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Deliver us from evil: The role of faith and family in coping with stress among African migrants in Australia |
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The paper examines stressors affecting involuntary and voluntary African migrants in Australia and how they cope with stress. Using semi-structured interviews, the paper examines the experiences of 30 African migrants in Australia. Most participants used a diversity of strategies including the reliance of divine intervention and family –usually constructed by alliance rather than kinship -to cope with stress. The key contribution of the paper is to go beyond traditional integration strategies to highlight the significance of faith and family as remedies to ‘deliver’ the migrants from the obstacles to effective resettlement and psychological healing. |
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Social Work and Social Sciences Review, 20(2), p. 88-107 |
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