Peyman Abkhezr
Biographic Data
| ID | 4429758 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Peyman Abkhezr |
| GIVEN NAMES | Peyman |
| FAMILY NAME | Abkhezr |
| SIGNATURE | ABKHEZR P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Griffith University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6560-7167 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Story Festival
This article examines the Story Festival, a narrative-focused arts education initiative in Brisbane, Australia, aimed at fostering intercultural dialogue and confidence among high school students. Drawing on interviews with three participants of refugee or migrant backgrounds, the research explores the transformative impact of collective storytelling on their sense of identity, confidence, and cultural expression. Findings highlight the Story Fes…
Multiple voices, intersecting identities, and relational landscapes
Migrant women from economically developing countries who enter Australia while accompanying their husbands, face a great range of complexities that affect their career development. Grounded in the systems theory framework and an ethic of care, this research utilised narrative inquiry, through an exploratory multiple case study design, to explore the voices that shape the life-career narratives of former secondary-visa holder migrant women (SVMW) …
A qualitative study of compassion from the perspective of adolescents
Compassion is a form of sensitivity to self and others’ suffering with a commitment to alleviate and prevent it, and is an important component of counselling practice. Past research has mostly focused on adults’ experiences and views on compassion, which may not be applicable to young people. This study used an exploratory qualitative multiple case study design to explore how adolescents story compassion. Interviews with twelve adolescents aged 1…
Migrant women navigating the intersection of gender, migration, and career development
This article reports on a systematic literature review that investigated the current state of knowledge on migrant women's career development within the two fields of migration studies and career development/vocational psychology. Migrant women, a heterogeneous population, undergo significant transitions navigating post-migration uncertainties. A wide range of post-migration factors and experiences often adversely impact their career development …
Undocumented Afghan refugee women’s lived experiences of distress in Iran
Systemic case-study explorations of the career development of middle-aged male immigrants from New Zealand working in the Australian rideshare industry
Migrants, along with youth, stand at the forefront of gig economy in many countries. Gig work intersects with other domains of migrants’ post-migration life, including career development. To substantiate “plural systems of knowledges” [Sultana, R. G. (2021). For a postcolonial turn in career guidance: The dialectic between universalisms and localisms. British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, p. 5] required for understanding such intersecting bo…
Exploring the future career autobiography with young Australian undergraduate students
This study examined the Future Career Autobiography (FCA) with six Australian undergraduate students. The study aimed to explore: (1) the FCA as a qualitative career assessment instrument that facilitates career storytelling and reflexivity on future career plans and (2) the implications of narrative career assessment procedures that reflexively and systemically engage young students in career research. The findings confirmed some narrative chang…
Voices of Australian Mature-Age Bachelor of Counselling Students
The COVID-19 pandemic imposed transformations on the higher education context of the twenty-first century that adversely impact students' learning in certain disciplines. On a mission to adopt ethics of care in research and practice, this research focuses on counselling education and its unique characteristics, by signifying counselling students' voices in such changing contexts. A qualitative exploratory multiple case study design informed by na…
Sport participation may protect socioeconomically disadvantaged youths with refugee backgrounds from experiencing behavioral and emotional difficulties
INTRODUCTION: Youth with refugee backgrounds experience social and socioeconomic difficulties that arise following resettlement. Research has found that sport participation generally provides youth with a protective milieu that is especially beneficial for the most disadvantaged youth. Accordingly, the current study examines whether sport participation is related to positive psychosocial outcomes for resettled adolescent refugees, and if these ef…
Exploring the boundary between narrative research and narrative intervention
Researchers need to be cautious and reflective about the boundaries between narrative research and narrative intervention. Pursuing the ethics of care and the responsive and responsible practice of narrative inquiry obliges qualitative researchers to remain sensitive about the implications of engaging participants in narrative inquiry. This is accentuated with narrative inquiry into the life experiences of marginalised or disempowered populations…
Narrative Career Counselling for People with Refugee Backgrounds
Exploring the boundary between narrative research and narrative intervention
