Helena De Ansti
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 125058 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Helena De Ansti |
| PRENOMES | Helena |
| SOBRENOME | De Ansti |
| ASSINATURA | DE ANSTI H |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of South Australia |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6451-3137 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 15 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 64 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 15 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2009 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Governing failed neoliberal subjects
This paper uses Carol Bacchi’s ‘What’s the problem represented to be?’ (WPR) framework to explore representations of women’s mental health in federal and South Australian mental health policies. It argues that mental health policies govern women through neoliberal discourses that individualise mental health and illness while neglecting the social structural factors which significantly influence mental health outcomes and health equity. In a ‘self…
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…
Who are you going to talk to? Help-seeking for partner violence among refugee-background young women in Australia
Objective Adolescents are reported to be the fastest growing population at risk for intimate partner violence, and yet very few seek help, and those who do are more likely to turn to friends and family before, if at all, professional sources such as the police, mental health practitioners, social workers, health professionals and teachers. Research on refugee-background adolescents is scant despite their growing presence in migration flows to Aus…
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…
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…
Family Experiences of Caring for Relatives Who Have Received Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)
The research literature on family members’ experiences of the use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is limited. This article explores the perspectives of family members whose relatives had received ECT. Drawing on a social constructionist perspective, this qualitative study collected data using in-depth interviews with nine families in South Australia, to examine how family members constructed the supports and challenges they experienced. The re…
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…
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 …
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
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 …
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…
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 …
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…
Family Experiences of Caring for Relatives Who Have Received Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)
The research literature on family members’ experiences of the use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is limited. This article explores the perspectives of family members whose relatives had received ECT. Drawing on a social constructionist perspective, this qualitative study collected data using in-depth interviews with nine families in South Australia, to examine how family members constructed the supports and challenges they experienced. The re…
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
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…
Who are you going to talk to? Help-seeking for partner violence among refugee-background young women in Australia
Objective Adolescents are reported to be the fastest growing population at risk for intimate partner violence, and yet very few seek help, and those who do are more likely to turn to friends and family before, if at all, professional sources such as the police, mental health practitioners, social workers, health professionals and teachers. Research on refugee-background adolescents is scant despite their growing presence in migration flows to Aus…
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 …
Governing failed neoliberal subjects
This paper uses Carol Bacchi’s ‘What’s the problem represented to be?’ (WPR) framework to explore representations of women’s mental health in federal and South Australian mental health policies. It argues that mental health policies govern women through neoliberal discourses that individualise mental health and illness while neglecting the social structural factors which significantly influence mental health outcomes and health equity. In a ‘self…
Political science (14 obras) · Migration, Health and Trauma (13 obras) · Psychology (13 obras) · Refugee (13 obras) · Sociology (10 obras) · Mental health (9 obras) · Psychiatry (9 obras) · Education and experiences of immigrants and refugees (8 obras) · Qualitative research (8 obras) · Social Psychology (8 obras)