Unaccompanied refugee minors and resettlement
Turning points towards integration
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10901324 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elin Sofia Andersson (0000-0002-0302-6586, Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies Oslo Norway, corresponding author), Ane‐Marthe Solheim Skar (0000-0003-4135-430X, Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies Oslo Norway), Tine K Jensen (0000-0002-0751-0228, Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies Oslo Norway) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 572-584 |
| Publication date | 2021-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Journal of Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0046-2772 • E-ISSN: 1099-0992 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/ejsp.2761 |
| OpenAlex | W3133618898 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 36 |
Resettling into a new country may pose many challenges for unaccompanied refugee minors (URMs). In this study we seek to get a better understanding of these challenges through analysing interviews with 48 URMs five years after their arrival in Norway, using the concept of turning points as an analytic frame. Gaining a sense of security, feeling affiliated, being loved and cared for, and becoming independent were identified as important turning points. Despite high levels of agency, many of the youths struggled to fulfil these basic needs, possibly due to limited relational and cultural resources. These struggles seemed to interfere with their capacity to participate in important developmental activities, affecting their well‐being and making integration difficult. This study's results accentuate the need for better systems and assistance from people in their support system to help URMs towards feeling secure, affiliated, loved, and independent as this may facilitate resettlement and integration
Agency (philosophy) · Feeling · Political science · Public relations · Refugee · Social science · Sociology · Education and experiences of immigrants and refugees · Law · Migration, Health and Trauma · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |