An Exploration of Psychological Well-being with Young Somali Refugee and Asylum-seeker Women
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The aims of this study were to explore individual and collective understandings of psychological well-being among young Somali (black African Muslim) asylum-seeker or refugee women. Three groups and five individual semi-structured interviews were undertaken and themes were identified using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Themes included resilience and protection; identity and beliefs; and concealment, distancing and secrets; which reflected acculturation, Islamic and Somali cultures. Spirit possession was explored in relation to culture and religion, mental health, protection and treatment. The women ‘get on’, cope with life, and value support from family, services and religion. However, the pressures to navigate conflicting and changing cultural and religious positions, and to conceal distress, frustrate accessing support. The young Somali refugees’ understandings of mental health and psychological well-being provide an insight for clinicians into the complexities of approaching services for help, and developing shared understandings transculturally. Clinically, the findings raise the paradox of how Somali women value support, yet also value concealment and fear disclosures. The variation and tensions reflected in the data from a small number of women highlight the importance of not stereotyping refugees, but exploring their individual beliefs and providing a range of service options.
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The additional complexities of pre- and post-migration stressors experienced by the Somali community as a less established community seeking asylum in the UK add to the difficulties of recruitment and of designing acceptable and accessible interventions.
“The additional complexities of pre and post migration stressors experienced by the Somali community as a less established community, seeking asylum in the UK arguably add to the difficulties of recruitment and of designing acceptable and accessible interventions [48-50].”
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- Authors
- Whittaker, S., Hardy, G., Lewis, K., & Buchan, L.
- Affiliations
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- University of Sheffield (GB)
- Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Whittaker, Sara
- Venue
- Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2005-04
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 177-196
- ISSN
- 1359-1045 (ISSN-L)
- 1461-7021
- OpenAlex
- W2084388670
- Cited by
- 159
- References
- 54
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 14 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 8 · 2014: 10 · 2013: 6 · 2012: 9
- FWCI
- 3.86
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Migration, Health and Trauma
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Cultural Competency in Health Care
- Keywords
- psychological well-being, resilience, acculturation, Islamic culture, spirit possession, mental health perceptions, cultural and religious beliefs, help-seeking, family support, young women
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