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Meaning-focused coping as a cultural process: A mixed quantitative and PhotoVoice study of adolescents with Arab backgrounds overcoming stigma and harassment
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Social science & medicine (1982), 2024-06, Vol.350, p.116921-116921, Article 116921
Ort / Verlag
England: Elsevier Ltd
Erscheinungsjahr
2024
Quelle
Access via ScienceDirect (Elsevier)
Beschreibungen/Notizen
Poor mental health among U.S. adolescents has reach epidemic proportions, with those from the Middle East and North African region exhibiting increased risk for distress and suicide ideation. This mixed-methods study analyzes quantitative data from first- and second-generation Arab adolescents (n = 171) and qualitative data from a participatory study conducted with 11 adolescents of the same population to understand the role of cultural resources in coping. Drawing on the Intersectional Theory of Cultural Repertoires in Health, we show that: 1) cultural resources underlie meaning-making throughout coping; 2) coping strategies are inseparable from the influence of peer and familial relationships, as dictated through the social norms and other cultural resources; 3) collectively held repertoires of coping can promote belonging, affirm identity, and protect against discrimination; and 4) the outcomes of coping strategies, and the culturally informed meaning individuals make of these outcomes, influence their future coping behaviors.
•MENA-background adolescents exhibit elevated mental health risks compared to peers.•This mixed methods analysis reveals coping behavior variation among adolescents.•Cultural repertoires enable and constrain individuals' access to different coping strategies.•Cultural resources underlie meaning-making in the coping process.•Cultural resources shape youth coping with family, peers, and online stressors.