507
Views
1
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original article

“What was your home country like?”- Syrian refugee youths’ experiences of school belonging

, , &
Pages 181-189 | Received 31 Mar 2021, Accepted 30 Jul 2022, Published online: 21 Aug 2022

References

  • Aldwin, C. M. (2007). Stress, coping and development an integrative perspective. The Guilford Press.
  • Alfadhli, K., & Drury, J. (2018). The role of shared social identity in mutual support among refugees of conflict: An ethnographic study of Syrian refugees in Jordan. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, 28(3), 142–155. https://doi.org/10.1002/casp.2346
  • Alfadhli, K., Güler, M., Cakal, H., & Drury, J. (2019). The role of emergent shared identity in psychosocial support among refugees of conflict in developing countries. International Review of Social Psychology, 32(1), 2. https://doi.org/10.5334/irsp.176
  • Bajaj, M., & Suresh, S. (2018). The “warm embrace” of a newcomer school for immigrant & refugee youth. Theory into Practice, 57(2), 91–98. https://doi.org/10.1080/00405841.2018.1425815
  • Bajwa, J. K., Couto, S., Kidd, S., Markoulakis, R., Abai, M., & McKenzie, K. (2017). Refugees, higher education, and informational barriers. Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, 33(2), 56–65. https://doi.org/10.7202/1043063ar
  • Bennouna, C., Khauli, N., Basir, M., Allaf, C., Wessells, M., & Stark, L. (2019). School-based programs for supporting the mental health and psychosocial wellbeing of adolescent forced migrants in high-income countries: A scoping review. Social Science & Medicine, 239, 112558. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.112558
  • Berry, J. W., Phinney, J. S., Sam, D. L., & Vedder, P. (2006). Immigrant youth: Acculturation, identity, and adaptation. Applied Psychology: An International Review, 55(3), 303–332. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1464-0597.2006.00256.x
  • Bešić, E., Gasteiger-Klicpera, B., Buchart, C., Hafner, J., & Stefitz, E. (2020). Refugee students’ perspectives on inclusive and exclusive school experiences in Austria. International Journal of Psychology, 55(5), 723–731. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.12662
  • Brenner, M. E., & Kia-Keating, M. (2016). Psychosocial and academic adjustment among resettled refugee youth. In Annual review of comparative and international education 2016 (International Perspectives on Education and Society, Vol. 30; pp. 221–249). Emerald Group Publishing Limited. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-367920160000030016
  • Brown, C. S., & Chu, H. (2012). Discrimination, ethnic identity, and academic outcomes of Mexican immigrant children: The importance of school context. Child Development, 83(5), 1477–1485. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.2012.01786.x
  • Crouch, R., Keys, C., & McMahon, S. (2014). Student–teacher relationships matter for school inclusion: School belonging, disability, and school transitions. Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community, 42(1), 20–30. https://doi.org/10.1080/10852352.2014.855054
  • Due, C., Riggs, D. W., & Augoustinos, M. (2016). Experiences of school belonging for young children with refugee backgrounds. The Educational and Developmental Psychologist, 33(1), 33–53. https://doi.org/10.1017/edp.2016.9
  • Fazel, M., & Betancourt, T. S. (2018). Preventive mental health interventions for refugee children and adolescents in high-income settings. The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, 2(2), 121–132. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2352-4642(17)30147-5
  • Fazel, M., Reed, R. V., Panter-Brick, C., & Stein, A. (2012). Mental health of displaced and refugee children resettled in high-income countries: Risk and protective factors. The Lancet, 379(9812), 266–282. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60051-2
  • Frenette, M., Frank, K., & Deng, Z. (2020). School closures and the online preparedness of children during the COVID-19 pandemic. Statistics Canada. https://publications.gc.ca/site/eng/9.885730/publication.html
  • Gifford, S., Correa-Velez, I., & Sampson, R. (2009). Good starts for recently arrived youth with refugee backgrounds: Promoting wellbeing in the first three years in Melbourne, Australia. La Trobe Refugee Research Centre. https://researchbank.swinburne.edu.au/file/84c16a71-6c24-4ecd-9e1f-fc671b303580/1/PDF%20%28Published%20version%29.pdf
  • Guo, Y., Maitra, S., & Guo, S. (2019). “I belong to nowhere”: Syrian refugee children’s perspectives on school integration. Journal of Contemporary Issues in Education, 14(1), 89–105. https://doi.org/10.20355/jcie29362
  • Hamm, J. V., & Faircloth, B. S. (2005). The role of friendship in adolescents’ sense of school belonging. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2005(107), 61–78. https://doi.org/10.1002/cd.121
