Negotiation of gender responsibilities in resettled refugee populations through Relationship Enhancement training

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2394933
AutoresGoli Amin Bellinger (U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants, autor correspondente)
Ano2013
Volume50
Fascículo3
Páginas455-471
Data de publicação2013-06-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoTranscultural Psychiatry (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1363-4615 • E-ISSN: 1461-7471
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1363461513481025
PMID23599392
OpenAlexW2007746418
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas6
Referências citadas15

Being uprooted, displaced, and resettled can produce great tension in refugee marriages. This paper details a technique to help refugees recognize and manage changes and threats to traditional gender roles after resettlement to western countries. A case study from a multisite psycho-educational marriage project illustrates the application of the Relationship Enhancement model with a Bhutanese couple. Through empathy and structured dialogue, the couple is coached to identify their core concerns about the changes in their lives and come up with mutually beneficial solutions. Focusing on the redistribution of each gender's prescribed responsibilities allows the clinician to respond to the cultural structuring of equitable division of labor while helping families to address new responsibilities in managing household duties, parenting, employment, and finances

Geography · Negotiation · Political science · Refugee · Sociology · Gender Studies · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Health and Trauma · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Psychology