This paper reviews the concepts of acculturation and adaptation to provide a framework for understanding the highly variable relationship between acculturation and mental health in refugee populations. It begins with an extended definition and discussion of the concepts of acculturation and adaptation. The characteristics of acculturating groups…

Since 1975, 300,000 Indochinese refugees have come to the United States. They continue to arrive at the rate of 14,000 per month. Although the efforts of the American government and people were laudable at the outset of Indochinese resettlement, the refugees have not been able to acculturate and become an integral part of American society. They…

In the early 1900s, the Alaskan Bureau of Education tried to lure the Inupiat away from "corrupting" white mining communities and encourage settlement of new Native communities by erecting schools in areas isolated from white influence. The Inupiat's interest in Western education plus the opportunity to maintain traditional subsistence…

Analyzes the situation of Salvadoran refugees of rural origin to Montreal (Canada), using life histories of 11 males and 11 females in Canada less than 5 years. This study of adaptation highlights the special needs of this population, particularly for information about social services and government programs. (SLD)

This guidebook provides Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian refugees being resettled in the United States with general information about what they will encounter and the services they can receive in their first months in the country. The book is distributed to overseas processing agencies, refugees overseas who have been approved for U.S. admission,…

This guidebook provides Somali-speaking refugees being resettled in the United States with general information about what they will encounter and the services they can receive in their first months in the country. The book is distributed to overseas processing agencies, refugees overseas who have been approved for U.S. admission, and service…

This guidebook provides French-speaking refugees being resettled in the United States with general information about what they will encounter and the services they can receive in their first months in the country. The book is distributed to overseas processing agencies, refugees overseas who have been approved for U.S. admission, and service…

This guidebook provides Arabic-speaking refugees being resettled in the United States with general information about what they will encounter and the services they can receive in their first months in the country. The book is distributed to overseas processing agencies, refugees overseas who have been approved for U.S. admission, and service…

This publication provides autobiographical essays by students originally from Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos, all of whom arrived in the United States as refugees between 1975 and 1982. Following an introduction is an initial essay, "Becoming a Refugee, Being a Refugee, Ceasing To Be a Refugee," by L. Nguyen-Hong-Nhiem. The student essays are…

This review of issues related to immigrants and refugees focuses on events and conditions in the United States and worldwide. Patterns of immigration, employment patterns, and legislation affecting the status of immigrants and refugees are described and highlighted through illustrative graphs. (SLD)

The Ethiopian Community Development Center and the Center for Applied Linguistics hosted a conference to discuss the language and cultural orientation needs of Somali and Sudanese refugees. Somali and Sudanese refugees receive a 10-week language and cultural orientation course in Kenya (Africa) before coming to the United States. Representatives…

This guidebook provides Spanish-speaking refugees being resettled in the United States with general information about what they will encounter and the services they can receive in their first months in the country. This is the Spanish version, and is available in several other languages. The book is distributed to overseas processing agencies,…

This study investigates the settlement of Cambodian adolescents in New South Wales (Australia). It looks at their participation in education and employment, the effects the Pol Pot regime in Cambodia had on those who lived through it, and the identity problems that usually occur in young people as a result of migration. According to the 1986…

This is the second of two papers investigating the adjustment process in a designated group of expatriates, (teachers), who have severed ties with their home country and employer. In the first paper we examined the effect of self-efficacy and flexibility within this adjustment process, revealing the significance of self-efficacy but failing to…

Between 1939 and 1963, the Canadian federal government embarked on a program of relocation and relief in the Eastern Arctic that dramatically altered the lives of Inuit living there. This book begins with an account of the debate over whether Inuit are Indians and, therefore, which branch of government should be responsible for them. It then…