@article{TEXTUAL,
      recid = {6812},
      author = {Bunn, Mary and Samuels, Gina and Higson-Smith, Craig},
      title = {Ambiguous loss of home: Syrian refugees and the process of  losing and remaking home},
      journal = {Wellbeing, Space and Society},
      address = {2023-02-22},
      number = {TEXTUAL},
      abstract = {This constructivist-interpretive study examines  social-relational dimensions of change and loss following  experiences of political terror, war and forced migration  from the perspective of Syrian refugee men and women who  were presently living in Jordan (n=31). A process model  derived from the analysis theorizes four dimensions of  ambiguous loss (safety and security, social connections and  identities, connection to place, and dreams and imagined  future) and to capture the cyclical process of losing and  remaking a sense of home in displacement. Our findings  underscore a more complex set of processes that remain  outside the array of supports and services provided by many  current practices and policies with displaced populations  generally, and Syrian refugees specifically. Thus, the  findings highlight the need for ecological, integrative  policies, interventions and services that support refugees’  attempts to remake the multifaceted and stable phenomenon  that is home as they transition into new communities.},
      url = {http://knowledge.uchicago.edu/record/6812},
}