Adjustment Difficulties of Two Displaced Iranian Refugee Adolescents
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Authors
Amjadi, Taghi M.
Issue Date
1996
Type
Thesis
Language
en
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Abstract
In the last few decades, psychological and physical abuse directed toward children in order to achieve a political end has been reported from many parts of the world. A sizable majority of the 18.5 million refugees in the world are women and children. Many studies of the relationship between refugee status and mental health have demonstrated an increased rate of psychopathology and other stressors, caused mainly by the hardship of displacement. Children seem to have been hit the hardest by these stressors. The purpose of this study is to investigate the difficulties of Iranian refugee adolescents in adjusting to the United States. The subjects are two Iranian adolescents of different gender (a 16-year-old boy and a 14-year-old girl). The majority of the data was collected through interviews with several refugee children and their parents (Iranian social workers or those who are involved with this population). The fact that the author was an immigrant and was able to speak their language made it easier to connect with them.