Successful adaptation among Sudanese unaccompanied minors: Perspectives of youth and foster parents

Autor:	Jung Ah Lee, Tom Luster, Laura Bates, Desiree Qin, Meenal Rana
Rok vydání:	2010
Předmět:	Sense of agency Refugee media_common.quotation_subject Mental health Developmental psychology Foster care Developmental and Educational Psychology Psychological resilience Big Five personality traits Psychology Adaptation (computer science) Social psychology Foster parents media_common
Zdroj:	Childhood. 17:197-211
ISSN:	1461-7013 0907-5682
DOI:	10.1177/0907568210365664
Popis:	This study explores the adaptation of unaccompanied Sudanese refugee minors resettled in the US. Seven years after resettlement, in-depth interviews were conducted with 19 Sudanese youths and 20 foster parents regarding factors that contributed to successful adaptation. The youths emphasized personal agency and staying focused on getting an education. Foster parents emphasized the contribution of youths’ developmental histories to individual differences in personal attributes that, with contextual supports, influenced their trajectories after resettlement. Parents and youths differed in their views on the role that mental health and cultural obligations to family members in Africa played in successful adaptation.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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