Negotiation of gender responsibilities in resettled refugee populations through Relationship Enhancement training

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2394933
AutoresGoli Amin Bellinger (U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants, autor de correspondencia)
Año2013
Volumen50
Número3
Páginas455-471
Fecha de publicación2013-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaTranscultural Psychiatry (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1363-4615 • E-ISSN: 1461-7471
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1363461513481025
PMID23599392
OpenAlexW2007746418
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas15

Being uprooted, displaced, and resettled can produce great tension in refugee marriages. This paper details a technique to help refugees recognize and manage changes and threats to traditional gender roles after resettlement to western countries. A case study from a multisite psycho-educational marriage project illustrates the application of the Relationship Enhancement model with a Bhutanese couple. Through empathy and structured dialogue, the couple is coached to identify their core concerns about the changes in their lives and come up with mutually beneficial solutions. Focusing on the redistribution of each gender's prescribed responsibilities allows the clinician to respond to the cultural structuring of equitable division of labor while helping families to address new responsibilities in managing household duties, parenting, employment, and finances

Geography · Negotiation · Political science · Refugee · Sociology · Gender Studies · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Health and Trauma · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Psychology