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. 2018 Sep;73(6):781-796.
doi: 10.1037/amp0000265.

An integrative risk and resilience model for understanding the adaptation of immigrant-origin children and youth

Carola Suárez-Orozco  1 , Frosso Motti-Stefanidi  2 , Amy Marks  3 , Dalal Katsiaficas  4
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An integrative risk and resilience model for understanding the adaptation of immigrant-origin children and youth

Carola Suárez-Orozco et al. Am Psychol. 2018 Sep.

Abstract

We propose an integrative model for the adaptation of immigrant-origin children and youth that combines ecological with risk and resilience frameworks. Immigrant-origin children and youth are now, and will continue to be, a diverse and demographically important segment of all postindustrial nations' populations. Synthesizing evidence across psychological, educational, and sociological disciplines produced since the seminal publication of García Coll et al.'s (1996) model, along with significant events such as a global refugee crisis, a sociopolitical "deportation nation" climate, and heightened xenophobia, we provide a model for understanding the current conditions immigrant-origin children and youth encounter as they develop. This new integrative conceptual model for addressing positive frameworks for adaptation provides a culturally relevant approach for understanding both the risks and resilience of this population. The model was designed to inform practice and future research in the service of immigrant-origin children and youth. (PsycINFO Database Record

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