@article{THESIS,
      recid = {2497},
      author = {Batchelor, Analiese},
      title = {Resilience of Adolescent Rohingya Refugees in Chicago},
      publisher = {University of Chicago},
      school = {B.A.},
      address = {2019-06},
      number = {THESIS},
      abstract = {The Rohingya have a long history of persecution in  Myanmar. Those who have escaped from their homeland are  relatively safe, but continue to suffer different hardships  as refugees. Resilience is the positive adaptation to past  extreme stress and adversity, making it an interesting  topic of research for Chicago’s Rohingya population. The  purpose of my research was to determine whether or not  adolescent Rohingya refugees who have settled in Chicago  have similar resilience as their non-refugee  peers. Resilience was measured by using a quantitative  approach in the form of a survey and a qualitative method  in the form of interviews. The adolescent Rohingya refugees  of the Rohingya Culture Center boys’ soccer team  demonstrated that they were equally as resilient as their  non-refugee soccer-playing peers, and also exhibited many  positive traits of resilience, like self-reliance,  optimism, and confidence. Since research has shown that  resilience is a malleable trait, a strength-based approach  can be adopted to boost resilience at the individual and  community levels. This preliminary study provides important  information about how trauma-exposed adolescent Rohingya  refugees in Chicago might develop robust resilience by  playing on a sports team and belonging to the Rohingya  Culture Center. A broader application of this research  would be to cultivate refugee-specific strategies to help  future adolescent refugee populations resettling in  Chicago.},
      url = {http://knowledge.uchicago.edu/record/2497},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.2497},
}