Tahereh Ziaian
Biographic Data
| ID | 125059 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tahereh Ziaian |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tahereh |
| FAMILY NAME | Ziaian |
| SIGNATURE | ZIAIAN T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of South Australia |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3174-2405 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 79 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Marital Relationships After Migration
Migration creates significant life changes for migrants, influenced by various factors that differ among cultures. One area that undergoes significant change is marital relationships. Iranians, balancing tradition and modernity, navigate challenges and opportunities in migration. This review examines studies of post-migration experiences of Iranian migrants, focusing on marital relationships. Thematic analysis was employed to synthesize the data …
Family dynamics and psychological wellbeing of South Asian migrant youth in Australia
The Mental Health of Refugee and Migrant Youth after Settlement
Being of immigrant background is a risk factor for poor mental health among youth. In OECD countries such as Australia, Canada and the United States, both immigration and youth are a policy-focus as these countries are popular destinations for immigrants. The purpose of this study was to investigate the mental health of immigrant youth to better support their acculturation and mental health. This study compared the mental health of immigrant yout…
The impact of acculturation and psychological wellbeing on South Asian immigrant adolescents and youth
Among the global immigrant population, one of the fastest growing populations is the South Asian community. South Asian youth have experienced difficulties acculturating to the host culture. These difficulties have caused issues relating to identity and conflicts with family members relating to dating, marriage, and education. This scoping review will aim to summarize the literature available on acculturation and psychological well-being. The sco…
The Role of Acculturative Stress on the Mental Health of Immigrant Youth
Acculturation after settlement has been identified as a risk factor affecting the mental health of immigrant youth. Increasing rates of immigration and expanding populations of immigrant youth mean that addressing their mental is a priority. Acculturative stress is the stress-response resulting from the effects of multiple stressors that result from the need to acculturate. Among youth within the developmental stages of late adolescence and emerg…
Family Functioning and the Psychological Wellbeing of Refugee-Background Youth in Australia
Experiences of young people from refugee backgrounds in resettlement are impacted by their families, communities, and society. This study investigated factors that affected the psychological wellbeing of refugee-background youth, highlighting the complex relationships between these factors. Quantitative survey data collected from refugee-background youth in Australia, aged 14-26 (n = 556) were analyzed using structural equation modeling. Results …
Practices for inclusion, structures of marginalisation
Ecologies of Resilience for Australian High School Students from Refugee Backgrounds
Forced displacement of refugees, currently at record levels, leads to increased cultural diversity in many countries with benefits and challenges for individuals, communities, and societies. Refugees often face significant stressors both pre- and post-migration, and hence are at increased risk of poor mental health and wellbeing. Children and adolescents make up a significant proportion of refugees globally, and hence mental health supports for t…
Refugees at Work
It is widely recognised that employment is vital in assisting young refugees' integration into a new society. Drawing on psychosocial safety climate (PSC) theory, this research investigated the effect of organisational climate on young refugee workers' mental health (psychological distress) through stressful social relational aspects of work (e.g., harassment, discrimination). Drawing on data from 635 young refugees aged between 15 and 26 in Sout…
Recognition of refugee students’ cultural wealth and social capital in resettlement
Internationally, recent population movements due to conflict, climate change and global inequality have resulted in increased cultural and linguistic diversity in many societies. As a result, education systems are increasingly grappling with how to adapt practice to provide educational access and opportunities with increasingly diverse student cohorts. Here we present the analysis of qualitative data from interviews in a mixed-methods study that …
Family influence on refugee youth education and employment aspirations and choices
During cultural transition, refugee-background youth in Australia must navigate adolescence and the demands of cultural transition and adaptation, including educational and employment decisions. Using a qualitative methodology we report on a study exploring the influence of family – including parents, siblings and extended family members – on youth aspirations and decision-making regarding education and employment pathways. Based on interviews wi…
Identity and belonging
People from refugee backgrounds can experience identity issues living between two cultures. Identity development for adolescents and youth, is further complicated by simultaneously having to navigate between childhood and adulthood, and expectations of parents, ethnic community, and host society.Objective: This study with refugee-background youth and adults, explored participants’ perceptions of being Australian and their sense of belonging, afte…
Australian school practices and the education experiences of students with a refugee background
Schools have the potential for significant impact on the lives of Australian students with a refugee background. Many of these young people speak at least one language other than English, have previous histories of interrupted schooling or have experienced trauma during times of displacement and forced migration. Combined with the further challenges of settling within an unfamiliar cultural frame, these students experience a range of circumstance…
Relationships in a new country
Australia's approach to immigration, as internationally, is largely concerned with state sovereignty, border protection and restrictionism towards asylum seekers. However, with just under a million refugees currently residing in Australia, and with 13,750 more added to this number each year, there is also an interest in ensuring that those who are granted humanitarian protection are socially integrated. This article reports on a qualitative inves…
