Adversarial Growth among Refugees: A Scoping Review
Background: The main aims of this scoping review are to provide a comprehensive overview of the existing knowledge about adversarial growth among refugees, and to gain insight into the complexity of post-trauma development. Methods: We applied a systematic search strategy resulting in the inclusion...
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| description | Background: The main aims of this scoping review are to provide a comprehensive overview of the existing knowledge about adversarial growth among refugees, and to gain insight into the complexity of post-trauma development. Methods: We applied a systematic search strategy resulting in the inclusion of 43 quantitative and qualitative empirical studies. Our findings underscore the prevalence of growth as a common phenomenon among refugees, emphasizing the positive associations with problem-focused coping, optimism, positive reappraisal, religiosity, and social support. Additionally, this review sheds light on the qualitative experiences and outcomes of growth, particularly pro-social outcomes, and the cultural and religious aspects of growth processes. Findings concerning the role of time and post-migration factors on growth processes highlight the need for more studies among established refugees. In sum, the findings supplement and lend nuance to pathology-oriented research, while acknowledging the severity of suffering and trauma and their consequences for individuals. We suggest that further research should focus on existential aspects and theories of growth: compassion, altruism, and pro-sociality following trauma, and the importance of religious and cultural elements in growth processes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9e24db9819eb4fd2a048b1087b0374602024-01-26T18:28:59ZengMDPI AGSocial Sciences2076-07602024-01-011314610.3390/socsci13010046Adversarial Growth among Refugees: A Scoping ReviewMira Elise Glaser Holthe0Kerstin Söderström1Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, 2418 Elverum, NorwayFaculty of Health and Social Sciences, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, 2418 Elverum, NorwayBackground: The main aims of this scoping review are to provide a comprehensive overview of the existing knowledge about adversarial growth among refugees, and to gain insight into the complexity of post-trauma development. Methods: We applied a systematic search strategy resulting in the inclusion of 43 quantitative and qualitative empirical studies. Our findings underscore the prevalence of growth as a common phenomenon among refugees, emphasizing the positive associations with problem-focused coping, optimism, positive reappraisal, religiosity, and social support. Additionally, this review sheds light on the qualitative experiences and outcomes of growth, particularly pro-social outcomes, and the cultural and religious aspects of growth processes. Findings concerning the role of time and post-migration factors on growth processes highlight the need for more studies among established refugees. In sum, the findings supplement and lend nuance to pathology-oriented research, while acknowledging the severity of suffering and trauma and their consequences for individuals. We suggest that further research should focus on existential aspects and theories of growth: compassion, altruism, and pro-sociality following trauma, and the importance of religious and cultural elements in growth processes.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/13/1/46post-traumatic growthadversarial growthrefugees |
| spellingShingle | Mira Elise Glaser Holthe Kerstin Söderström Adversarial Growth among Refugees: A Scoping Review Social Sciences post-traumatic growth adversarial growth refugees |
| title | Adversarial Growth among Refugees: A Scoping Review |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Adversarial Growth among Refugees: A Scoping Review |
| title_short | Adversarial Growth among Refugees: A Scoping Review |
| title_sort | adversarial growth among refugees a scoping review |
| topic | post-traumatic growth adversarial growth refugees |
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