Mobilizing Resources in Multifamily Groups

Mooren, Trudy; Bala, Julia

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“…Upon arrival in resettlement, refugees often face social isolation and loss of social support structures. However, in a collectivistic culture, social networks can mobilize support in times of adversity (Mooren & Bala, in press). Throughout the collaborative practices in our case studies, participants adopted research participation as a means to provide social support for other community members, to reconnect with cultural social support structures such as extended family networks.…”

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A contextualized perspective on research participation in collaborative refugee research: A multi-site exploration of relational dynamics in collaborative research.

Smet¹,

Rousseau²,

Deruddere³

et al. 2022

Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology

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Objective: An increasing body of literature emphasizes the role of refugees' social context, with social conditions both at home and in the host society having an impact on the possibility of power redistribution and the mobilization of agency in collaborative research practices. Our aim is to develop a contextualized understanding of research participation for refugees in collaborative research in order to further enhance insights on the potential strengths and pitfalls of collaborative refugee research. Method: We closely study the various relational contexts that shape refugees' research participation and that may have an influence on power dynamics in collaborative research. In the present study, we explore participants' adaptation of research participation by means of an interpretive cross-case analysis of three psychosocial intervention studies sharing a collaborative approach with refugee participants, refugee families, refugee communities, and professional partners at different stages in the research process. Results: We identify the developed collaborative strategies in our three case studies and provide an outline of the ways refugees mobilize research participation through these identified collaborative strategies, from within the relational contexts of the family, community, and institutional actors. Conclusions: This analysis shows how research participation operates as a relational forum in which refugees continuously navigate and negotiate within and between multiple relational contexts. We argue that performing research participation, as a way of relating to a relational context, is both an interactive and a dynamic process. For research practice, our analysis addresses the importance of an in-depth understanding of participants' relational contexts to foster both a reflective research practice and trustful research relationships between researchers and participants. Public Significance StatementResearch participation in collaborative refugee research operates as a relational forum in which refugees navigate within and relate to different relational contexts of the family, the community, and institutional actors. A contextualized understanding of research participation for refugees in collaborative research can enhance insights on the potential strengths and pitfalls of collaborative refugee research to redistribute power and mobilize agency in collaborative research practices.

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confidence: 99%

A contextualized perspective on research participation in collaborative refugee research: A multi-site exploration of relational dynamics in collaborative research.

Smet¹,

Rousseau²,

Deruddere³

et al. 2022

Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology

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“…A curiosity for other members of the group is crucial for cohesion to occur. This parallels the attention and sensitivity parents need to have for their children ( 59 ).…”

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“…As an example of a treatment approach including adults and children, we’ll continue to describe multifamily therapy (MFT). MFT programs for different groups of traumatized families ( 58 , 59 ) such as refugees and veterans are multidimensional and focus on the interplay between internal (biological, psychological) and external (familial, cultural, social, political) influences that hinder or facilitate the development of children and families. MFT is an approach that encompasses a contextual setting enabling families to make changes through variations of flexible settings (family or parental group, parent–child dyads, subgroups of fathers, mothers, children, and individuals) (see Figure 2 ).…”

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“…Posttraumatic stress responses, limit the reflexive capacities of a traumatized parent. Hyperarousal, anger and irritability can lead to parental hostility or, in contrast, hypo-arousal and numbing of emotions can increase hostility and emotional unavailability, both interfering with parental sensitivity ( 59 ). Developing skills that enhance emotional regulation help parents to retain their optimal arousal.…”

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Combatting intergenerational effects of psychotrauma with multifamily therapy

Mooren

Hein

et al. 2023

Front. Psychiatry

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There is growing evidence that parental trauma is associated with psychosocial disorders, externalizing and internalizing problems, and higher sensitivity to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in children. Recent research findings suggest multidimensional relational, psychological, and neurobiological interrelated pathways of intergenerational influence. Moreover, the intergenerational effects of parental trauma need to be understood within a broader systemic context, as a part of family adaptation. This article explores research findings and clinical practice to enhance our understanding of intergenerational processes and presents directions for therapeutic interventions. A trauma-focused multi-family therapy, aiming to restrict the relational consequences of parental trauma and strengthen family resilience, is described. The proposition is that to facilitate and improve the quality of parent–child interaction in response to psychotrauma, fostering emotion regulation capacities and mentalization is crucial. These efforts offered through family group interventions may benefit various families coping with adversity in culturally diverse societies.

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“…Furthermore, clinicians may also include outsider-witness conversations (White, 2007) with representatives of home community and host country, for example by engaging with cultural brokers, or develop definitional ceremonies as in narrative therapies with important others or clinical team members (Andersen, 1987; Hoffman, 2007). Another step in this process could lead to the creation of group- and community-based interventions with refugee communities (Drozdek et al, 2012; Mooren & Bala, 2020).…”

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“It will always be Temporary”: A qualitative study of Syrian young adults expressing histories of collective violence and forced displacement in participatory theatre

de Smet,

Rousseau,

Stalpaert

et al. 2024

Transcult Psychiatry

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Given the increased prevalence of mental health problems in Syrian refugee communities, there have been efforts to develop adequate mental health care for their well-being. Herein, clinical literature is increasingly emphasizing the importance of locating refugees’ healing at the nexus of personal and social realities, understanding the process of trauma narration within social restorative spaces of witnessing and communal support. Alongside this debate, there is growing interest in the relevance of participatory theatre for refugees. This innovative approach understands how voicing narratives of life histories within a broader social sphere may support personal and socio-political transformation. In this article, we aim to further the understanding of participatory theatre's relevance to these issues, focusing on the reparative dimensions of trauma narration. Based on a case study of a theatre project with Syrian young adults resettled in Belgium, we explore the different ways participants expressed experiences of collective violence and displacement in dialogue with each other, their diasporic and home communities, and their host society, and consider how these processes relate to their construction and meaning and coping with trauma. In a final section, we discuss the implications of our findings, raising questions about the value of participatory theatre as a reparative space and outlining suggestions to introduce and mobilize reparative modes of trauma narration in therapeutic practices in refugee trauma care.

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Mobilizing Resources in Multifamily Groups

Cited by 3 publications

References 518 publications

A contextualized perspective on research participation in collaborative refugee research: A multi-site exploration of relational dynamics in collaborative research.

A contextualized perspective on research participation in collaborative refugee research: A multi-site exploration of relational dynamics in collaborative research.

Combatting intergenerational effects of psychotrauma with multifamily therapy

“It will always be Temporary”: A qualitative study of Syrian young adults expressing histories of collective violence and forced displacement in participatory theatre

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