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Re-Authoring Their Occupational Aspirations and Identities: The Case of Adolescent Afghan Refugees in the US
Re-Authoring Their Occupational Aspirations and Identities: The Case of Adolescent Afghan Refugees in the US
상세정보
- 자료유형
- 학위논문 서양
- 최종처리일시
- 20260202103517
- ISBN
- 9798315797722
- DDC
- 384
- 서명/저자
- Re-Authoring Their Occupational Aspirations and Identities: The Case of Adolescent Afghan Refugees in the US
- 발행사항
- [Sl] : Northwestern University, 2025
- 발행사항
- Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2025
- 형태사항
- 198 p
- 주기사항
- Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 86-12, Section: B.
- 주기사항
- Advisor: Wartella, Ellen.
- 학위논문주기
- Thesis (Ph.D.)--Northwestern University, 2025.
- 초록/해제
- 요약Occupational identity solidifies during adolescence and plays a key role in youth's long-term trajectories. As armed conflicts expand, more young people must simultaneously navigate identity development and displacement. This phenomenon applies to the Afghan youth who had to leave their country after the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan in 2021. This dissertation studies how refugee Afghan adolescents re-author their identities, specifically their occupational and STEM aspirations, after experiencing displacement and becoming refugees in the United States. While revolving around social cognition and possible selves theories, this study is centered on the experiences of refugee Afghan adolescents prior to leaving Afghanistan, during their transition, and after resettling in the US. These experiences motivate this study to adopt varying theoretical lenses to capture how Afghan youth reorient their identities and occupational aspirations at different stages of their resettlement journey. By contributing to the literature on identity formation among immigrant youth, and working with Afghan adolescents, this research advances both theory and provides insight into the experiences of an understudied population. This dissertation is structured into four chapters: Chapter one presents a systematic literature review on STEM identity development in minority, refugee and immigrant youth (n=34). This systematic literature review formed the theoretical guidance that was necessary to situate and advance the current dissertation project. Chapter two, three and four are results of a semi-structured interview study with refugee Afghan adolescents (n=25) who have resettled in the US after the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan in August, 2021. Chapter two focuses on participants' identities prior to leaving Afghanistan. Chapter three deals with identity themes during the participants' period of transition, and chapter four delves into participants' identity recalibrations and occupational aspirations after resettling in the US. Defining themes that carry through this study are the volatility youth experience, and the resilience and ambition that seem to elevate the participants beyond prototypical portrayals of refugees. While media are central to this study, other social, psychological and ecological factors are also important parts of this study. There is one method section for the entire study, but chapter two, three and four include separate literature review sections and conclusions that discuss chapter-specific themes. Discussion, conclusions, and future directions are presented afterwards. This dissertation sheds light on the experiences of refugee youth and how they reorient themselves and their occupational aspirations after moving to the US. This interdisciplinary study contributes to the discourse on identity, integration, education, and media.
- 일반주제명
- Communication
- 일반주제명
- Educational psychology
- 일반주제명
- Social psychology
- 일반주제명
- Ethnic studies
- 키워드
- Adolescents
- 키워드
- Afghan youth
- 키워드
- Displacement
- 키워드
- Identity
- 키워드
- Media
- 기타저자
- Northwestern University Media Technology and Society
- 기본자료저록
- Dissertations Abstracts International. 86-12B.
- 전자적 위치 및 접속
- 로그인 후 원문을 볼 수 있습니다.
MARC
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