Starting Over From Scratch Social Support and Youth Coping With Internal Displacement
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2011
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This article presents findings from a qualitative research study with daughters of internally displaced
families, more than a decade and half after the end of the Lebanese civil war. In-depth
interviews with these adolescent girls indicate that in the absence of universal coverage of social
security nets for the Lebanese, the effects of impoverishment and continuous mobility in the
suburbs have adverse effects on their sense of stability, schooling, and coping. The article argues
that although the effects of impoverishment are not new to similar urban youth populations, the
quality of social support networks (ties to rural areas and support from welfare agency services) is a
determining factor in the way they cope with adversity. Implications for policy are also presented.
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INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS, SOCIAL SUPPORT, YOUTH, SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT, POVERTY, DISPLACED PERSONS, SOCIAL ADAPTATION, FAMILY WELFARE, GIRLS, LEBANON
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Makhoul, J., Ghanem, M., & Barbir, F. (2011). Starting over from scratch: Social support and youth coping with internal displacement. Family & community health, 34(4), 340-348. doi: 10.1097/FCH.0b013e31822b54f9