School of Education, Health and Social Studies, Dalarna University , Falun, Sweden.
Child Health and Parenting (CHAP), Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Uppsala University , Uppsala, Sweden.
Int J Qual Stud Health Well-being. 2020 Dec;15(sup2):1784532. doi: 10.1080/17482631.2020.1784532.
Research on Somali adolescent immigrants' interactions with their new society and school context is pertinent to more deeply understand changes in their practices, values, and identity resulting from continued first-hand contact with the Swedish culture, known as acculturation, as this process has been shown to affect mental health. The aim of this study was to investigate Somali immigrant adolescents' experiences of social inclusion and exclusion as well as their need for support in their efforts to acculturate into society and the school environment. A qualitative explorative study was performed. Data were collected from six focus group discussions with 47 Somali immigrant adolescents living in Sweden. The data were analysed using thematic network analysis. A global theme emerged from the analysis: longing for a sense of belonging. Two underpinning organising themes described the participants' longing for a sense of belonging to society and school: experience of social exclusion andpathways of inclusion and acculturation. Each organising theme consisted of three or four basic themes. This study highlights several key considerations on how schools can help adolescents who have recently immigrated to Sweden achieve a sense of belonging.
研究索马里青少年移民与新社会和学校环境的互动关系，对于更深入地了解他们的实践、价值观和身份因持续与瑞典文化（即文化适应）的直接接触而发生的变化至关重要，因为这一过程已被证明会影响心理健康。本研究旨在调查索马里移民青少年的社会包容和排斥经历，以及他们在融入社会和学校环境方面需要支持的情况。进行了一项定性探索性研究。从居住在瑞典的 47 名索马里移民青少年的六组焦点小组讨论中收集了数据。使用主题网络分析对数据进行了分析。分析得出了一个总体主题：渴望归属感。两个基础组织主题描述了参与者对归属感的渴望，包括社会和学校排斥的经历，以及包容和文化适应的途径。每个组织主题都包含三到四个基本主题。这项研究强调了一些关于学校如何帮助最近移民到瑞典的青少年获得归属感的关键考虑因素。
