Families as navigators and negotiators : facilitating culturally and contextually specific expressions of resilience

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dc.contributor.authorUngar, Michael
dc.date.accessioned2013-08-22T15:58:37Z
dc.date.available2013-08-22T15:58:37Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractA social ecological model of resilience is used to show that resilience is dependent on a family's ability to both access available resources that sustain individual and collective well-being, as well as participate effectively in the social discourse that defines which resources are culturally and contextually meaningful. In this paper both clinical evidence and a review of the research inform an integrated social ecological model of practice that is focused on advocating for the mental health resources necessary to nurture resilience, including the individual and family processes of coconstruction of meaning. Family therapists can help marginalized families living in challenging contexts develop skills as both navigators who access resources, as well as negotiators who are able to convince therapists and other service providers of what are culturally and contextually meaningful sources of support. A case study of an African-Canadian youth and his family will be presented. The implications of this approach to assessing therapeutic outcomes will also be discussed.en
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dc.identifier.citationUngar, M. (2010). Families as Navigators and Negotiators: Facilitating Culturally and Contextually Specific Expressions of Resilience. Family Process, 49(3), 421-435.doi:10.1111/j.1545-5300.2010.01331.xen
dc.identifier.issn1545-5300
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10625/51534
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherJohn Wiley & Sonsen
dc.subjectRESILIENCEen
dc.subjectYOUTHen
dc.subjectRACISMen
dc.subjectNAVIGATIONen
dc.subjectNEGOTIATIONen
dc.subjectADVOCACYen
dc.subjectFAMILYen
dc.subjectMENTAL HEALTHen
dc.subjectYOUTH HEALTHen
dc.subjectSOCIAL WELFAREen
dc.subjectADAPTATION--PSYCHOLOGICALen
dc.titleFamilies as navigators and negotiators : facilitating culturally and contextually specific expressions of resilienceen
dc.typeJournal Article (peer-reviewed)en
idrc.copyright.holderFPI Inc.
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idrc.project.componentnumber104518015
idrc.project.componentnumber104518016
idrc.project.componentnumber104518017
idrc.project.number104518
idrc.project.titleInternational Community-University Research Alliance Program (ICURA)en
idrc.recordsserver.bcsnumberIC01-3485-71
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