Carine Allaf
Biographic Data
| ID | 1733754 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Carine Allaf |
| GIVEN NAMES | Carine |
| FAMILY NAME | Allaf |
| SIGNATURE | ALLAF C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Qatar Foundation |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A Relational Approach to Understanding Psychosocial Wellbeing, Including Suicidal Ideation, Among Mena-Background Adolescents
Adolescent refugees from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region face significant acculturation challenges and stressors in the United States. This qualitative study draws upon the integrated motivational-volitional model to understand MENA-background adolescents’ psychosocial wellbeing and suicide risk in three U.S. cities. Local service providers served as key informants ( n = 27), sharing in-depth reflections on supporting newcomer stud…
Setting Research Priorities To Support Arabic-speaking Newcomer Students Resettled in the US
Meaning-focused coping as a cultural process
Opportunities and Obstacles for Achieving Language Equity among Adolescents Resettled from the Middle East and North Africa
Adolescents resettled to the US from conflict-affected countries in the Middle East and North Africa region face a range of acculturative challenges, including language barriers, that may affect their wellbeing. This qualitative study aims to understand the variety of approaches US schools use to support the education of Arabic-speaking students. Utilizing Ruíz’s influential typology of language orientations, our analysis reveals a range of schoo…
Psychosocial Well-Being, Mental Health, and Available Supports in an Arab Enclave
Introduction: Few studies have assessed the impact of displacement, resettlement, and discrimination on well-being outcomes for adolescent refugees resettled within the U.S. Conducted in three charter schools in the intergenerational Arab enclave of the Detroit Metropolitan Area, this mixed-methods study assessed the mental health and psychosocial support for both U.S.- and foreign-born adolescents from the Middle East and North Africa region. Me…
Supporting mental health and psychosocial wellbeing through social and emotional learning
Findings reported illustrate limitations of the conventional, universal SEL model and shed light on how schools can adapt transformative SEL strategies to serve their students better, especially newcomers from conflict-affected countries
SALaMA study protocol
This study will contribute evidence about the wellbeing of adolescents who come from - or whose parents come from - conflict-affected countries currently living in the U.S. Findings can be used to inform program and policy development to enable schools and their community partners to serve this population more effectively
We Are Here for the Future of Our Kids
Every year, thousands of young refugees and their families face challenges as they adjust to schools in the US. This article explores how families resettled to the US from conflict-affected, Arab-majority countries in the Middle East and North Africa region, such as Iraq and Syria, view education, and how parents support their children’s education following the experiences of resettlement. To centre the voices and lived experiences of these famil…
Ecologies of care
While this study underscores the resilience of newcomers and the value of local support systems, it also reflects the importance of investment in schools, mental health systems, and resettlement programs that can enable newcomers to achieve their full potential
School-based programs for Supporting the mental health and psychosocial wellbeing of adolescent forced migrants in high-income countries
Refuge 30.1 (General Issue) Print Copy
This is an accessible copy of issue 30.1. It was certified by a CPWA-certified accessibility professional as meeting or exceeding all accessibility conformance requirements with respect to: WCAG 2.0 Level A and AA WCAG 2.1 Level A and AA PDF/UA (David Berman Communications 13 October, 2025)
Displaced Sudanese Voices on Education, Dignity, and Humanitarian Aid
Education is viewed by Sudanese refugees and internally displaced persons as a key prerequisite for social status, prestige, socio-economic survival, and therefore human dignity. Using Sudan as a case study, the article demonstrates that humanitarian aid—which claims to ensure the basic conditions for a life with dignity—often attributes less importance to education than to other sectors such as water, nutrition, and health. Utilizing anecdotal e…
Opportunities and Obstacles for Achieving Language Equity among Adolescents Resettled from the Middle East and North Africa
Adolescents resettled to the US from conflict-affected countries in the Middle East and North Africa region face a range of acculturative challenges, including language barriers, that may affect their wellbeing. This qualitative study aims to understand the variety of approaches US schools use to support the education of Arabic-speaking students. Utilizing Ruíz’s influential typology of language orientations, our analysis reveals a range of schoo…
