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Coping With Trauma and Hardship Among Unaccompanied Refugee Youths From Sudan

Goodman, Janice H.·2004·Qualitative Health Research
DOI 10.1177/1049732304265923
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The purpose of this study was to explore how unaccompanied refugee youths from Sudan, who grew up amid violence and loss, coped with trauma and hardship in their lives. The author used a case-centered, comparative, narrative approach to analyze the narratives of 14 male unaccompanied refugee youths from Sudan recently resettled in the United States. She analyzed narratives for both content and form and identified four themes that reflect coping strategies used by the participants: (a) collectivity and the communal self, (b) suppression and distraction, (c) making meaning, and (d) emerging from hopelessness to hope. The findings underscore the importance of understanding the cultural variations in responses to trauma and are discussed in relation to the concept of resilience.

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  • Earlier qualitative research with southern Sudanese displaced populations notes the importance of 'thinking too much', and suggests that psychological distress may be considered as a problem in and of itself.

    “Earlier qualitative research with southern Sudanese displaced populations [27, 28] similarly notes the importance of ‘thinking too much’, and suggests that psychological distress may be considered as a problem in and of itself.”

    From Mental health and psychosocial support for South Sudanese refugees in northern Uganda: a needs and resource assessment (2016) · cites this paper as [27]

  • Communal coping strategies (social support through connecting with elders, relatives, community members, religious institutes) are consistently mentioned in both earlier and later qualitative research as coping and help-seeking strategies.

    “Communal coping strategies (social support through connecting with elders, relatives, community members, religious institutes) are consistently mentioned in both earlier and later qualitative research as coping and help-seeking strategies [27, 28].”

    From Mental health and psychosocial support for South Sudanese refugees in northern Uganda: a needs and resource assessment (2016) · cites this paper as [27]

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Authors
Goodman, J. H.
Affiliations
Boston College (US)
Corresponding author
Goodman, Janice H.
ORCID
Goodman, Janice H.
Venue
Qualitative Health Research
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2004-11
Volume
14
Issue
9
Pages
1177-1196
ISSN
  • 1049-7323 (ISSN-L)
  • 1552-7557
DOI
10.1177/1049732304265923
OpenAlex
W2148795235
Cited by
287
References
34
Citations by year
2026: 3 · 2025: 11 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 22 · 2020: 20 · 2019: 20 · 2018: 17 · 2017: 25 · 2016: 12 · 2015: 15 · 2014: 18 · 2013: 6 · 2012: 24
FWCI
3.24
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
  • Qualitative Health Research (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Migration, Health and Trauma
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Resilience and Mental Health
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Migration and Exile Studies
Keywords
unaccompanied refugee youth, Sudanese refugees, coping with trauma, adversity, resilience, collectivity, meaning-making, hopelessness, resettled refugees, United States
MeSH terms
Adaptation, Psychological, Adolescent, Humans, Interviews as Topic, Male, Refugees, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Sudan, United States, Warfare, Narration, Qualitative Research

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