Researchers need to be cautious and reflective about the boundaries between narrative research and narrative intervention. Pursuing the ethics of care and the responsive and responsible practice of narrative inquiry obliges qualitative researchers to remain sensitive about the implications of engaging participants in narrative inquiry. This is accentuated with narrative inquiry into the life experiences of marginalised or disempowered populations…
Narrative Career Counselling for People with Refugee Backgrounds
Sport participation may protect socioeconomically disadvantaged youths with refugee backgrounds from experiencing behavioral and emotional difficulties
INTRODUCTION: Youth with refugee backgrounds experience social and socioeconomic difficulties that arise following resettlement. Research has found that sport participation generally provides youth with a protective milieu that is especially beneficial for the most disadvantaged youth. Accordingly, the current study examines whether sport participation is related to positive psychosocial outcomes for resettled adolescent refugees, and if these ef…
Exploring the boundary between narrative research and narrative intervention
Researchers need to be cautious and reflective about the boundaries between narrative research and narrative intervention. Pursuing the ethics of care and the responsive and responsible practice of narrative inquiry obliges qualitative researchers to remain sensitive about the implications of engaging participants in narrative inquiry. This is accentuated with narrative inquiry into the life experiences of marginalised or disempowered populations…
Voices of Australian Mature-Age Bachelor of Counselling Students
The COVID-19 pandemic imposed transformations on the higher education context of the twenty-first century that adversely impact students' learning in certain disciplines. On a mission to adopt ethics of care in research and practice, this research focuses on counselling education and its unique characteristics, by signifying counselling students' voices in such changing contexts. A qualitative exploratory multiple case study design informed by na…
Systemic case-study explorations of the career development of middle-aged male immigrants from New Zealand working in the Australian rideshare industry
Migrants, along with youth, stand at the forefront of gig economy in many countries. Gig work intersects with other domains of migrants’ post-migration life, including career development. To substantiate “plural systems of knowledges” [Sultana, R. G. (2021). For a postcolonial turn in career guidance: The dialectic between universalisms and localisms. British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, p. 5] required for understanding such intersecting bo…
Exploring the future career autobiography with young Australian undergraduate students
This study examined the Future Career Autobiography (FCA) with six Australian undergraduate students. The study aimed to explore: (1) the FCA as a qualitative career assessment instrument that facilitates career storytelling and reflexivity on future career plans and (2) the implications of narrative career assessment procedures that reflexively and systemically engage young students in career research. The findings confirmed some narrative chang…
Migrant women navigating the intersection of gender, migration, and career development
This article reports on a systematic literature review that investigated the current state of knowledge on migrant women's career development within the two fields of migration studies and career development/vocational psychology. Migrant women, a heterogeneous population, undergo significant transitions navigating post-migration uncertainties. A wide range of post-migration factors and experiences often adversely impact their career development …
Undocumented Afghan refugee women’s lived experiences of distress in Iran
The Story Festival
This article examines the Story Festival, a narrative-focused arts education initiative in Brisbane, Australia, aimed at fostering intercultural dialogue and confidence among high school students. Drawing on interviews with three participants of refugee or migrant backgrounds, the research explores the transformative impact of collective storytelling on their sense of identity, confidence, and cultural expression. Findings highlight the Story Fes…
Multiple voices, intersecting identities, and relational landscapes
Migrant women from economically developing countries who enter Australia while accompanying their husbands, face a great range of complexities that affect their career development. Grounded in the systems theory framework and an ethic of care, this research utilised narrative inquiry, through an exploratory multiple case study design, to explore the voices that shape the life-career narratives of former secondary-visa holder migrant women (SVMW) …
A qualitative study of compassion from the perspective of adolescents
Compassion is a form of sensitivity to self and others’ suffering with a commitment to alleviate and prevent it, and is an important component of counselling practice. Past research has mostly focused on adults’ experiences and views on compassion, which may not be applicable to young people. This study used an exploratory qualitative multiple case study design to explore how adolescents story compassion. Interviews with twelve adolescents aged 1…
Narrative (7 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Narrative inquiry (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Qualitative research (6 works) · Career development (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Pedagogy (4 works) · Social science (4 works)