Meaning-focused coping as a cultural process
We Are Here for the Future of Our Kids
Every year, thousands of young refugees and their families face challenges as they adjust to schools in the US. This article explores how families resettled to the US from conflict-affected, Arab-majority countries in the Middle East and North Africa region, such as Iraq and Syria, view education, and how parents support their children’s education following the experiences of resettlement. To centre the voices and lived experiences of these famil…
Refuge 30.1 (General Issue) Print Copy
This is an accessible copy of issue 30.1. It was certified by a CPWA-certified accessibility professional as meeting or exceeding all accessibility conformance requirements with respect to: WCAG 2.0 Level A and AA WCAG 2.1 Level A and AA PDF/UA (David Berman Communications 13 October, 2025)
Displaced Sudanese Voices on Education, Dignity, and Humanitarian Aid
Education is viewed by Sudanese refugees and internally displaced persons as a key prerequisite for social status, prestige, socio-economic survival, and therefore human dignity. Using Sudan as a case study, the article demonstrates that humanitarian aid—which claims to ensure the basic conditions for a life with dignity—often attributes less importance to education than to other sectors such as water, nutrition, and health. Utilizing anecdotal e…
Ecologies of care
While this study underscores the resilience of newcomers and the value of local support systems, it also reflects the importance of investment in schools, mental health systems, and resettlement programs that can enable newcomers to achieve their full potential
School-based programs for Supporting the mental health and psychosocial wellbeing of adolescent forced migrants in high-income countries
SALaMA study protocol
This study will contribute evidence about the wellbeing of adolescents who come from - or whose parents come from - conflict-affected countries currently living in the U.S. Findings can be used to inform program and policy development to enable schools and their community partners to serve this population more effectively
We Are Here for the Future of Our Kids
Every year, thousands of young refugees and their families face challenges as they adjust to schools in the US. This article explores how families resettled to the US from conflict-affected, Arab-majority countries in the Middle East and North Africa region, such as Iraq and Syria, view education, and how parents support their children’s education following the experiences of resettlement. To centre the voices and lived experiences of these famil…
Psychosocial Well-Being, Mental Health, and Available Supports in an Arab Enclave
Introduction: Few studies have assessed the impact of displacement, resettlement, and discrimination on well-being outcomes for adolescent refugees resettled within the U.S. Conducted in three charter schools in the intergenerational Arab enclave of the Detroit Metropolitan Area, this mixed-methods study assessed the mental health and psychosocial support for both U.S.- and foreign-born adolescents from the Middle East and North Africa region. Me…
Supporting mental health and psychosocial wellbeing through social and emotional learning
Findings reported illustrate limitations of the conventional, universal SEL model and shed light on how schools can adapt transformative SEL strategies to serve their students better, especially newcomers from conflict-affected countries
Opportunities and Obstacles for Achieving Language Equity among Adolescents Resettled from the Middle East and North Africa
Adolescents resettled to the US from conflict-affected countries in the Middle East and North Africa region face a range of acculturative challenges, including language barriers, that may affect their wellbeing. This qualitative study aims to understand the variety of approaches US schools use to support the education of Arabic-speaking students. Utilizing Ruíz’s influential typology of language orientations, our analysis reveals a range of schoo…
Meaning-focused coping as a cultural process
A Relational Approach to Understanding Psychosocial Wellbeing, Including Suicidal Ideation, Among Mena-Background Adolescents
Adolescent refugees from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region face significant acculturation challenges and stressors in the United States. This qualitative study draws upon the integrated motivational-volitional model to understand MENA-background adolescents’ psychosocial wellbeing and suicide risk in three U.S. cities. Local service providers served as key informants ( n = 27), sharing in-depth reflections on supporting newcomer stud…
Setting Research Priorities To Support Arabic-speaking Newcomer Students Resettled in the US
Sociology (10 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Migration, Health and Trauma (8 works) · Education and experiences of immigrants and refugees (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Psychiatry (7 works) · Psychosocial (7 works) · Focus group (6 works) · Mental health (6 works) · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research (6 works)