The meaning of home for Karen and Chin refugees from Burma: An interpretative phenomenological approach

Rosbrook, Bernadette; Schweitzer, Robert

doi:10.1080/13642537.2010.488876

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“…They readily identified benefits of life in the United States but did not express an ambivalent view of Fidel Castro's revolution in Cuba. The connection to the homeland and a collective anger at Fidel Castro's revolution prevailed more than the "ambivalent belonging" that was noted in CUBA NOSTALGIA Burmese refugees to Australia (Rosbrook & Schweitzer, 2010). Participants in this study were universally positive about the support and comfort provided by the substantial community of other Cuban Americans living in Miami.…”

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“…Furthermore, despite the robust literature on acculturation-the complex process that results when groups of different cultures come into contact (Redfield, Linton, & Herskovits, 1936)-acculturation has yet to be studied in conjunction with ambiguous loss of homeland. Related literature shows that the experience of leaving the homeland can evoke profound feelings of homesickness, loss, and mourning (Ainslie, 1998), complex emotional and physical disturbances (Rosbrook & Schweitzer, 2010), and acculturative stress (Berry, 1998;Harter & Whitesell, 2003).…”

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Cuba No; Miami Sí: Cuban Americans Coping with Ambiguous Loss

Perez

2014

Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment

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This study explores the lifelong loss that Cuban émigrés experienced after leaving Cuba following the 1959 revolution. Many left thinking they would remain in exile for a brief period, but a return no longer seems possible. Nevertheless, their attachment to the lost homeland persists. The annual Cuba Nostalgia event at the Miami Expo Center attests to this enduring sense of attachment. Employing a phenomenological framework, we interviewed 10 older attendees who left Cuba between 1959 and 1979. Themes that emerged from the interviews are consistent with ambiguous loss theory and also reveal positive coping skills and resilience.

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Cuba No; Miami Sí: Cuban Americans Coping with Ambiguous Loss

Perez

2014

Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment

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“…This tree with no roots could belong to any garden, but it's not part of any garden 100%. And maybe for this tree, the lived experiences outside of Australia were too influential and this factor hinders her ability to develop her roots and feel a strong connection to this land (Rosbrook & Schweitzer, 2010).…”

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“…He strongly connects his views to the idea of not having a home anymore in his native country and the trauma that this experience has generated. He talks about being rejected by his homeland and feeling the need to build home in a new place (Rosbrook & Schweitzer, 2010).…”

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Opening-up entangled conversations: Engaging with the stories of refugee-background students in Australia

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Psychometric Properties of the Multidimensional Loss Scale with Refugee Women-at-Risk Recently Arrived in Australia

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J Immigrant Minority Health

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Refugee women-at-risk represent a distinct and vulnerable refugee population. We investigated the psychometric properties of the Multidimensional Loss Scale (MLS) with 104 women-at-risk, recently-arrived in Australia. Cross-sectional survey included: the MLS (indexing loss events and loss distress); Harvard Trauma Questionnaire (Indexing Trauma Events and Trauma Symptoms), and; Hopkins Symptom Checklist-37 (indexing anxiety, depression, and somatization symptoms). Exploratory factor analyses of MLS loss distress revealed a six-factor model (loss of symbolic self; loss of home; loss of interdependence; loss of past aspirations; interpersonal loss, and; loss of intrapersonal integrity). Cronbach alphas indicated satisfactory internal consistency for loss events (0.83) and distress (0.88). Correlations supported convergent validity of loss distress with trauma symptoms (r = 0.41) and divergent validity with anxiety (r = 0.09), Depression (r = 0.29), and somatic (r = 0.24) symptoms. Findings support MLS use in assessment of loss and associated distress with refugee women-at-risk.

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The meaning of home for Karen and Chin refugees from Burma: An interpretative phenomenological approach

Cited by 37 publications

References 18 publications

Cuba No; Miami Sí: Cuban Americans Coping with Ambiguous Loss

Cuba No; Miami Sí: Cuban Americans Coping with Ambiguous Loss

Opening-up entangled conversations: Engaging with the stories of refugee-background students in Australia

Psychometric Properties of the Multidimensional Loss Scale with Refugee Women-at-Risk Recently Arrived in Australia

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