimination and social exclusion, emphasizing strengths and agency of individuals and communities. Resilience is often noted for its positive influence on mental health and wellbeing; however, research regarding how mechanisms of resilience function is still developing. This study investigated mental health and wellbeing of refugee-background Australian youth to better understand the role and function of resilience. Findings suggest that intersecting social ecologies, such as those within family, school, or community networks, contribute to development of identity and a sense of belonging for youth, which together form a resilient system that provides resources for wellbeing. Adaptations of school policy and practice can support positive mental health and wellbeing outcomes by contributing to and developing resilient environments, such as through building connections to family, improving positive recognition of cultural identity for individuals and across the whole school community, and actively working to minimize discrimination. MDPI 2022-01-10 /pmc/articles/PMC8775447/ /pubmed/35055569 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19020748 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Miller, Emily Ziaian, Tahereh de Anstiss, Helena Baak, Melanie Ecologies of Resilience for Australian High School Students from Refugee Backgrounds: Quantitative Study |
title | Ecologies of Resilience for Australian High School Students from Refugee Backgrounds: Quantitative Study |
title_full | Ecologies of Resilience for Australian High School Students from Refugee Backgrounds: Quantitative Study |
title_fullStr | Ecologies of Resilience for Australian High School Students from Refugee Backgrounds: Quantitative Study |
title_full_unstemmed | Ecologies of Resilience for Australian High School Students from Refugee Backgrounds: Quantitative Study |
title_short | Ecologies of Resilience for Australian High School Students from Refugee Backgrounds: Quantitative Study |
title_sort | ecologies of resilience for australian high school students from refugee backgrounds: quantitative study |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8775447/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35055569 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19020748 |
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