  • Hassan, G., Ventevogel, P., Jefee-Bahloul, H., Barkil-Oteo, A., & Kirmayer, L. J. (2016). Mental health and psychosocial wellbeing of Syrians affected by armed conflict. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 25(2), 129–141. https://doi.org/10.1017/S2045796016000044
  • Jaramillo, R., Scott, J., Morris, K., & Martin, M. (2019). Drawing understanding: Utilizing narrative-based practices to cultivate humanizing relationships between educators and students who are refugees. Research in Human Development, 16(3–4), 226–245. https://doi.org/10.1080/15427609.2019.1710993
  • Kia-Keating, M., & Ellis, B. H. (2007). Belonging and connection to school in resettlement: Young refugees, school belonging, and psychosocial adjustment. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 12(1), 29–43. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359104507071052
  • Kirova, A. (2019). Introduction: Syrian refugees’ encounters with the education system in their initial resettlement in Canada. Journal of Contemporary Issues in Education, 14(1), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.20355/jcie29369
  • Kovacev, L., & Shute, R. (2004). Acculturation and social support in relation to psychosocial adjustment of adolescent refugees resettled in Australia. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 28(3), 259–267. https://doi.org/10.1080/01650250344000497
  • Li, G. (2018). From stigma to strength: A case of ESL program transformation in a greater vancouver high school. BC TEAL Journal, 3(1), 63–76. https://doi.org/10.14288/bctj.v3i1.303
  • Lustig, S. L. (2010). An ecological framework for the refugee experience: What is the impact on child development? In Chaos and its influence on children’s development: An ecological perspective (pp. 239–251). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/12057-015
  • Matsumoto, D., Hirayama, S., & LeRoux, J. A. (2006). Psychological skills related to intercultural adjustment BT. In P. T. P. Wong & L. C. J. Wong (Eds.), Handbook of multicultural perspectives on stress and coping. International and cultural psychology. Springer US. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-26238-5_16
  • Mikami, A. Y., Szwedo, D. E., Allen, J. P., Evans, M. A., & Hare, A. L. (2010). Adolescent peer relationships and behavior problems predict young adults’ communication on social networking websites. Developmental Psychology, 46(1), 46–56. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0017420
  • Motti-Stefanidi, F., & Masten, A. S. (2017). A resilience perspective on immigrant youth adaptation and development. In N. Cabrera & B. Leyendecker (Eds.), Handbook on positive development of minority children and youth (pp. 19–34). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43645-6_2
  • Osman, F., Mohamed, A., Warner, G., & Sarkadi, A. (2020). Longing for a sense of belonging—Somali immigrant adolescents’ experiences of their acculturation efforts in Sweden. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being, 15(Suppl. 2), 1784532. https://doi.org/10.1080/17482631.2020.1784532
  • Oxman‐Martinez, J., Rummens, A. J., Moreau, J., Choi, Y. R., Beiser, M., Ogilvie, L., & Armstrong, R. (2012). Perceived ethnic discrimination and social exclusion: Newcomer immigrant children in Canada. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 82(3), 376–388. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1939-0025.2012.01161.x
  • Pieloch, K., McCullough, M. B., & Marks, A. (2016). Resilience of children with refugee statuses: A research review. Canadian Psychology/psychologie Canadienne, 57(4), 330–339. https://doi.org/10.1037/cap0000073
  • Salam, Z., Nouvet, E., & Schwartz, L. (2021). Reflections of methodological and ethical challenges in conducting research during COVID-19 involving resettled refugee youth in Canada. Journal of Medical Ethics. https://doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2021-107291
  • Selimos, E., & Daniel, Y. (2017). The role of schools in shaping the settlement experiences of newcomer immigrant and refugee youth. International Journal of Child, Youth, and Family Studies, 8(2), 90–109. https://doi.org/10.18357/ijcyfs82201717878
  • Sirin, S., & Rogers-Sirin, L. (2015). The educational and mental health needs of Syrian refugee children. Migration Policy Institute.
  • Smith, J. A., Flowers, P., & Larkin, M. (2009). Interpretative phenomenological analysis: Theory, method and research. SAGE Publications. https://books.google.ca/books?id=WZ2Dqb42exQC
  • Tabbah, R. (2019). Discrimination and developmental processes: Bridging the research gap with adolescents of Arab descent in America. Adolescent Research Review, 6(1), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40894-019-00125-x
  • Walker, J., & Zuberi, D. (2020). School-aged Syrian refugees resettling in Canada: Mitigating the effect of pre-migration trauma and post-migration discrimination on academic achievement and psychological well-being. Journal of International Migration and Integration, 21(2), 397–411. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12134-019-00665-0

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.