- Title
- ‘Now I Have Dreams in Place of the Nightmares’: An Updated Systematic Review of Post-Traumatic Growth Among Refugee Populations
- Creator
- Sultani, Grace; Heinsch, Milena; Wilson, Jessica; Pallas, Phillip; Tickner, Campbell; Kay-Lambkin, Frances
- Relation
- Trauma, Violence, & Abuse Vol. 25, Issue 1 2023, p. 795-812
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/15248380231163641
- Publisher
- Sage
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2023
- Description
- Trauma exposure places refugees at serious risk of developing mental health difficulties. However, research also recognizes that refugees can respond to trauma with psychological development and growth, commonly referred to as post-traumatic growth (PTG). An updated systematic review was conducted to investigate PTG across different refugee populations, including the processes that mediate this phenomenon, and the use of therapy in promoting PTG. A systematic search of CINAHL Complete, Proquest 5000, PsychINFO, Scopus, and Web of Science was performed to identify studies exploring PTG in refugee populations, published between June 2013 and November 2021. In all, 26 studies met the inclusion criteria for this review. Quantitative results reveal a positive correlation between PTG and religious commitment and coping, and the effectiveness of narrative and community-based interventions in facilitating PTG. Qualitative results facilitate insight into the complex ways refugees find meaning and strength after trauma through religion, comparison-based thinking, helping others, and storytelling. Findings highlight the need for future research and interventions to recognize the distinct PTG experiences of different refugee populations.
- Subject
- post-traumatic growth; refugees; trauma; positive transformation; coping
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1479750
- Identifier
- uon:50363
- Identifier
- ISSN:1524-8380
- Rights
- This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
- Language
- eng
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