Not the Promised Land
African Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Israel
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4637131 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michal Shamai (0000-0002-4446-1883, University of Haifa, corresponding author), Yair Amir (0009-0002-4358-7270, Tikon Olam, Nitzana, Israel) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 504-517 |
| Publication date | 2016-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Qualitative Health Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1049-7323 • E-ISSN: 1552-7557 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1049732315570131 |
| PMID | 25662945 |
| OpenAlex | W1986798101 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 30 |
The phenomenon of African asylum seekers in Israel is relatively new. The purpose of the study was twofold: (a) to investigate how the asylum seekers construct their life stories and (b) to discover which aspects of the constructed life stories can be taken into consideration by various mental health professionals when providing help to asylum seekers. In this study, we interviewed 16 asylum seekers residing in Israel using the narrative method. Based on holistic analysis, we collected three groups of stories: "Then see what course life takes in the future," "I'm not yet free," and "Open prison." In the discussion of the findings, we focus on the similarities and differences among the groups of stories, with reference to the role of the sociopolitical context and to the private and social self as part of the participants' well-being. We make implementation suggestions for mental health interventions
Criminology · Epistemology · Focus group · Geography · Mental health · Narrative · Phenomenon · Political science · Prison · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Refugee · Seekers · Sociology · Computer Science · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology · Resilience and Mental Health · Social Psychology
From Helpless Rage to Loving Resistance
Advocacy strategies for a new multilingual educational policy in Israel
Ethnocentrism, universalism, and refugees’ social rights
Interplay of sociocultural factors, health literacy and well-being among African asylum seekers and refugees in Asia
Asylum Seekers in Israel
Criminalization of Asylum Seekers in Israel
Social Resilience and Mental Health Among Eritrean Asylum-Seekers in Switzerland
Urban Congolese Refugees in Kenya
Critical issues in qualitative research methods
Analysis of Personal Narratives
Resilience in the Face of Potential Trauma
Effects of optimism on psychological and physical well-being
Mental health of Somali adolescent refugees
Predisplacement and Postdisplacement Factors Associated With Mental Health of Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons
Loss, Trauma, and Human Resilience
“Otherness” as the Underlying Principle in Israel's Asylum Regime
Narrative Research
The Social Self
Assessing the Impact of Ongoing National Terror
Immigration, Stress, and Readjustment
Hardiness and health
The Impact of Ongoing National Terror on the Community of Hospital Nurses in Israel
Stressful life events, personality, and health
Self-Enhancement Among High-Exposure Survivors of the September 11th Terrorist Attack
The Impact of Communal-Mastery Versus Self-Mastery on Emotional Outcomes During Stressful Conditions
Illusion and well-being
Social systems and personal reactions to threats of war and terror
Supercodes Reflected in Titles Battered Women Accord to Their Life Stories
The narrative constitution of identity
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,89 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2024 (8) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |