Advances in Nursing Science
Volume 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 101-112

Narratives of "dissonance" and "repositioning" through the lens of critical humanism: Exploring the influences on immigrants' and refugees' health and well-being (Article)

Anderson J.M. , Reimer J. , Khan K.B. , Simich L. , Neufeld A. , Stewart M. , Makwarimba E.
  • a School of Nursing, University of British Columbia, T201-2211 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 2B5, Canada
  • b School of Nursing, University of British Columbia, T201-2211 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 2B5, Canada
  • c School of Nursing, University of British Columbia, T201-2211 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 2B5, Canada
  • d Departments of Psychiatry and Anthropology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
  • e Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
  • f Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
  • g Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

Abstract

The focus of this article is on narratives of "starting over," and the embedded processes, conceptualized as "dissonance"-between what people had expected to find in Canada and their actual experiences, and "repositioning"-how they subsequently restructured their lives and redefined their identities. This narrative analysis is one way of illuminating the complex ways in which social support networks influence dissonance and repositioning, and subsequently influence health and well-being. Copyright © 2010 Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Author Keywords

Critical humanism Social support Narratives Immigrant Refugee

Index Keywords

China refugee multicenter study psychological aspect clinical trial human Refugees health status Adaptation, Psychological social support ethnology Humans male Canada Emigrants and Immigrants female cognition adaptive behavior verbal communication Narration Article adult migration Somalia Cognitive Dissonance humanism
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DOI: 10.1097/ANS.0b013e3181dbc56b
ISSN: 01619268
Cited by: 3
Original Language: English