A Mixed Methods Study of Refugee Families Engaging in Multiple-Family Groups

Authors: Weine, Stevan; Knafl, Kathleen; Feetham, Suzanne; Kulauzovic, Yasmina; Klebic, Alma; Sclove, Stanley; Besic, Sanela; Mujagic, Aida; Muzurovic, Jasmina; Spahovic, Dzemila

Source: Family Relations, Volume 54, Number 4, October 2005 , pp. 558-568(11)

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

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Abstract:

This study investigated family factors and processes involved in Bosnian refugees engaging in multiple-family support and education groups in Chicago. Families that engaged experienced more transitions, more traumas, and more difficulties in adjustment. Engagement strategies for multiple-family groups should correspond with the underlying family processes by which refugee families manage transitions, traumas, and adjustment difficulties.

Keywords: mental health intervention; multi-family groups; prevention; refugee families; trauma

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-3729.2005.00340.x

Publication date: 2005-10-01