Promoting Psychosocial Well—Being in Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Young People in the United Kingdom

Development of a theoretically derived model of resilience through concept analysis

“…Four consequences of resilience have emerged: (1) integration physically and/or psychologically in context (Deveson 2003;Holaday & McPhearson 1997;Richardson 2002); (2) the development of personal control in context (Masten 1994;Wagnild 2003); (3) psychological adjustment (Kohli & Mather 2003;Masten 1994;Woods & Isenberg 2001); and, (4) personal growth in the wake of disruption (Deveson 2003;Wagnild 2003;Woods & Isenberg 2001).…”

“…Hope, along with social support has been identified as mediator of resilience in a study conducted by Horton and Wallander (2001) on mothers caring for children with chronic illnesses. Hope has also been identified as a predictor of parental social adjustment in parenting a child with learning disabilities (Kashden, Pelham, Lang, Hoza et al 2002), successful reintegration of young asylum seekers into foreign countries (Kohli & Mather 2003), and, the prodigious determination of burns survivors to live, in spite of a poor prognostic outlook (Holaday & McPhearson 1997).…”

Resilience in the operating room: developing and testing of a resilience model

“…Hope has been identified as a construct of resilience in diverse clinical and social contexts (Horton & Wallander 2001, Kashdan et al. 2002, Kohli & Mather 2003). The role of hope in the development of resilience has not been widely studied in nursing contexts; although there is some emerging research that suggests hope may help to ameliorate the effects of stress.…”

Asylum‐seeking minors in interpreter‐mediated interviews: what do they say and what happens to their responses?

“…Children who are smuggled and trafficked can, for example, be extremely resourceful because they are fearful of traffickers and smugglers. Their responsiveness may be inhibited by feelings of shame, traumatic memories and fears of persecution and deportation (Anderson 2001; Kohli & Mather 2003; Crawley 2006). Such children may also be uncommunicative because they mistrust authorities (Kohli 2006a).…”