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Coping, Meaning-Making And Well-Being Amongst Immigrants Of Non-European Descent, Jem Powell
Coping, Meaning-Making And Well-Being Amongst Immigrants Of Non-European Descent, Jem Powell
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This study examined experiences with immigration and being immigrants in the United States for 1 mother-daughter family unit. Given the challenges of navigating acculturation, this study aimed to broaden the scope of current research to understand linked individual and family experiences of immigration with an emphasis on resiliency and meaning-making. A qualitative research design was used to complete 1 family interview and 2 individual interviews of an immigrant family who had scored high on psychological wellbeing. The focus of this study was to illuminate ways that immigrants make meaning from and make sense of their immigration-related experience, as well as …