Refugee Students’ Psychological Wellbeing and Experiences in the Australian Education System
Refugee children and adolescents are widely acknowledged to experience multiple disadvantages that place them at increased risk of poor education and employment outcomes, which in turn affect their
Emotional and Behavioural Problems Among Refugee Children and Adolescents Living in South Australia
While there is a growing body of literature on the mental health status of adult refugees, children have been relatively neglected in research, particularly in Australia. This study investigated the prevalence of emotional and behavioural problems and patterns of service utilisation among 530 refugee children and adolescents aged 4–17 years living in South Australia. Parents and teachers of children aged 4–17 years and adolescents aged 13–17 year…
An exploration of absconding behaviours from culturally and linguistically diverse psychiatric hospital patients in Australia
Psychiatric morbidity among minority populations is believed to be higher than in the general population due to unmet healthcare needs and where significant health inequalities are experienced within culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) populations. Absconding (psychiatric patients running away from hospital) is a high-risk event and has been linked to harm to self and others. Very little research has been conducted into the absconding be…
Experiences of Chinese Immigrants and Anglo-Australians Ageing in Australia
This study explored the life experiences and views on successful ageing of older Australians. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 21 participants consisting of 10 Chinese-Australians and 11 Anglo-Australians, aged 55 to 78 years. Data were analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Results revealed that both groups associated successful ageing with health and personal responsibility. Anglo-Australians regarded growing old…
Help-seeking for Mental Health Problems in Young Refugees
The large and diverse bodies of literature on refugee child and adolescent mental health have not been matched by a commensurate interest in help-seeking. Most help-seeking research has centred on Western and, to a lesser extent, non-refugee ethnic minority adult populations. An emerging child and adolescent help-seeking literature consistently reports widespread underutilization of mental health services by children in the general population. Cu…
Mental health help-seeking and refugee adolescents
There is general agreement in Australia and other Western resettlement countries that many refugee adolescents with social, behavioural, and mental health problems are not accessing mental health care. There is, however, a paucity of research on refugee adolescent mental health service utilisation and help-seeking. Most research to date has centred on adolescents in the general population, and even then is still very limited. This paper presents …
Health-related quality of life of children and adolescents with chronic illness – a two year prospective study
Indian Suicide and Marriage
This study explores the impact of gender and marital status on suicide rates in India. It was hypothesized on the basis of established findings elsewhere that suicide rates for those who are married would be lower than for all other marital categories. It was also predicted that with two significant exceptions for all marital categories, male suicide rates would be higher than female rates. The predicted exceptions were for suicides by widows and…
Mental health help-seeking and refugee adolescents
There is general agreement in Australia and other Western resettlement countries that many refugee adolescents with social, behavioural, and mental health problems are not accessing mental health care. There is, however, a paucity of research on refugee adolescent mental health service utilisation and help-seeking. Most research to date has centred on adolescents in the general population, and even then is still very limited. This paper presents …
Refugee Students’ Psychological Wellbeing and Experiences in the Australian Education System
Refugee children and adolescents are widely acknowledged to experience multiple disadvantages that place them at increased risk of poor education and employment outcomes, which in turn affect their
Experiences of Chinese Immigrants and Anglo-Australians Ageing in Australia
This study explored the life experiences and views on successful ageing of older Australians. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 21 participants consisting of 10 Chinese-Australians and 11 Anglo-Australians, aged 55 to 78 years. Data were analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Results revealed that both groups associated successful ageing with health and personal responsibility. Anglo-Australians regarded growing old…
Recognition of refugee students’ cultural wealth and social capital in resettlement
Internationally, recent population movements due to conflict, climate change and global inequality have resulted in increased cultural and linguistic diversity in many societies. As a result, education systems are increasingly grappling with how to adapt practice to provide educational access and opportunities with increasingly diverse student cohorts. Here we present the analysis of qualitative data from interviews in a mixed-methods study that …
Emotional and Behavioural Problems Among Refugee Children and Adolescents Living in South Australia
While there is a growing body of literature on the mental health status of adult refugees, children have been relatively neglected in research, particularly in Australia. This study investigated the prevalence of emotional and behavioural problems and patterns of service utilisation among 530 refugee children and adolescents aged 4–17 years living in South Australia. Parents and teachers of children aged 4–17 years and adolescents aged 13–17 year…
Identity and belonging
People from refugee backgrounds can experience identity issues living between two cultures. Identity development for adolescents and youth, is further complicated by simultaneously having to navigate between childhood and adulthood, and expectations of parents, ethnic community, and host society.Objective: This study with refugee-background youth and adults, explored participants’ perceptions of being Australian and their sense of belonging, afte…
