There Is No Bad Bush To Throw a ‘Bad’ Child”
Liberian Refugee Parenting and Parent-Child Relationships Post-migration
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12158695 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sarah Griffe (0009-0001-1458-0355, Michigan State University, corresponding author), Lekie Dwanyen (0000-0002-4543-6890, Michigan State University), Aysoltan Maxudov (Michigan State University), Yi Huang (0000-0001-5702-0705, Michigan State University), Yaochong Huang, Elizabeth Wieling (0000-0003-1490-6471, University of Georgia) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Publication date | 2025-09-09 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Contemporary Family Therapy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0892-2764 • E-ISSN: 1573-3335 |
| Publisher | Springer Science+Business Media (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s10591-025-09759-7 |
| OpenAlex | W4414145132 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 31 |
Forced migration inherently raises caregiving stress and strains in parent-child relationships. The current phenomenological needs assessment was conducted to understand this unique adjustment experience within a long-term resettled Liberian community in the U.S. Semi-structured interviews with 20 key informants (e.g., community leaders, professional individuals and entities) and three focus groups with 20 Liberian community members sought to understand parenting and parent-child relationships within this community. Study results revealed three primary themes: culture and parenting norms, parenting strategies post-migration, and parenting supports. The results of this study support the acculturation gap-distress model: Liberian children often acculturated faster than their parents and these acculturation gaps created additional stressors for families. Findings suggest that families require longer-term financial support and other resources, community members (e.g., teachers, school administrators, social workers) would benefit from training in cultural differences, and culturally attuned therapy and parenting education could benefit families
Acculturation · Cultural diversity · Focus group · Refugee · Social support · Stressor · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Health and Trauma · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Social Work
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Across Generations
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Resettlement and Relational Adjustment
Trauma and Humanitarian Translation in Liberia
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Family interventions in traumatized immigrants and refugees
A mental health needs assessment of children and adolescents in post-conflict Liberia
We left one war and came to another
Persistent Psychopathology in the Wake of Civil War
Understanding the mental health consequences of family separation for refugees
A Bioecological Model of Mass Trauma
Naturalistic inquiry
Refugee Resettlement and Parenting in a Different Context
Pathways linking war and displacement to parenting and child adjustment
Integrating Mental Health into Post-conflict Rehabilitation
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |