Hearing the voices of Ukrainian refugee women in Italy to enhance empowerment interventions.
The 2022 Russian invasion displaced millions of Ukrainians, many of whom sought refuge in Italy. War refugees face heightened mental‐health risks but can also activate resilience and empowerment. This study employed the Transtheoretical Model of Empowerment and Resilience (Brodsky & Cattaneo, 2013)...
| Publicado en: | American Journal of Community Psychology Vol. 75; no. 3/4; pp. 173 - 185 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=186343367&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 186343367 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00910562 CMP jtl: American Journal of Community Psychology issn: 00910562 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jun2025 vid: 75 iid: 3/4 pid: 480 pub: Wiley-Blackwell artinfo: ui: 186343367 10.1002/ajcp.12791 ppf: 173 ppct: 12 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: C – @attributes: type: P size: 1.3MB tig: atl: Hearing the voices of Ukrainian refugee women in Italy to enhance empowerment interventions. aug: au: Guidi, Elisa Tosti, Anna Enrica Meringolo, Patrizia Hatalskaya, Halina Chiodini, Moira affil: Department of Theoretical and Applied Sciences, eCampus University, Novedrate, Italy Department of Education, Languages, Interculture, Literatures and Psychology, Laboratory Multisetting Community Action Research: From Real to Virtual, University of Florence, Florence, Italy LabCom Research and Action for Psychosocial Well‐being, Florence, Italy Department of Education, Languages, Interculture, Literatures and Psychology, Virtual Human Dynamics Laboratory, University of Florence, Florence, Italy Independent Scholar, Martinsicuro (TE), Italy su: Italy Women's empowerment Community-based programs Mental health Psychological distress Social networks Psychological resilience Ukrainians sug: subj: Women's empowerment Community-based programs Mental health Psychological distress Social networks Italy Offices of Mental Health Practitioners (except Physicians) Other Individual and Family Services Psychological resilience Ukrainians keyword: empowerment inclusion qualitative resilience Transtheoretical model war refugee empowerment inclusion qualitative resilience Transtheoretical model war refugee ab: The 2022 Russian invasion displaced millions of Ukrainians, many of whom sought refuge in Italy. War refugees face heightened mental‐health risks but can also activate resilience and empowerment. This study employed the Transtheoretical Model of Empowerment and Resilience (Brodsky & Cattaneo, 2013) to explore resilience and empowerment processes implemented by Ukrainian refugee women in Italy to cope with war‐related challenges and living in a new country. Twenty Ukrainian refugee women completed questionnaires and participated in semi‐structured interviews. Results indicated perceived psychological distress following traumatic war experiences. Utilizing individual and shared resources, respondents enacted resilience processes stemming from the context of risk in their home country and the receiving country but not empowerment actions. However, some mentioned empowerment goals, such as changes in the formal support system for refugees and creating a network of Ukrainian refugees for mutual support. Results highlighted how some participants held individual characteristics of relative privilege, which could be crucial for transitioning from resilience to empowerment. The study suggests that facilitating this transition may require tailored interventions for the specific needs of Ukrainian refugee women and community‐based interventions for promoting access to shared opportunities with the local community and other migrants. Highlights: Respondents adapted to, withstood, and resisted the context of risk through resilience processes.Individual relative privilege could potentially facilitate the transition to empowerment.Tailored and community‐based interventions may ease that transition from resilience to empowerment. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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