Afghan unaccompanied refugee minors’ understandings of integration. An interpretative phenomenological analysis

IF 1.4 Q2 SOCIAL WORK

SMITH COLLEGE STUDIES IN SOCIAL WORK Pub Date : 2021-03-03 DOI:10.1080/00377317.2021.1889445

M. Hosseini, E. Punzi

引用次数: 4

Abstract

ABSTRACT There is a lack of knowledge concerning how unaccompanied refugee minors (UMs) perceive integration. This study concerns how Afghan UMs in Sweden understand integration. Seven young men, age 18–23, who came to Sweden as UMs, participated in semi-structured interviews, analyzed using interpretative phenomenological analysis. The results showed that integration was understood as a process in which relationships, connectedness, and concrete support are fundamental. Education, employment, and leisure activities were important for integration. Integration also improved by contributing to the new country, for example, through paying taxes or voluntary work. We discuss how integration could be supported, for example, through making UMs co-creators of interventions and through acknowledging the importance of meaningful activities, relationships, and concrete support.

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阿富汗无人陪伴的未成年难民对融合的理解。解释性现象学分析

摘要关于无人陪伴的未成年难民如何看待融入社会的问题，目前还缺乏相关知识。这项研究关注瑞典的阿富汗UMs如何理解一体化。七名年龄在18-23岁之间的年轻人作为UMs来到瑞典，他们参加了半结构化访谈，并使用解释性现象学分析进行了分析。研究结果表明，整合被理解为一个关系、连通性和具体支持是基础的过程。教育、就业和休闲活动对融合很重要。通过为新国家做出贡献，例如通过纳税或志愿工作，一体化也得到了改善。我们讨论了如何支持融合，例如，通过让UMs成为干预措施的共同创造者，以及通过承认有意义的活动、关系和具体支持的重要性。

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1.50

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10.00%

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期刊介绍： Smith College Studies in Social Work focuses on the vital issues facing practitioners today, featuring only those articles that advance theoretical understanding of psychological and social functioning, present clinically relevant research findings, and promote excellence in clinical practice. This refereed journal addresses issues of mental health, therapeutic process, trauma and recovery, psychopathology, racial and cultural diversity, culturally responsive clinical practice, intersubjectivity, the influence of postmodern theory on clinical practice, community based practice, and clinical services for specific populations of psychologically and socially vulnerable clients.