Saida M Abdi
Biographic Data
| ID | 130494 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Saida M Abdi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Saida M |
| FAMILY NAME | Abdi |
| SIGNATURE | ABDI S M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Boston Children's Hospital |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8258-0496 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 108 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Ethical applications of digital community-based research with Black immigrant and refugee youth and families
The capacity to conduct psychology research online has expanded more quickly than have ethics guidelines for digital research. We argue that researchers must proactively plan ways to engage ethically in online psychological research with vulnerable groups, including marginalized and immigrant youth and families. To that end, this article describes the ethical use of internet and cell phone technologies in psychological research with Black immigra…
Promoting positive development among refugee adolescents
Of the estimated 35.3 million refugees around the world (UNHCR, Figures at a Glance , 2022), approximately 50% are children under the age of 18. Refugee adolescents represent a unique group as they navigate developmental tasks in an unstable and often threatening environment or in resettlement contexts in which they often face marginalization. In addition to physiological, social, and psychological changes that mark adolescence, refugee youth oft…
Developing Advisory Boards within Community-based Participatory Approaches to Improve Mental Health among Refugee Communities
Inclusion of trauma-informed CABs community adult and YABs in refugee mental health research and interventions ensures that the work is relevant and meaningful to those who are intended to benefit from these efforts
Civic development and antisocial attitudes/behaviors among Somali immigrants: Change over one year
Objectives: Understanding how immigrant young adults engage with civic society over time is critical to understanding and fostering healthy development and healthy democracies. The present study examines how civic engagement and antisocial attitudes/behavior of Somali young adult immigrants (ages 18-30, N = 498) in four North American regions co-occur, and change over time. Method: Using latent transition analyses, we examine latent classes of yo…
Partnering with refugee communities to improve mental health access: Going from “why are they not coming” to “what can I (we) do differently?”
Refugees are disproportionally impacted by trauma and its negative sequelae. Even after being resettled in the United States, refugees face disparities in accessing services due to the stigma attached to mental health symptoms and the paucity of culturally and linguistically accessible services. Thus, there is a great need to develop methods that facilitate the engagement of refugee communities. Community-Based Participatory Research recommends t…
The Challenge and Promise of a Multidisciplinary Team Response to the Problem of Violent Radicalization
Violent radicalization is a complex process that results from multiple influences and experiences across the settings and contexts of an individual’s life. No single pathway or characteristic determines who is at risk for it. Given this understanding, no single intervention aimed at this multiply-determined problem is likely to be successful if it is implemented in isolation. Multidisciplinary team approaches are increasingly seen as holding prom…
We All Have Stories: Black Muslim Immigrants' Experience With the Police
Understanding the relationships between immigrants and refugees and the police is a critical research task with implications for both community-police partnerships and the effectiveness of law enforcement efforts. This study contributes to such an understanding by examining perceptions of police and police interactions among Somali immigrants and refugees (both first and second generation) in three communities in the United States and Canada. Thi…
Trauma, Trust in Government, and Social Connection: How Social Context Shapes Attitudes Related to the Use of Ideologically or Politically Motivated Violence
In this study we examine how grievances and social connection among Somali immigrants are associated with attitudes towards radicalization to violence. Data was drawn from structured interviews with 213 Somali young adult men living in North America. Structural Equation Modeling was used to test the association of grievances with attitudes in support of political violence, and the mediating role of social connection (ethnic community belonging, a…
Building community resilience to violent extremism through genuine partnerships
What is community resilience in relation to violent extremism, and how can we build it? This article explores strategies to harness community assets that may contribute to preventing youth from embracing violent extremism, drawing from models of community resilience as defined in relation to disaster preparedness. Research suggests that social connection is at the heart of resilient communities and any strategy to increase community resilience mu…
Relation of psychosocial factors to diverse behaviors and attitudes among Somali refugees
Refugee studies have examined both resilience and adverse outcomes, but no research has examined how different outcomes co-occur or are distinct, and the social-contextual factors that give rise to these diverse outcomes. The current study begins to address this gap by using latent profile analysis to examine the ways in which delinquency, gang involvement, civic engagement, political engagement, and openness to violent extremism cluster among So…
Integration
The concept of integration has become increasingly salient as immigration is changing the face of the west. Yet its importance did not start with the current waves of population movement. In the United States, for example, the issue of integration has been present since the birth of the nation. At the simplest level, integration is an act of combining into an integral whole. For groups of people, it is most commonly associated with racial, religi…
Trauma and Openness to Legal and Illegal Activism Among Somali Refugees
