Maria Psoinos
Biographic Data
| ID | 4084275 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maria Psoinos |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maria |
| FAMILY NAME | Psoinos |
| SIGNATURE | PSOINOS M |
| AFFILIATIONS | St George's, University of London |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Migrants’ health and well-being in the context of the Greek economic crisis
A qualitative analysis of migrant social workers’ work experiences and perceived prejudice from an empowering acculturative integration approach
An increasing number of migrant social workers are employed in the UK social work sector. This article explores the acculturative integration experiences of a small group of migrant social workers. We critically observe that research on migrant professionals’ trajectories should adopt theories that emphasise people’s empowerment and potential for agency. We use a framework drawing on liberation psychology for analysing the autobiographical narrat…
Researching migrants who hold nomadic identities
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine how the researcher can critically reflect on his/her own identities when interacting with participants who hold nomadic identities and analyses the dynamic discourses of power unfolding at different levels. Design/methodology/approach – Autobiographical narrative data derived from a research study on highly educated refugees in the UK are analysed in order to highlight the multi-level dynamic disc…
Forced migration and psychosocial health
This paper explores how refugees in the UK perceive the relation between their experience of migration and their psychosocial health. Autobiographical narrative interviews were carried out with fifteen refugees residing in the UK. The findings reveal a contrast between the negative stereotypes concerning refugees’ psychosocial health and the participants’ own perceptions. Two of the three emerging narratives suggest a more balanced view of refuge…
Tangled wires in the head”
Tangled wires in the head”
A qualitative analysis of migrant social workers’ work experiences and perceived prejudice from an empowering acculturative integration approach
An increasing number of migrant social workers are employed in the UK social work sector. This article explores the acculturative integration experiences of a small group of migrant social workers. We critically observe that research on migrant professionals’ trajectories should adopt theories that emphasise people’s empowerment and potential for agency. We use a framework drawing on liberation psychology for analysing the autobiographical narrat…
Forced migration and psychosocial health
This paper explores how refugees in the UK perceive the relation between their experience of migration and their psychosocial health. Autobiographical narrative interviews were carried out with fifteen refugees residing in the UK. The findings reveal a contrast between the negative stereotypes concerning refugees’ psychosocial health and the participants’ own perceptions. Two of the three emerging narratives suggest a more balanced view of refuge…
Tangled wires in the head”
Researching migrants who hold nomadic identities
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine how the researcher can critically reflect on his/her own identities when interacting with participants who hold nomadic identities and analyses the dynamic discourses of power unfolding at different levels. Design/methodology/approach – Autobiographical narrative data derived from a research study on highly educated refugees in the UK are analysed in order to highlight the multi-level dynamic disc…
A qualitative analysis of migrant social workers’ work experiences and perceived prejudice from an empowering acculturative integration approach
An increasing number of migrant social workers are employed in the UK social work sector. This article explores the acculturative integration experiences of a small group of migrant social workers. We critically observe that research on migrant professionals’ trajectories should adopt theories that emphasise people’s empowerment and potential for agency. We use a framework drawing on liberation psychology for analysing the autobiographical narrat…
Migrants’ health and well-being in the context of the Greek economic crisis
Migration, Health and Trauma (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Narrative (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Qualitative research (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Social science (3 works)