Family Functioning and the Psychological Wellbeing of Refugee-Background Youth in Australia
Experiences of young people from refugee backgrounds in resettlement are impacted by their families, communities, and society. This study investigated factors that affected the psychological wellbeing of refugee-background youth, highlighting the complex relationships between these factors. Quantitative survey data collected from refugee-background youth in Australia, aged 14-26 (n = 556) were analyzed using structural equation modeling. Results …
Indian Suicide and Marriage
This study explores the impact of gender and marital status on suicide rates in India. It was hypothesized on the basis of established findings elsewhere that suicide rates for those who are married would be lower than for all other marital categories. It was also predicted that with two significant exceptions for all marital categories, male suicide rates would be higher than female rates. The predicted exceptions were for suicides by widows and…
The Role of Acculturative Stress on the Mental Health of Immigrant Youth
Acculturation after settlement has been identified as a risk factor affecting the mental health of immigrant youth. Increasing rates of immigration and expanding populations of immigrant youth mean that addressing their mental is a priority. Acculturative stress is the stress-response resulting from the effects of multiple stressors that result from the need to acculturate. Among youth within the developmental stages of late adolescence and emerg…
Family influence on refugee youth education and employment aspirations and choices
During cultural transition, refugee-background youth in Australia must navigate adolescence and the demands of cultural transition and adaptation, including educational and employment decisions. Using a qualitative methodology we report on a study exploring the influence of family – including parents, siblings and extended family members – on youth aspirations and decision-making regarding education and employment pathways. Based on interviews wi…
Relationships in a new country
Australia's approach to immigration, as internationally, is largely concerned with state sovereignty, border protection and restrictionism towards asylum seekers. However, with just under a million refugees currently residing in Australia, and with 13,750 more added to this number each year, there is also an interest in ensuring that those who are granted humanitarian protection are socially integrated. This article reports on a qualitative inves…
The Mental Health of Refugee and Migrant Youth after Settlement
Being of immigrant background is a risk factor for poor mental health among youth. In OECD countries such as Australia, Canada and the United States, both immigration and youth are a policy-focus as these countries are popular destinations for immigrants. The purpose of this study was to investigate the mental health of immigrant youth to better support their acculturation and mental health. This study compared the mental health of immigrant yout…
Indian Suicide and Marriage
This study explores the impact of gender and marital status on suicide rates in India. It was hypothesized on the basis of established findings elsewhere that suicide rates for those who are married would be lower than for all other marital categories. It was also predicted that with two significant exceptions for all marital categories, male suicide rates would be higher than female rates. The predicted exceptions were for suicides by widows and…
Health-related quality of life of children and adolescents with chronic illness – a two year prospective study
Help-seeking for Mental Health Problems in Young Refugees
The large and diverse bodies of literature on refugee child and adolescent mental health have not been matched by a commensurate interest in help-seeking. Most help-seeking research has centred on Western and, to a lesser extent, non-refugee ethnic minority adult populations. An emerging child and adolescent help-seeking literature consistently reports widespread underutilization of mental health services by children in the general population. Cu…
Mental health help-seeking and refugee adolescents
There is general agreement in Australia and other Western resettlement countries that many refugee adolescents with social, behavioural, and mental health problems are not accessing mental health care. There is, however, a paucity of research on refugee adolescent mental health service utilisation and help-seeking. Most research to date has centred on adolescents in the general population, and even then is still very limited. This paper presents …
An exploration of absconding behaviours from culturally and linguistically diverse psychiatric hospital patients in Australia
Psychiatric morbidity among minority populations is believed to be higher than in the general population due to unmet healthcare needs and where significant health inequalities are experienced within culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) populations. Absconding (psychiatric patients running away from hospital) is a high-risk event and has been linked to harm to self and others. Very little research has been conducted into the absconding be…
Experiences of Chinese Immigrants and Anglo-Australians Ageing in Australia
This study explored the life experiences and views on successful ageing of older Australians. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 21 participants consisting of 10 Chinese-Australians and 11 Anglo-Australians, aged 55 to 78 years. Data were analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Results revealed that both groups associated successful ageing with health and personal responsibility. Anglo-Australians regarded growing old…
Emotional and Behavioural Problems Among Refugee Children and Adolescents Living in South Australia
While there is a growing body of literature on the mental health status of adult refugees, children have been relatively neglected in research, particularly in Australia. This study investigated the prevalence of emotional and behavioural problems and patterns of service utilisation among 530 refugee children and adolescents aged 4–17 years living in South Australia. Parents and teachers of children aged 4–17 years and adolescents aged 13–17 year…
Refugee Students’ Psychological Wellbeing and Experiences in the Australian Education System
Refugee children and adolescents are widely acknowledged to experience multiple disadvantages that place them at increased risk of poor education and employment outcomes, which in turn affect their
Australian school practices and the education experiences of students with a refugee background