This article examines key setting events and personal factors that are associated with support for either non-violent activism or violent activism among Somali refugee young adults in the United States. Specifically, this article examines the associations of trauma, stress, symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), posttraumatic growth (PTG), strength of social bonds, and attitudes towards legal and non-violent vs. illegal and violent act…
We left one war and came to another: Resource loss, acculturative stress, and caregiver–child relationships in Somali refugee families
Refugee families often encounter a number of acculturative and resettlement stressors as they make lives for themselves in host countries. These difficulties may be compounded by past trauma and violence exposure, posing increased risk for mental health problems. Greater knowledge is needed about protective processes contributing to positive development and adjustment in refugee families despite risk (e.g., resilience). The aims of this research …
New Directions in Refugee Youth Mental Health Services: Overcoming Barriers to Engagement
We left one war and came to another: Resource loss, acculturative stress, and caregiver–child relationships in Somali refugee families
Refugee families often encounter a number of acculturative and resettlement stressors as they make lives for themselves in host countries. These difficulties may be compounded by past trauma and violence exposure, posing increased risk for mental health problems. Greater knowledge is needed about protective processes contributing to positive development and adjustment in refugee families despite risk (e.g., resilience). The aims of this research …
Building community resilience to violent extremism through genuine partnerships
What is community resilience in relation to violent extremism, and how can we build it? This article explores strategies to harness community assets that may contribute to preventing youth from embracing violent extremism, drawing from models of community resilience as defined in relation to disaster preparedness. Research suggests that social connection is at the heart of resilient communities and any strategy to increase community resilience mu…
We All Have Stories: Black Muslim Immigrants' Experience With the Police
Understanding the relationships between immigrants and refugees and the police is a critical research task with implications for both community-police partnerships and the effectiveness of law enforcement efforts. This study contributes to such an understanding by examining perceptions of police and police interactions among Somali immigrants and refugees (both first and second generation) in three communities in the United States and Canada. Thi…
Trauma and Openness to Legal and Illegal Activism Among Somali Refugees
This article examines key setting events and personal factors that are associated with support for either non-violent activism or violent activism among Somali refugee young adults in the United States. Specifically, this article examines the associations of trauma, stress, symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), posttraumatic growth (PTG), strength of social bonds, and attitudes towards legal and non-violent vs. illegal and violent act…
Partnering with refugee communities to improve mental health access: Going from “why are they not coming” to “what can I (we) do differently?”
Refugees are disproportionally impacted by trauma and its negative sequelae. Even after being resettled in the United States, refugees face disparities in accessing services due to the stigma attached to mental health symptoms and the paucity of culturally and linguistically accessible services. Thus, there is a great need to develop methods that facilitate the engagement of refugee communities. Community-Based Participatory Research recommends t…
The Challenge and Promise of a Multidisciplinary Team Response to the Problem of Violent Radicalization
Violent radicalization is a complex process that results from multiple influences and experiences across the settings and contexts of an individual’s life. No single pathway or characteristic determines who is at risk for it. Given this understanding, no single intervention aimed at this multiply-determined problem is likely to be successful if it is implemented in isolation. Multidisciplinary team approaches are increasingly seen as holding prom…
Ethical applications of digital community-based research with Black immigrant and refugee youth and families
The capacity to conduct psychology research online has expanded more quickly than have ethics guidelines for digital research. We argue that researchers must proactively plan ways to engage ethically in online psychological research with vulnerable groups, including marginalized and immigrant youth and families. To that end, this article describes the ethical use of internet and cell phone technologies in psychological research with Black immigra…
Developing Advisory Boards within Community-based Participatory Approaches to Improve Mental Health among Refugee Communities
Inclusion of trauma-informed CABs community adult and YABs in refugee mental health research and interventions ensures that the work is relevant and meaningful to those who are intended to benefit from these efforts
Civic development and antisocial attitudes/behaviors among Somali immigrants: Change over one year
Objectives: Understanding how immigrant young adults engage with civic society over time is critical to understanding and fostering healthy development and healthy democracies. The present study examines how civic engagement and antisocial attitudes/behavior of Somali young adult immigrants (ages 18-30, N = 498) in four North American regions co-occur, and change over time. Method: Using latent transition analyses, we examine latent classes of yo…
New Directions in Refugee Youth Mental Health Services: Overcoming Barriers to Engagement
We left one war and came to another: Resource loss, acculturative stress, and caregiver–child relationships in Somali refugee families
Refugee families often encounter a number of acculturative and resettlement stressors as they make lives for themselves in host countries. These difficulties may be compounded by past trauma and violence exposure, posing increased risk for mental health problems. Greater knowledge is needed about protective processes contributing to positive development and adjustment in refugee families despite risk (e.g., resilience). The aims of this research …
Integration
