Luster Tom, Saltarelli Andrew J, Rana Meenal, Qin Desiree B, Bates Laura, Burdick Katherine, Baird Diane
Department of Family and Child Ecology, Michingan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824-1030, USA.
J Fam Psychol. 2009 Jun;23(3):386-95. doi: 10.1037/a0015570.
Sudanese unaccompanied minors were separated from their parents in childhood and lived apart from their families in refugee camps for close to a decade before being resettled in the United States. This phenomenological study examines the refugees' experiences of living in American foster families after living in peer groups in the camps. Interviews with 18 young adults, 7 years after resettlement, revealed that nearly all of the youth struggled with parental authority initially, and nearly half of them changed placements because of relationship difficulties with their foster parents. Misunderstandings based on cultural differences often exacerbated conflicts. However, 15 of 18 youth currently had a positive relationship with at least 1 foster parent, sometimes with a parent from their second or third placement. Changing foster families is often considered a failure in the child welfare system, but several Sudanese youth reported that having supportive relationships helped them during the acculturation process whether those relationships developed during the first or last placement.
苏丹无人陪伴的未成年人在童年时就与父母分离，在难民营中与家人分开生活了近十年，之后才被重新安置到美国。这项现象学研究考察了这些难民在难民营中与同龄人生活后，在美国寄养家庭中的生活经历。在重新安置7年后，对18名年轻成年人进行的访谈显示，几乎所有年轻人最初都与养父母的权威存在冲突，其中近一半人因与养父母关系困难而更换了寄养家庭。基于文化差异的误解往往会加剧冲突。然而，18名年轻人中有15人目前与至少一名养父母保持着积极的关系，有时是与他们第二次或第三次寄养家庭中的父母。在儿童福利系统中，更换寄养家庭通常被视为一种失败，但一些苏丹年轻人报告说，拥有支持性的关系在他们的文化适应过程中对他们有帮助，无论这些关系是在第一次还是最后一次寄养期间建立的。