Schools have the potential for significant impact on the lives of Australian students with a refugee background. Many of these young people speak at least one language other than English, have previous histories of interrupted schooling or have experienced trauma during times of displacement and forced migration. Combined with the further challenges of settling within an unfamiliar cultural frame, these students experience a range of circumstance…
Relationships in a new country
Australia's approach to immigration, as internationally, is largely concerned with state sovereignty, border protection and restrictionism towards asylum seekers. However, with just under a million refugees currently residing in Australia, and with 13,750 more added to this number each year, there is also an interest in ensuring that those who are granted humanitarian protection are socially integrated. This article reports on a qualitative inves…
Refugees at Work
It is widely recognised that employment is vital in assisting young refugees' integration into a new society. Drawing on psychosocial safety climate (PSC) theory, this research investigated the effect of organisational climate on young refugee workers' mental health (psychological distress) through stressful social relational aspects of work (e.g., harassment, discrimination). Drawing on data from 635 young refugees aged between 15 and 26 in Sout…
Recognition of refugee students’ cultural wealth and social capital in resettlement
Internationally, recent population movements due to conflict, climate change and global inequality have resulted in increased cultural and linguistic diversity in many societies. As a result, education systems are increasingly grappling with how to adapt practice to provide educational access and opportunities with increasingly diverse student cohorts. Here we present the analysis of qualitative data from interviews in a mixed-methods study that …
Family influence on refugee youth education and employment aspirations and choices
During cultural transition, refugee-background youth in Australia must navigate adolescence and the demands of cultural transition and adaptation, including educational and employment decisions. Using a qualitative methodology we report on a study exploring the influence of family – including parents, siblings and extended family members – on youth aspirations and decision-making regarding education and employment pathways. Based on interviews wi…
Identity and belonging
People from refugee backgrounds can experience identity issues living between two cultures. Identity development for adolescents and youth, is further complicated by simultaneously having to navigate between childhood and adulthood, and expectations of parents, ethnic community, and host society.Objective: This study with refugee-background youth and adults, explored participants’ perceptions of being Australian and their sense of belonging, afte…
Practices for inclusion, structures of marginalisation
Ecologies of Resilience for Australian High School Students from Refugee Backgrounds
Forced displacement of refugees, currently at record levels, leads to increased cultural diversity in many countries with benefits and challenges for individuals, communities, and societies. Refugees often face significant stressors both pre- and post-migration, and hence are at increased risk of poor mental health and wellbeing. Children and adolescents make up a significant proportion of refugees globally, and hence mental health supports for t…
Family Functioning and the Psychological Wellbeing of Refugee-Background Youth in Australia
Experiences of young people from refugee backgrounds in resettlement are impacted by their families, communities, and society. This study investigated factors that affected the psychological wellbeing of refugee-background youth, highlighting the complex relationships between these factors. Quantitative survey data collected from refugee-background youth in Australia, aged 14-26 (n = 556) were analyzed using structural equation modeling. Results …
The impact of acculturation and psychological wellbeing on South Asian immigrant adolescents and youth
Among the global immigrant population, one of the fastest growing populations is the South Asian community. South Asian youth have experienced difficulties acculturating to the host culture. These difficulties have caused issues relating to identity and conflicts with family members relating to dating, marriage, and education. This scoping review will aim to summarize the literature available on acculturation and psychological well-being. The sco…
The Role of Acculturative Stress on the Mental Health of Immigrant Youth
Acculturation after settlement has been identified as a risk factor affecting the mental health of immigrant youth. Increasing rates of immigration and expanding populations of immigrant youth mean that addressing their mental is a priority. Acculturative stress is the stress-response resulting from the effects of multiple stressors that result from the need to acculturate. Among youth within the developmental stages of late adolescence and emerg…
Family dynamics and psychological wellbeing of South Asian migrant youth in Australia
The Mental Health of Refugee and Migrant Youth after Settlement
Being of immigrant background is a risk factor for poor mental health among youth. In OECD countries such as Australia, Canada and the United States, both immigration and youth are a policy-focus as these countries are popular destinations for immigrants. The purpose of this study was to investigate the mental health of immigrant youth to better support their acculturation and mental health. This study compared the mental health of immigrant yout…
Marital Relationships After Migration
Migration creates significant life changes for migrants, influenced by various factors that differ among cultures. One area that undergoes significant change is marital relationships. Iranians, balancing tradition and modernity, navigate challenges and opportunities in migration. This review examines studies of post-migration experiences of Iranian migrants, focusing on marital relationships. Thematic analysis was employed to synthesize the data …
Migration, Health and Trauma (19 works) · Political science (18 works) · Psychology (18 works) · Refugee (14 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Medicine (10 works) · Mental health (10 works) · Education and experiences of immigrants and refugees (9 works) · Psychiatry (9 works) · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research (9 works)