The concept of integration has become increasingly salient as immigration is changing the face of the west. Yet its importance did not start with the current waves of population movement. In the United States, for example, the issue of integration has been present since the birth of the nation. At the simplest level, integration is an act of combining into an integral whole. For groups of people, it is most commonly associated with racial, religi…
Trauma and Openness to Legal and Illegal Activism Among Somali Refugees
This article examines key setting events and personal factors that are associated with support for either non-violent activism or violent activism among Somali refugee young adults in the United States. Specifically, this article examines the associations of trauma, stress, symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), posttraumatic growth (PTG), strength of social bonds, and attitudes towards legal and non-violent vs. illegal and violent act…
Relation of psychosocial factors to diverse behaviors and attitudes among Somali refugees
Refugee studies have examined both resilience and adverse outcomes, but no research has examined how different outcomes co-occur or are distinct, and the social-contextual factors that give rise to these diverse outcomes. The current study begins to address this gap by using latent profile analysis to examine the ways in which delinquency, gang involvement, civic engagement, political engagement, and openness to violent extremism cluster among So…
Building community resilience to violent extremism through genuine partnerships
What is community resilience in relation to violent extremism, and how can we build it? This article explores strategies to harness community assets that may contribute to preventing youth from embracing violent extremism, drawing from models of community resilience as defined in relation to disaster preparedness. Research suggests that social connection is at the heart of resilient communities and any strategy to increase community resilience mu…
Trauma, Trust in Government, and Social Connection: How Social Context Shapes Attitudes Related to the Use of Ideologically or Politically Motivated Violence
In this study we examine how grievances and social connection among Somali immigrants are associated with attitudes towards radicalization to violence. Data was drawn from structured interviews with 213 Somali young adult men living in North America. Structural Equation Modeling was used to test the association of grievances with attitudes in support of political violence, and the mediating role of social connection (ethnic community belonging, a…
The Challenge and Promise of a Multidisciplinary Team Response to the Problem of Violent Radicalization
Violent radicalization is a complex process that results from multiple influences and experiences across the settings and contexts of an individual’s life. No single pathway or characteristic determines who is at risk for it. Given this understanding, no single intervention aimed at this multiply-determined problem is likely to be successful if it is implemented in isolation. Multidisciplinary team approaches are increasingly seen as holding prom…
We All Have Stories: Black Muslim Immigrants' Experience With the Police
Understanding the relationships between immigrants and refugees and the police is a critical research task with implications for both community-police partnerships and the effectiveness of law enforcement efforts. This study contributes to such an understanding by examining perceptions of police and police interactions among Somali immigrants and refugees (both first and second generation) in three communities in the United States and Canada. Thi…
Developing Advisory Boards within Community-based Participatory Approaches to Improve Mental Health among Refugee Communities
Inclusion of trauma-informed CABs community adult and YABs in refugee mental health research and interventions ensures that the work is relevant and meaningful to those who are intended to benefit from these efforts
Civic development and antisocial attitudes/behaviors among Somali immigrants: Change over one year
Objectives: Understanding how immigrant young adults engage with civic society over time is critical to understanding and fostering healthy development and healthy democracies. The present study examines how civic engagement and antisocial attitudes/behavior of Somali young adult immigrants (ages 18-30, N = 498) in four North American regions co-occur, and change over time. Method: Using latent transition analyses, we examine latent classes of yo…
Partnering with refugee communities to improve mental health access: Going from “why are they not coming” to “what can I (we) do differently?”
Refugees are disproportionally impacted by trauma and its negative sequelae. Even after being resettled in the United States, refugees face disparities in accessing services due to the stigma attached to mental health symptoms and the paucity of culturally and linguistically accessible services. Thus, there is a great need to develop methods that facilitate the engagement of refugee communities. Community-Based Participatory Research recommends t…
Promoting positive development among refugee adolescents
Of the estimated 35.3 million refugees around the world (UNHCR, Figures at a Glance , 2022), approximately 50% are children under the age of 18. Refugee adolescents represent a unique group as they navigate developmental tasks in an unstable and often threatening environment or in resettlement contexts in which they often face marginalization. In addition to physiological, social, and psychological changes that mark adolescence, refugee youth oft…
Ethical applications of digital community-based research with Black immigrant and refugee youth and families
The capacity to conduct psychology research online has expanded more quickly than have ethics guidelines for digital research. We argue that researchers must proactively plan ways to engage ethically in online psychological research with vulnerable groups, including marginalized and immigrant youth and families. To that end, this article describes the ethical use of internet and cell phone technologies in psychological research with Black immigra…
Political science (14 works) · Psychology (13 works) · Migration, Health and Trauma (9 works) · Refugee (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Somali (9 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Psychiatry (6 works) · Resilience and Mental Health (6 works) · Immigration (5 works)