Ambiguous loss of home: Syrian refugees and the process of losing and remaking home.

Autor: Bunn M; Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois Chicago, 1601W. Taylor Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA., Samuels G; Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy and Practice, University of Chicago, 969 E. 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA., Higson-Smith C; Center for Victims of Torture, 2356 University Avenue West, St. Paul, MN 55114, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Wellbeing, space and society [Wellbeing Space Soc] 2023; Vol. 4. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Feb 22.
DOI: 10.1016/j.wss.2023.100136
Abstrakt: This constructivist-interpretive study examines social-relational dimensions of change and loss following experiences of political terror, war and forced migration from the perspective of Syrian refugee men and women who were presently living in Jordan (n=31). A process model derived from the analysis theorizes four dimensions of ambiguous loss (safety and security, social connections and identities, connection to place, and dreams and imagined future) and to capture the cyclical process of losing and remaking a sense of home in displacement. Our findings underscore a more complex set of processes that remain outside the array of supports and services provided by many current practices and policies with displaced populations generally, and Syrian refugees specifically. Thus, the findings highlight the need for ecological, integrative policies, interventions and services that support refugees' attempts to remake the multifaceted and stable phenomenon that is home as they transition into new communities.
Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
Databáze: MEDLINE