Social Support From Friends Among Unaccompanied Young Refugees

IF 1.3 4区 心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL
Serap Keles, B. Oppedal
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Abstract. Background: Social support is an important resource and source of self-esteem and belongingness for all children and youths. Yet, for unaccompanied asylum-seeking and refugee minors, who leave their home countries without a caretaking adult, extra-familial social, supportive networks in exile may be crucial for their well-being. We propose that their origin in collectivist cultures involves resources for re-establishing social networks in countries of resettlement. Aim: The overall aim of this study is to examine if cultural factors such as values and self-construals are associated with variations in perceived social support from friends among unaccompanied young refugees. We propose a model in which related self-construals mediate the association between collectivist values and perceived friend support. Method: We collected cross-sectional self-report questionnaire data from 611 unaccompanied young refugees (84.5% male; Mage = 18.49 years,  SD = 2.57 years) who had been granted residence in Norway. Results: Structural equation analyses revealed that higher levels of collectivist values were associated with stronger related self-construals, which, in turn, were positively associated with stronger perceived support from friends. However, related self-construals only acted as a partial mediator. Limitations: The generalizability of our findings to other groups of immigrant children and youth and/or to unaccompanied refugees in other countries is unknown and should be examined in future studies. Conclusion: Our results contribute new theoretical knowledge about how the development of social supportive relationships in the diaspora is embedded in cross-cultural contexts. Maintaining aspects of one’s heritage culture can promote resilient outcomes among unaccompanied young refugees.
无人陪伴的年轻难民中朋友的社会支持
摘要背景:社会支持是所有儿童和青少年自尊和归属感的重要资源和来源。然而,对于无人陪伴的寻求庇护者和难民未成年人来说,在没有成年人照顾的情况下离开祖国,流亡中的家庭外社会支持网络可能对他们的福祉至关重要。我们建议,他们在集体主义文化中的起源涉及在重新安置国家重建社会网络的资源。目的:本研究的总体目的是检验文化因素,如价值观和自我意识是否与孤身青年难民感知到的来自朋友的社会支持的变化有关。我们提出了一个模型,在这个模型中,相关的自我理解调解了集体主义价值观和感知的朋友支持之间的联系。方法:我们收集了611名无人陪伴青年难民的横断面自我报告问卷数据(84.5%男性;年龄为18.49岁,年龄为2.57岁),获得挪威居留权。结果:结构方程分析表明,较高水平的集体主义价值观与较强的相关自我结构相关,而自我结构相关的自我结构又与较强的感知到的朋友支持正相关。然而,相关的自我理解只起到部分中介作用。局限性:我们的研究结果对其他移民儿童和青年群体和/或其他国家的无人陪伴难民的普遍性是未知的,应该在未来的研究中进行检查。结论:我们的研究结果为如何在跨文化背景下发展散居海外的社会支持关系提供了新的理论知识。维护本国遗产文化的各个方面可以促进无人陪伴的年轻难民取得有韧性的成果。
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期刊介绍: Die "Zeitschrift für Gesundheitspsychologie" wurde gegründet, um dem raschen Anwachsen gesundheitspsychologischer Forschung sowie deren Relevanz für verschiedene Anwendungsfelder gerecht zu werden. Gesundheitspsychologie versteht sich als wissenschaftlicher Beitrag der Psychologie zur Förderung und Erhaltung von Gesundheit, zur Verhütung und Behandlung von Krankheiten, zur Bestimmung von Risikoverhaltensweisen, zur Diagnose und Ursachenbestimmung von gesundheitlichen Störungen sowie zur Verbessung des Systems gesundheitlicher Vorsorge.
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