How Rohingya refugee parents support children’s prosocial development in crisis-affected and resettlement contexts

Findings from India and Canada

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12212947
AutoresNora Didkowsky (0009-0007-0004-5531, Psychology Department, St. Francis Xavier University , Antigonish, Nova Scotia, B2G 2W5, autor de correspondencia), John Corbit (0000-0002-9099-6272, Psychology Department, St. Francis Xavier University , Antigonish, Nova Scotia, B2G 2W5), Vikas Gora (Rotary World Peace Fellow and Independent Research Scholar , Hyderabad, Telangana, 500080), Harini Reddy (Independent Research Scholar , Hyderabad, Telangana, 500080), Muhammad Saifullah (0000-0003-2983-1628, St. Francis Xavier University), Saifullah Muhammad (Psychology Department, St. Francis Xavier University , Antigonish, Nova Scotia, B2G 2W5), Tara Callaghan (Psychology Department, St. Francis Xavier University , Antigonish, Nova Scotia, B2G 2W5), Tara C Callaghan (0000-0002-7040-2449, St. Francis Xavier University)
Año2024
Volumen37
Número2
Páginas356-375
Fecha de publicación2024-03-15
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Refugee Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0951-6328 • E-ISSN: 1471-6925
EditorialOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/jrs/feae001
OpenAlexW4392865235
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas47

We know little about how parents protect and promote children’s prosocial development during humanitarian crises. This qualitative study examined Rohingya refugee parents’ psychosocial perspectives and the processes they use to socialize prosocial values and behaviours in their children. Interviews (descriptive and in-depth qualitative) were conducted with 100 parents living in a refugee settlement in India (n = 100 descriptive; n = 5 in-depth) and 4 parents resettled in a mid-sized Canadian city (n = 4 descriptive; n = 4 in-depth). An inductive, ‘contextualist’ thematic analysis (TA) was conducted on the in-depth interviews to develop three overarching themes: (1) parents’ prosocial values and beliefs; (2) environmental conditions influencing parents’ available pathways for promoting children’s prosocial development; and (3) parents’ prosocial socialization and protection practices. The findings indicate that parents’ prosocial beliefs and contextual factors inform their parenting decisions and practices. Recommendations are provided for enriching parents’ capacity to promote child prosocial development in contexts of adversity

Criminology · Developmental psychology · Economic growth · Economics · Political science · Prosocial behavior · Refugee · Refugee crisis · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Education and experiences of immigrants and refugees · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology · Law