@article{ref1,
title="A community-based qualitative study of intergenerational resilience with Palestinian refugee families facing structural violence and historical trauma",
journal="Transcultural psychiatry",
year="2017",
author="Atallah, Devin G.",
volume="54",
number="3",
pages="357-383",
abstract="The purpose of this study was to explore resilience processes in Palestinian refugee families living under Israeli occupation for multiple generations. Qualitative methods, critical postcolonial theories, and community-based research approaches were used to examine intergenerational protective practices and to contribute to reconceptualizations of resilience from indigenous perspectives. First, the researcher developed a collaborative partnership with a nongovernmental organization (NGO) in a UN refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. Then, with the support of this NGO, semistructured group and individual interviews were completed with a total of 30 participants ( N = 30) ranging in age from 18 to 90 years old coming from 5 distinct extended family networks. Using grounded theory situational analysis, the findings were organized in a representation entitled Palestinian Refugee Family Trees of Resilience (PRFTR). These findings explain resilience in terms of three interrelated themes: (a) Muqawama/resistance to military siege and occupation; (b) Awda/return to cultural roots despite historical and ongoing settler colonialism; and (c) Sumoud/perseverance through daily adversities and accumulation of trauma. The study findings shed light on how Palestinian families cultivate positive adaptation across generations and highlight how incorporating community-based perspectives on the historical trauma and violent social conditions of everyday life under occupation may be critical for promoting resilience. <br><br>RESULTS may be relevant to understanding the transgenerational transmission of trauma and resilience within other displaced communities internationally.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1363-4615",
doi="10.1177/1363461517706287",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1363461517706287"
}